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Our Moral Educators : Educational Debate and Representations of Teachers in the Mid-Century Victorian Novel

Creator:

Taylor, Corey

Abstract:

In this thesis, I read the teachers in four mid-century Victorian novels--Charles Dickens' David Copperfield (1850) and Hard Times (1854), Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1857) and Charlotte Brontё's Villette (1853)-- within the context of mid-century English educational debate in an effort to explicate the ways in which these characters...

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Masters Thesis

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—Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield (1850) and Hard Times (1854), Thomas Hughes’ Tom Brown’s Schooldays
Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

Creator:

Wiley, Marie

Abstract:

This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...

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Masters Thesis
Life in (an)other world : issues of otherness and magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Creator:

Fennell, Dalicia K.

Abstract:

My thesis is comprised of two articles, titled "Journeying Through (An)Other World: Examining the Role of Magic and Transformational Otherness in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Magic, Muggles, and Mudbloods: Examining Magical Otherness in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." The introduction frames the thematic, theoretical, and critical connections...

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Masters Thesis