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Satire's Club: Reality, Reason, And Knowledge In Joseph Andrews, Heather Anne Law Davis Jan 2009

Satire's Club: Reality, Reason, And Knowledge In Joseph Andrews, Heather Anne Law Davis

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Satire has been credited with possessing the power to deconstruct the distinctions we make between opposing concepts and thus lead us to reevaluate established views. Structuralist Ferdinand de Saussure claimed that language relies on sets of opposites, or binary pairs, to create meaning. Building on this idea, deconstructionist Jacques Derrida explored the hierarchies he believed were inherent in all binary pairs, arguing that on concept in each pair occupies a superior position in our consciousness.


Situating The Cetacean: Science And Storytelling In Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider, Lee Elton Dionne Jan 2006

Situating The Cetacean: Science And Storytelling In Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider, Lee Elton Dionne

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This thesis analyzes two major discourses that intersect and inform one another in Witi Ihimaera's The whale rider: storytelling and modern science.


The Rise Of Mass Culture Theory And Its Effect On Golden Age Detective Fiction, Sarah Jean Trainin Jan 2002

The Rise Of Mass Culture Theory And Its Effect On Golden Age Detective Fiction, Sarah Jean Trainin

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This thesis will explore the segregation of detective fiction from the general fiction market between 1920 and 1940.


A Linguistic Analysis Of Emily Dickinson's Poetry, Mary Ann Hobson Jan 1982

A Linguistic Analysis Of Emily Dickinson's Poetry, Mary Ann Hobson

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