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An Exploration Of Job Satisfaction Levels, Pathways Into Education, And Recruiting Behaviors Of Teachers In Indiana, Tricia Johnson Dec 2017

An Exploration Of Job Satisfaction Levels, Pathways Into Education, And Recruiting Behaviors Of Teachers In Indiana, Tricia Johnson

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Teacher retention and recruitment has been studied from many different perspectives, but there is limited research on the issue from the perspectives of current teachers. The purpose of this quantitative study was to gather data to fill a gap in the research concerning teacher recruiting behaviors by asking teachers if they were likely to encourage different categories of people (friend or relative, community member, current student, other students, recent high school graduate, and their own child) to enter the field of education as a profession. Analysis of the data from 2,083 current Indiana teachers found multiple statistically significant differences in …

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Young Adult Literature And Empathy In Appalachian Adolescents, Kelsey R. Kiser Dec 2017

Young Adult Literature And Empathy In Appalachian Adolescents, Kelsey R. Kiser

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Based on recent research concluding that fiction can increase empathy, this project examines how multicultural young adult literature may encourage empathy in Appalachian adolescents. Empathy encourages prosocial behaviors, but evidence suggests that young adults’ ability to empathize has declined in recent decades. In addition, Appalachia in particular is still a relatively homogenous region as it is majority white, protestant Christian, and heteronormative. Because of this, young adults in Appalachia may encounter few diverse perspectives in real life; multicultural young adult literature can provide diverse perspectives with which teenagers can empathize in a region where they might not have similar opportunities …

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Thinking Before You Act: A Constructive Logic Approach To Crafting Performance-For- Development Narrative, Angela Duggins Dec 2017

Thinking Before You Act: A Constructive Logic Approach To Crafting Performance-For- Development Narrative, Angela Duggins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The intent of this thesis was to test the feasibility of constructing performance-for-development narrative using a constructive logic approach. I created an equation which expressed the sum of non-human-elements as the sum of a narrative with each element serving as a variable. I used a review of persuasion literature to provide insight into the selection and manipulation of each variable. I provided my family as a hypothetical example and used my knowledge of their preferences and communication styles in conjunction with the literature and the equation to craft a narrative which might increase pro-school attitudes in other families like my …

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With Great Power: Examining The Representation And Empowerment Of Women In Dc And Marvel Comics, Kylee Kilbourne Dec 2017

With Great Power: Examining The Representation And Empowerment Of Women In Dc And Marvel Comics, Kylee Kilbourne

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Throughout history, comic books and the media they inspire have reflected modern society as it changes and grows. But women’s roles in comics have often been diminished as they become victims, damsels in distress, and sidekicks. This thesis explores the problems that female characters often face in comic books, but it also shows the positive representation that new creators have introduced over the years. This project is a genealogy, in which the development of the empowered superwoman is traced in modern age comic books. This discussion includes the characters of Kamala Khan, Harley Quinn, Gwen Stacy, and Barbara Gordon and …

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Asking The Tough Questions: Teaching Literature And Nonfiction Through Critical Literacy To Recapture Our Voices, Agency, And Mission, Elsie L. Olan, Wendy Farkas, Kia Jane Richmond Nov 2017

Asking The Tough Questions: Teaching Literature And Nonfiction Through Critical Literacy To Recapture Our Voices, Agency, And Mission, Elsie L. Olan, Wendy Farkas, Kia Jane Richmond

Conference Presentations

Exploding the Myth of Mental Illness

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Disrupting Notions Of Stigma While Empowering Voices: Examining Language Identity, Mental Illness, And Disability Through Young Adult Literature, Elsie L. Olan, Wendy Farkas, Kia Jane Richmond Nov 2017

Disrupting Notions Of Stigma While Empowering Voices: Examining Language Identity, Mental Illness, And Disability Through Young Adult Literature, Elsie L. Olan, Wendy Farkas, Kia Jane Richmond

Conference Presentations

Presenter Two will share new research on young adult literature which features characters with mental illness. She will describe strategies for using texts such as Your Voice is All I Hear (2015), Thirteen Reasons Why (2007), and The Impossible Knife of Memory (2014) to analyze and critique representations of mental illness in young adult literature. Drawing on research by Koss & Teale (2009) and Richmond (2014), this presenter will help session attendees interrogate “the power of language choices” and “become empowered to confront the stigma associated with mental illness and confront bullying” (p. 24).

