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Citizens And Kings: Dramatic Genre And Social Consciousness In Early Modern England, Anna Ullmann

Dissertations

This dissertation combines Marxist theories of class consciousness and literary genre with an understanding of sixteenth century historiography in order to examine early modern plays that contain elements of both the English history play and city comedy. From about 1589 to 1620, there is a marked shift in audience preference from the former to the latter which is indicative of the cultural and political shift from an aristocratic ideology to a proto-bourgeois one. Such changes were caused most significantly by the rise of Protestantism and capitalism over the course of the sixteenth century. The project argues that economic, political, and …

Sister Carrie---Theodore Dreiser, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900, Elliot Gorn

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Facing the naturalistic, nonjudgmental rendering in Sister Carrie of the stresses of survival in Chicago and New York was seen by some as scandalous. Nonetheless, Theodore Dreiser’s first novel eventually became an American classic and has been published in countless editions. The Heritage edition (1937) includes illustrations by Reginald Marsh (1898– 1954), including one in which the main character, a country girl on a train bound for Chicago, is approached by a salesman whose mistress she will eventually become.

The Leap In Place: Rethinking Key Concepts In The History Of Composition And The Return Of Lore., David Stubblefield

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation attempts to affirm a key set of practical terms in order to guide Composition Pedagogy. These terms include error, language, voice, teacher neutrality, and rationality. In recent years, many of these terms have been discredited theoretically; however, they remain dominant in textbooks and in our actual teaching practice. The result has been a significant divide between theory and practice, resulting in a cognitive dissonance between our classroom activities and our scholarly activity. However, by presenting each of these terms as dynamic and performative, this dissertation invites the field to find productive practical possibilities inside of them. Moreover, the …

Twisting Reality For A Cause: American Mythology, Early Surrealism, And Audience Empowerment In The Works Of George Lippard, Joseph Samuel Hall

Theses and Dissertations

This article examines Philadelphia writer George Lippard's often-overlooked usage of literary conventions more typical outside of the genre he is most famous for, socialreform city fiction. In particular, the article focuses on Lippard’s vision of an American mythology, proto-surrealistic imagery, and demands for audience response and interaction. Various works are analyzed, most prominently: stories from Washington and His Generals, The Rose of the Wissahikon, Adonai: The Pilgrim of Eternity, and The Killers. The article concludes that Lippard values the artfulness of historical romance over presenting historical fact, recognizing the ability of the romance to instigate a greater collective response in …

“As The Occasion Demands”: Constraint-Based Practice In Rhetoric And Composition, Erica Kerstin Fischer

Theses and Dissertations

In their 2010 Composition Studies article, Laurie Gries and Collin Brooke observe, “constrained writing has been underappreciated” in the composition classroom (21). Taking seriously the potential value of constraints in pedagogical practice, this project executes a cross-disciplinary examination (drawing from design theory, experimental poetry, literary theory, composition, and rhetorical theory) of the various occurrences of, and approaches to, constraints and their influences on the ways we think and write. This investigation reveals that constraints create the conditions under which students can become productively defamiliarized to their thinking and writing habits, encouraging them to encounter alternatives otherwise left unnoticed.

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The Ghosts Of Lucy Snowe: Queer Temporality In Villette, Lauren Schuldt

Theses and Dissertations

Though Lucy Snowe has been read as an agent of queer nonconformity and as a master of ambiguity, queer interpretations of Charlotte Brontë’s Villette have remained relatively scarce and limited in scope. This essay examines Lucy Snow’s unique model of queer experience that manifests not only in moments of openly subversive gender performance, homoerotic desire, or sexual identity, but also as an oppositional mode of organizing and articulating her life in terms of time. Using the temporally queer metaphor of the ghost, this essay explores Lucy’s resistance to frameworks of time which structure life narratives through logics of heterosexual development …

‘Held By Thy Voice’: Navigating Time In John Milton’S Poetry, Jessica Junqueira

Theses and Dissertations

My dissertation, “‘Held by Thy Voice’: Navigating Time in John Milton’s Poetry” explores how and to what extent John Milton uses the formal device of suspension in “Lycidas,” Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained. I argue that by using suspension, Milton negotiates between multiple categories of time. These moments are important because they highlight characters’ perspectives and expose the limitations of their viewpoints. Milton also employs suspension to introduce potential scenarios that reveal characters to be out of step with a providential framework. He uses suspension to connect two or more temporal categories and to reveal an individual’s position in relation …

Showing One’S Manhood: The Social Performance Of Masculinity, Fayaz Kabani

Theses and Dissertations

Contrary to much criticism of the past thirty years that regards Shakespeare’s Prince Hal as the epitome of unfettered Machiavellian subjectivity, Hal should be regarded as a teenaged male navigating the contradictory discourses of early modern masculinity in order to perform an integrated, consistent masculinity for his audience. His acceptance of hegemonic masculinity is complicated by his father Henry IV’s usurpation of the throne. The resulting ambivalence in Hal results in his participation in the countermasculine world of Eastcheap. However, once Hal “chooses” his role as Prince of Wales, he finds it difficult to sacrifice his personal self, or body …

