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Aliens and academics : how cultural representations of alien abduction support an entrenched consensus reality

Creator:

Bryan, Frederick Clark

Abstract:

The alien abduction phenomenon has garnered considerable media attention in the last fifteen years, including many representations in books, film, and television. An overview of significant abduction literature is presented. Contrasts and comparisons are noted between popular written accounts and both the visual representations they engender and reports outside the...

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Masters Thesis

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Traversing the city of blogs : pedagogy, performance, and public spheres

Creator:

Faris, Michael J.

Abstract:

In this thesis, I conduct an analysis of blogs in order to understand their potential use in the composition classroom with the goals of students writing for a public audience and developing their rhetorical and civic agency. I do so by exploring the potential for the blogosphere as a public...

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Masters Thesis
The social dimension of Shakespeare's art : a Midsummer Night's Dream

Creator:

Schaefer, Mimi

Abstract:

The study of the social dimensions of Shakespeare's art is represented by the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, C.L. Barber, Robert Weimann, Edward Berry, and Michael Bristol. Their work analyzes the background in Elizabethan social practices and popular dramatic traditions that contribute to the form, structure, and meaning of Shakespeare's comedies....

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Masters Thesis