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Young Adult Literature: The Reality On The Page, Chelsea Elmore Nov 2017

Young Adult Literature: The Reality On The Page, Chelsea Elmore

Selected Honors Theses

The genre of young adult literature has grown from a didactic category made of problem novels and taboo themes into a mimetic vision of modern life by way of dystopian fiction. In my thesis, I will discuss the ways in which young adult literature has changed over time and what those changes will mean for its readers and its future as a genre. The first section will analyze three groundbreaking novels that have disrupted the previously established didactic mindset of young adult literature. The publication of such novels (The Catcher in the Rye, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret …

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Mind Over Magic: Repetition-Compulsion, Power Instinct, And Apprehension In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea, Phillip Snyder Oct 2017

Mind Over Magic: Repetition-Compulsion, Power Instinct, And Apprehension In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea, Phillip Snyder

The Catalyst

This paper analyzes what the actions of Ged, the protagonist in Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, say about fear and its master and how these actions add to our understanding of Sigmund Freud’s concepts of repetition-compulsion, Power Instinct, and Apprehension.

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“Things That Were, And Things That Are, And Things That Yet May Be”: The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscript Collection At Marquette University, William M. Fliss Oct 2017

“Things That Were, And Things That Are, And Things That Yet May Be”: The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscript Collection At Marquette University, William M. Fliss

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A talk on the Tolkien Archive at Marquette University’s Rayner Memorial Library in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—its origins, usefulness, and current reorganization project.

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Into The Wild Woods: On The Significance Of Trees And Forests In Fantasy Fiction, Weronika Łaszkiewicz Oct 2017

Into The Wild Woods: On The Significance Of Trees And Forests In Fantasy Fiction, Weronika Łaszkiewicz

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Surveys trees and forests in fantasy literature, paying particular attention to works by Charles de Lint and Robert Holdstock and their evocations of the sacred, the numinous, and the mythologically potent through arboreal imagery.

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‘Morning Stars Of A Setting World’: Alain De Lille’S De Planctu Naturæ And Tolkien’S Legendarium As Neo-Platonic Mythopoeia., Christopher Vaccaro Oct 2017

‘Morning Stars Of A Setting World’: Alain De Lille’S De Planctu Naturæ And Tolkien’S Legendarium As Neo-Platonic Mythopoeia., Christopher Vaccaro

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines a possible source of the imagery associated with Tolkien’s representations of divine and queenly women in Alain de Lille’s De Planctu Naturæ, or Complaint of Nature. De Lille was a 12th century theologian and poet associated with the Chartres school, and an influence on Chaucer.

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"Countries Of The Mind": The Mundane, The Fantastic, And Reality In The Landscapes Of Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood And Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series, Brittani Ivan Oct 2017

"Countries Of The Mind": The Mundane, The Fantastic, And Reality In The Landscapes Of Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood And Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series, Brittani Ivan

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

The landscape, in a piece of mythopoeic fiction, is more than a backdrop to the action- It is the story itself rendered static. The way each author arranges their landscape thus reflects their conception of continuities, discontinuities, and imbalances of power and reality between the mundane and the fantastic. I argue that by applying the postcolonial theories of Mary Louise Pratt, Michel de Certeau, and Homi Bhaba to the fantastic landscapes that are mapped or left unmapped by Diana Wynne Jones in Hexwood and Garth Nix in his Old Kingdom Series, it is revealed that the ideological divide between the …

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Maleldil And Reader Response In C.S. Lewis’S Out Of The Silent Planet, Thomas Rand Oct 2017

Maleldil And Reader Response In C.S. Lewis’S Out Of The Silent Planet, Thomas Rand

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

On Lewis’s coinage of the name Maleldil and its linguistic implications.

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Laughter In Middle-Earth: Humour In And Around The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien. Eds. Thomas Honegger And Maureen F. Mann, Janet Brennan Croft Oct 2017

Laughter In Middle-Earth: Humour In And Around The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien. Eds. Thomas Honegger And Maureen F. Mann, Janet Brennan Croft

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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The Invention Of Angela Carter: A Biography By Edmund Gordon, Dennis Wilson Wise Oct 2017

The Invention Of Angela Carter: A Biography By Edmund Gordon, Dennis Wilson Wise

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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Memories Of Clyde Kilby (Note), Mike Foster Oct 2017

Memories Of Clyde Kilby (Note), Mike Foster

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Foster recounts an early interview with Clyde Kilby, founder of the Wade Collection at Wheaton University and friend of several of the Inklings.

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The Fantastic Of The Fin De Siècle. Eds. Irina Grubica And Zdenĕk Beran, Douglas A. Anderson Oct 2017

The Fantastic Of The Fin De Siècle. Eds. Irina Grubica And Zdenĕk Beran, Douglas A. Anderson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note), David Bratman Oct 2017

Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note), David Bratman

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Updates Bratman’s 1997 essay on Inkling Dyson in Mythlore #82.

