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Mapping Men: Toward A Theory Of Material Masculinity
(English, 2013-07-22)
This project interrogates the possibilities of material gender theory as an interdisciplinary bridge between critical theory—like gender studies and eco–criticism—and soft–scientific men's studies. The primary theoretical ...
The Feminine Alternative: Men And Women In Modernist European Literature
(English, 2013-07-22)
My work examines four seminal pieces of modernist European literature: Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Gide's The Immoralist, and Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. I show two aspects of gender ...
Language, Order And The Problem Of The Other: Inventing A Postmodern Service-learning Pedagogy
(English, 2013-03-20)
My dissertation argues for a different approach to implementing service-learning into composition pedagogy. I argue that because critical pedagogy has long been the primary vehicle for incorporating service-learning ...
Liquid Assets: The Functions Of Forgetting In Shakespeare's Second Henriad
(English, 2013-03-20)
This dissertation examines Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy in which the playwright employs forgetfulness despite its pathologized position in early modern culture and its seeming incompatibility with history. In ...
Blood Path: An Original Screenplay Based On The Life And Works Of John Rollin Ridge
(English, 2013-03-20)
Blood Path is an original, feature-length screenplay based on the life of John Rollin Ridge (1827-1867), a mixed-blood Cherokee whose work of sensational fiction, The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, is considered ...
"The Best And The Brightest:" The Overachievement Rhetoric During America's Polio Epidemics
(English, 2013-03-20)
In 1985, Dr. Richard Bruno, a post polio syndrome specialist, conducted a study on the personality traits of polio survivors, ultimately concluding that polio survivors have a significantly higher incidence of reporting ...
A Graduate English Major's Search For Meaning: Toward A Pedagogy Of Creative Rhetoric
(English, 2013-03-20)
Building upon recent work by Gerald Graff, Tim Mayers, Douglas Hesse, and Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll, I propose a pedagogical approach that integrates creative writing with rhetoric, much as the emerging "creative writing ...
Perceptions Of Subversion: The Formation Of A Pop-subculture
(English, 2013-07-22)
This project seeks to examine the emerging cultural significance of the modern hipster and determine their contribution to the greater discourse of counter-cultural formations of subversion and identity. Hipsters are ...
No Utopia Is An Island: The Ecosystem Of Utopias In Paul Mcauley's Quiet War Saga
(English, 2013-03-20)
In this thesis, I argue that a new, ambitious variety of literary utopia, which I call an ecosystem utopia, has developed over the past forty years, chiefly in science fiction and fantasy. My primary examples are Paul ...