Print On Demand: Stereotyping And Electrotyping In The United States Printing Trades And Publishing Industry, 1812-1860, Jeffrey Michael Makala

Theses and Dissertations

Print on Demand explores the role and significance of stereotyping and electrotyping in the United States printing trades and publishing industry during the early nineteenth century. Stereotyping—the creation of solid printing plates cast from moveable type—fundamentally changed the ways in which books (and later, periodicals) were printed. The commissioning of plates altered shop practices, distribution methods, and the author/publisher relationship. Because of this new embodiment of capital and texts in the form of printing plates, a secondhand market for stereotyped works prolonged and complicated the production and distribution of material texts. The primary focus of this study is the ways …

Weather, C. J. Hribal

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Reclaiming Stolen Voices : An Indigenous, Region-Based Reading Of Leslie Marmon Silko’S Ceremony, Patricia Grace’S Potiki And Kiana Davenport’S Shark Dialogues, Krittaporn Reungwattanakul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This thesis aims to examine how contemporary indigenous writers reclaim their self-definition through the born-within, region-based perspectives in three novels: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony (1977), Patricia Grace' Potiki (1986), and Kiana Davenport's Shark Dialogues (1998). It propounds that the three novels employ indigenous myths, knowledge, and epistemologies to present their modern indigenous culture, history and identity as distinct from mainstream Western stereotypical perceptions. These writers also suggest the necessity for hybridization of traditional culture in order for indigenous cultures to survive when it comes into contact with the global community. The three selected literary texts present integral roles of nature …

An Investigation Of Beliefs And Classroom Asssessment Practices Of English Teachers In Primary Schools In Thailand, Arthitaya Narathakoon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of the present study is to investigate 1) the teachers' beliefs about classroom assessment in English classes, 2) their actual classroom practices, and 3) the extent to which their beliefs are congruent with their actual assessment practices. The participants were grade-6 English teachers in a school district from the northeastern part of Thailand. The study was conducted using a mix-methods approach. There were two phases. Phase 1 involved the administration of a questionnaire to 97 teachers. It aimed to gather data on the classroom assessment beliefs and practices of teachers in Thai primary schools. Phase 2 was comprised …

The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward The Test Of English For International Communication (Toeic) And Scores Of Thai Test Takers, Danai Wongsa

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Attitudes have played a pivotal role affecting not only English language learning but also language test performance. There have been some studies exhibiting that students' attitudes in English language learning were significantly related to their English test proficiency and their scores. The objectives of this study were to examine Thai test takers' attitudes toward the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and explored the relationship between Thai test takers' attitudes toward the TOEIC and their scores. This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to collect and analyze the data under the research framework adapted from the ABC model of …

Integration Of A Blended Learning And Extensive Reading Instructional Model For Enhancement Of English Reading Comprehension And Learner Autonomy Of Efl Undergraduate Students, Naruethai Chanthap

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

To be able to read well as well as to manage one's own reading is important because it leads to the development of learner autonomy, which is necessary for learners in the 21st century. The present study investigated the effects of integration of a blended learning and extensive reading instructional model on EFL students' English reading comprehension and learner autonomy. This study employed a one-group, pre-test post-test design to collect both quantitative data and qualitative data. The sample consisted of 40 English major students who enrolled in the Reading for Text Interpretation Course in the first semester of the academic …

การถ่ายทอดองค์ประกอบทางวัฒนธรรมในบทแปลเรื่องสั้น “อสรพิษ” ฉบับภาษาสเปน, ทินประภา กรดนิยมชัย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์เล่มนี้มุ่งวิเคราะห์ศึกษาการแปลองค์ประกอบทางวัฒนธรรมไทยในเรื่องสั้น "อสรพิษ" ของแดนอรัญ แสงทองสู่ฉบับแปลภาษาสเปน ผลงานนี้นับเป็นความท้าทายอย่างยิ่งของผู้แปลที่ต้องถ่ายทอดเนื้อเรื่องที่สะท้อนวิถีชีวิตท้องถิ่นชนบทไทยสู่ภาษาของประเทศที่มีวัฒนธรรมแตกต่างจากไทยเป็นอย่างมาก อีกทั้ง ฉบับแปลนี้ไม่ได้แปลตรงจากต้นฉบับภาษาไทย แต่แปลผ่านต้นฉบับภาษาที่สองคือ ภาษาฝรั่งเศส การศึกษานี้ ผู้วิจัยเลือกองค์ประกอบทางวัฒนธรรมจากต้นฉบับไทย "อสรพิษ" (2545) ฉบับแปลภาษาฝรั่งเศส Venin (2544) และฉบับแปลภาษาสเปน Veneno (2545) รวม 83 ตัวอย่าง โดยแบ่งเป็นสี่หมวดหมู่ คือ ชื่อเฉพาะ มรดกทางวัฒนธรรม วัฒนธรรมทางสังคม และวัฒนธรรมทางภาษา และนำตัวอย่างเหล่านี้มาศึกษาเปรียบเทียบการถ่ายทอดความหมายและกลวิธีการแปล ผลการวิจัยพบว่ามีสองประเด็นที่สำคัญ ประการแรกคือ การถ่ายทอดองค์ประกอบทางวัฒนธรรมไทยสู่ภาษาฝรั่งเศสมาจากการผสมผสานกลวิธีการแปลหลากหลายเนื่องจากวัฒนธรรมไทยและฝรั่งเศสมีความแตกต่างกันอย่างมาก ในทางกลับกัน การแปลจากต้นฉบับภาษาฝรั่งเศสเป็นภาษาสเปนส่วนใหญ่เป็นการใช้กลวิธีการแปลตรงตัว เนื่องจากฝรั่งเศสและสเปนมีลักษณะโครงสร้างภาษาและวัฒนธรรมใกล้เคียงกัน ประการที่สองคือ มีหลายกรณีที่ฉบับแปลภาษาฝรั่งเศสมีอิทธิพลต่อการถ่ายทอดองค์ประกอบทางวัฒนธรรมสู่ฉบับแปลภาษาสเปน อย่างไรก็ตาม มีบางกรณีที่ไม่พบอิทธิพลดังกล่าวในฉบับแปลภาษาสเปน เนื่องจากผู้แปลใช้วิธีการอื่นมาเสริม ได้แก่ การเลือกสรรคำแปล และการตีความเพิ่มเติมจากบริบท