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Beren And Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated By Alan Lee, Kate Neville Oct 2017

Beren And Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated By Alan Lee, Kate Neville

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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The Ravenclaw Chronicles: Reflections From Edinboro. Ed. Corbin Fowler And Harry Potter For Nerds Ii: Essays For Fans, Academics, And Lit Geeks. Eds. Kathryn Mcdaniel And Travis Prinzi, Jennifer W. Spirko Oct 2017

The Ravenclaw Chronicles: Reflections From Edinboro. Ed. Corbin Fowler And Harry Potter For Nerds Ii: Essays For Fans, Academics, And Lit Geeks. Eds. Kathryn Mcdaniel And Travis Prinzi, Jennifer W. Spirko

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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Forgotten Leaves: Essays From A Smial. Eds. Jessica Burke And Anthony Burdge, Cait Coker Oct 2017

Forgotten Leaves: Essays From A Smial. Eds. Jessica Burke And Anthony Burdge, Cait Coker

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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Briefly Noted: The Wizard Of Oz As A Parable. Steve Adams., Mike Foster Oct 2017

Briefly Noted: The Wizard Of Oz As A Parable. Steve Adams., Mike Foster

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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Treasure In The Archives: A Celebration Of Archival Collections, Laura Schmidt Oct 2017

Treasure In The Archives: A Celebration Of Archival Collections, Laura Schmidt

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Describes the collection of the Wade Center at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, which holds extensive archives of the works of Mythlore’s three key authors—Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams—as well as fellow Inkling Owen Barfield, and writers Dorothy L. Sayers, George MacDonald, and G.K. Chesterton. Also discusses the structure and uses of archives in general.

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‘Your Mother Died To Save You’: The Influence Of Mothers In Constructing Moral Frameworks For Violence In Harry Potter, Margaret S. Mauk Oct 2017

‘Your Mother Died To Save You’: The Influence Of Mothers In Constructing Moral Frameworks For Violence In Harry Potter, Margaret S. Mauk

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

This thought-provoking piece takes us to Harry Potter’s world and a study of mothers in that world—and how their actions permit an interpretation of some forms of offensive violence as pre-emptive or even defensive.

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Three Rings For The Elven-Kings: Trilogizing Tolkien In Print And Film, Robert T. Tally, Jr. Oct 2017

Three Rings For The Elven-Kings: Trilogizing Tolkien In Print And Film, Robert T. Tally, Jr.

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses the division of works meant to be whole into trilogies; primarily Tolkien’s lengthy novel, split into two volumes due to printing considerations, and Peter Jackson’s film trilogies of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

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Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft Oct 2017

Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A Long-expected update: I’m very pleased to be able to announce that the Mythlore archival website and online editorial management platform is now live. Through the generous sponsorship of Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Mythlore and the Mythopoeic Society now have an official online home for back issues of the journal, The Mythlore Index Plus, and, eventually, other publications and society archives.

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Tolkien’S Theology Of Beauty: Majesty, Splendour, And Transcendence In Middle-Earth By Lisa Coutras, Phillip Irving Mitchell Oct 2017

Tolkien’S Theology Of Beauty: Majesty, Splendour, And Transcendence In Middle-Earth By Lisa Coutras, Phillip Irving Mitchell

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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‘A Warp Of Horror’: J.R.R. Tolkien’S Sub-Creations Of Evil, Richard Angelo Bergen Oct 2017

‘A Warp Of Horror’: J.R.R. Tolkien’S Sub-Creations Of Evil, Richard Angelo Bergen

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Considers Tolkien’s skilled evocation of evil and the way he manages to hold Augustinian and Manichean conceptions of evil in balance, particularly in his depiction of orcs.

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J.R.R. Tolkien And The 1954 Nomination Of E.M. Forster For The Nobel Prize In Literature, Dennis Wilson Wise Oct 2017

J.R.R. Tolkien And The 1954 Nomination Of E.M. Forster For The Nobel Prize In Literature, Dennis Wilson Wise

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Wise speculates on the involvement of J.R.R. Tolkien in the group nomination of E.M Forster for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954; he discusses not only the politics behind the nomination but reads Forster’s Howards End and A Passage to India in the light of the tension between Tolkien’s interests in nationalism and inter-racial cooperation.

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Robert E. Havard: A Closer Look At The ‘Medical Inkling’ (Note), Sarah O’Dell Oct 2017

Robert E. Havard: A Closer Look At The ‘Medical Inkling’ (Note), Sarah O’Dell

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A preliminary study on under-examined Inkling Robert E. Havard.

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