Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Morris, Timothy R."
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BORN OR MADE: PROBLEMS OF PROSE STYLE & STYLISTIC IMPROVABILITY AT THE SENTENCE LEVEL, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
McCarthy, Hope Petrash; 0000-0001-6528-660X (2019-05-02)In this interdisciplinary dissertation, I problematize the issue of style at the sentence level from a variety of perspectives, past and present, literary and compositional. My two-fold driving question throughout is, Can ... -
Bug-eyed Monsters And The Encounter With The Postcolonial Other: An Analysis Of The Common Postcolonial Themes And Characteristics In Science Fiction
Lee, Paul David (English, 2012-07-25)Recently, a number of non-Western postcolonial authors have begun to use science fiction to express some of the common concerns of non-Western cultures such as hybridity, alterity and subalternity, as well as other issues ... -
Chicken And Dumplings: The Motif Of Food In Appalachian Literature
Thayer, Cynthia L. Sibley (English, 2011-03-03)Food is an important element of literature. It can help to establish setting, conflicts, a hero and heroine, relationships with nature and other humans, comfort to readers as well as characters in fictional texts, class ... -
Colonial Shame and its Effect on Puerto Rican Culture
Torres Ramos, Alison; 0000-0001-7310-1134 (2017-06-01)I explore how American influence affects Puerto Rican culture through colonial shame. My dissertation is informed by the following questions: (1) In what ways does Puerto Rican culture attempt to move away from colonial ... -
Constructing Mothering Performances: The Motherhood Ideal In Caldecott And Newbery Winners, 1980-2014
McCullough Brewer, DanaThis project examines representations of motherhood in Caldecott and Newbery winners from 1980-2014 and is informed by feminist literary theory, juvenile literary theory, and motherhood studies. While motherhood studies ... -
Down And Back Again: A Swimmer's Body Moves Through Feminism, Young Adult Sport Literature And Film
Sanders, Michelle Renee (English, 2007-08-23)Contemporary material feminism is interested in finding new ways of writing and liberating women's bodies in literature, and some of these feminists are looking at sport literature to do so. Down and Back Again: A Swimmer's ... -
Frantic Fathers And Misplaced Mothers: Hegemonic Patriarchal Reinforcement Of The Traditional Family In American Film
Blaisdell, Teriann Gaston (English, 2008-04-22)Movies play an integral part in the formation of cultural identity and therefore should be subject to critical examination. This study examines the roles of mothers and fathers in films by looking at several basic techniques ... -
Italian American Literature and Food: A Match Made in the Kitchen A Handbook
Marchi, Monica; 0000-0001-5595-1960 (2018-12-10)Food is a recurrent theme in Italian American literature and authors have used it to highlight the importance of family, women, and the community at large and to teach about Italian customs to the U.S. public. Oftentimes, ... -
Korean American Matters And Identity In Korean American Novels
Kim, Seung-Won (English, 2014-03-10)My dissertation focuses on the intersection between the maturation of young Korean American protagonists in fiction and the writers' own growing-up of ethnic identity as Korean descendants. I analyze nine Korean American ... -
One High Heel On Each Side Of The Border: A Closer Look At Gender And Sexuality In Chicana And Anglo Young Adult Literature
Cook, Christi (English, 2014-03-12)There is currently very little analysis of Chicana young adult literature available, and by extension there is almost nothing at hand that compares Anglo and Chicana young adult literature. These fields need to be examined ... -
Playing In The Prose: Writing Instruction And Underprepared Student-athletes In Division I-a Universities
Hara, Billie S. (English, 2009-09-16)"Playing in the Prose: Writing Instruction and Underprepared Student-Athletes in Division I-A Universities," is a study that contributes to the continuedinterest in the pedagogical tools educators can use with underprepared ... -
The Possibilities Of Children's Literature: A Rhetoric-oriented Approach To Juvenile Texts
Chisholm, Basil Chadwick (English, 2014-03-12)This rhetoric-oriented dissertation examines the academic discussion of children's literature, especially the influence of Jacqueline Rose and her landmark book The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children's ... -
Recollecting Memory, Reviewing History: Trauma In Asian North American Literature
Chen, Guan-Rong (English, 2008-08-08)My dissertation focuses on representations of traumas in select eight Asian North American novels. I attempt to draw attention to this underrepresented issue of the Asian minority's traumatic experiences. Trauma in my ... -
Rogerian Democratic Pedagogy And Its Implications In Composition Studies For Students, Service Learning, And The Public Writing Movement
Thorne, Stacy Fussell (English, 2010-07-19)In this project, I articulate a democratic pedagogical model, which is based onand modified from the pedagogical theories of the American psychologist, Carl Ransom Rogers (1902-1987). Rogerian Democratic Pedagogy (RDP) is ... -
Teaching/writing Workshop: A Critical Memoir Of Training Teacher Candidates In Developmental Composition
Blair, Chere HardenI began by attempting to fill a gap I observed in the preparation of the novice teachers whom I supervised. I created a teaching apprenticeship program in order to give preservice teachers opportunities to enact the theories ... -
US Poets Laureate: A Literary And Cultural History
Holland, Toni M. (English, 2012-04-11)In 1985 the US Congress changed the title of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, which was created in 1937, to Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. The significance in the change is a signal to enhance awareness ... -
WRAITHS AND WHITE MEN: THE IMPACT OF PRIVILEGE ON PARANORMAL REALITY TELEVISION
Leask, Antares Russell; 0000-0001-6448-3425 (2020-08-05)Modern paranormal TV walks the fine line between infotainment and propaganda that older white men are rational while marginalized communities, such as youths, lower social classes, women, and minorities are hysterical and ...