"To Conceive With Child Is The Earnest Desire If Not Of All, Yet Of Most Women": The Advancement Of Prenatal Care And Childbirth In Early Modern England: 1500-1770, Victoria E.C. Glover

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes medical manuals published in England between 1500 and 1770 to trace developing medical understandings and prescriptive approaches to conception, pregnancy, and childbirth. While there have been plenty of books written regarding social and religious changes in the reproductive process during the early modern era, there is a dearth of scholarly work focusing on the medical changes which took place in obstetrics over this period. Early modern England was a time of great change in the field of obstetrics as physicians incorporated newly-discovered knowledge about the male and female body, new fields and tools, and new or revived …

I Am An Author: Performing Authorship In Literary Culture, Justin R. Greene

Theses and Dissertations

Authorship is not merely an act of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard; it is a social identity performance that includes the use of multiple media. Authors must be hyper- visible to cut through the dearth of information, entertainment options, and personae vying for attention in our supersaturated media environment. As they enter the literary world, writers consciously create characters and narratives around themselves, and through the consistent and believable enactment of these features, authors are born. In this dissertation, I analyze the performance of authorship in U.S. literary culture through an interdisciplinary framework. My work pulls from …

The Player’S Journey: Ludology And Narratology In Modern Gaming, Angelica Fuchs

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the evolution of gaming criticism (specifically ludology and narratology) and games as a medium of expression through the use of case studies. These case studies look at some of the core aspects of four major titles (The Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, various BioWare games and Journey) and survey how these games work to effectively employ a narrative while maintaining an immersive, intuitive system for the player to interact with. Through these titles, the thesis suggests that in order to gain a full scope of a game’s intentions, studies should analyze more than …

Law And Literature And History, Christine Krueger

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Girls’ Voices Of The Eighteenth Century: The Development Of A Genre For Young Female Readers, 1740-1800, Sarah Rangaratnam

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Just as they do today, adolescent girls functioned as a cultural force in the eighteenth century, and it was commercially viable for authors and publishers to attract and sustain the attention of these teenaged readers. Girls’ Voices of the Eighteenth Century: The Development of a Genre for Young Female Readers, 1740-1800, examines how four female authors leveraged elements of fairy tales, romances and gothic fiction, and developed dialogue and humour in their texts, to reflect the interests and literary awareness of their target audience of adolescent girls. My study begins with an investigation of the legacy of early French fairy …

'Try To Be As Brave’: Cross-Continental Comparisons Of Great Warpoetry, Robert S. Means

Faculty Publications

English poetry of the Great War is famous for its (sometimes naive) patriotism, its black humor and satire, and its ability to paint the ugly reality of twentieth-century war in a way that has haunted readers and influenced subsequent writers ever since. The poet and memoirist Robert Graves (1895–1985) wrote a revealing poem in 1918 that summed up his war poetry and his war experience. “The Patchwork Quilt” combines curious images of domesticity and femininity—“patterned silks and old brocade / Small faded rages in memory rich,” curious, because they’re not the images you’d expect in (especially male) “war poetry”—with the …

Embracing New Experiences: Young Adult Literature About The Immigrant Experience, Ashley Hoppenjan

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to identify themes in quality young adult realistic fiction about the immigrant experience in the United States. The researcher questioned which themes are evident in young adult immigrant literature. To pursue this information, the researcher analyzed highly recommended young adult realistic fiction published from 2000 to 2017. Twelve novels were selected, read, and coded. After the first reading, two novels were eliminated; therefore, ten novels are reported. Analysis revealed six themes including: causes of immigration, assimilation, perseverance, identity, socioeconomic status, and stereotypes.