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George Bernard Shaw's "Big Three" : an althusserian reading of Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara

Creator:: Kramer, Johanna I.
Abstract:: Traditional readings of George Bernard Shaw's texts suggest that he is not a pure Marxist socialist because of the spiritual and nationalist aspects of his vision. This thesis attempts to confront Shaw's politics in order to demonstrate that he indeed offers a viable socialist program. Overlaying his socialism with Louis...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Island, and Major Barbara by Johanna I. Kramer A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

"We Share a Common Disinheritance": Subjectivity, Dispossession, and Antiblackness in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Paul Beatty's The Sellout

Creator:: Becker, Jade M.
Abstract:: Recent work in moral philosophy has displayed a renewed interest in ethics and ontology that consider the social constitution of the subject. However, these approaches to ethics, exemplified in Judith Butler’s work in Giving an Account of Oneself, often neglect the problem of antiblackness, which Afro-pessimist scholars argue operates at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Arts in English presented on April 29, 2019. Title: “We Share a Common

'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

Creator:: McGrory, Suzette L.
Abstract:: Traditional interpretations of James Joyce's Dubliners have often focused on the pervasive "paralysis" of the city, covered in the stories' range of "childhood, adolescence, maturity, and public life." However, these approaches have limited their focus on the women in the stories, often spotlighting the male characters--and the author--through a Freudian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: they interpret the text (Butler, "Performative" 525). In contrast to a unified experience, Butler

Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

Creator:: Jameson, Sara
Abstract:: Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Arts in English presented on April 28, 2004. Title: Mike Rose: Composing a Reading of

Caught in the act : casting myself as a performing writer in rhetoric and writing studies

Creator:: Dieter, Thomas Edward
Abstract:: The following thesis explores the potential for autoethnography to serve as an enabling method for developing a grounded understanding of literacy, performance, gender and sexuality. As autoethnographic writing insists that even the seemingly most personal aspects of a researcher's character are deeply embedded in larger political and sociocultural narratives, this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Act: Casting Myself as a Performing Writer in Rhetoric and Writing Studies Abstract approved

On the Rhetorical Disability of Students with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Rhetorical Approach to the Trauma-Informed Teaching of College Composition

Creator:: McDowell, Amanda J.
Abstract:: Composition scholars who have written about trauma have typically focused on creating classrooms that are conducive to healing and learning. In doing this work, however, they have considered neither how PTSD nor other people’s responses to it can impact one’s perceived rhetoricity in the college classroom. In other words, they...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to communicate is subsumed by their diagnosis. Prendergast, who describes her friend, Barbara as “a

Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

Creator:: Papaleo, November R.
Abstract:: MySpace is a social network phenomenon with over 100 million profiles and a strong presence in over 24 countries. As digital media become more commonplace, social networks are becoming sites where women create and manage relationships and identities. This thesis is a study of how women ages 18-22 are constructing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Judith Butler, and Donna Haraway, the first category identifies the construction of a gender and sexual

The Listening Cure: Theorizing Gender Fluid Performance through Katharine Hepburn’s Transatlantic Accent

Creator:: Dawson, Katherine
Abstract:: My mother named me after Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn, but what made a working-class girl grow to love this posh celebrity so much? The obvious answer is that my mother aspired to be posh herself; but lack of money or sophistication were not the only things impacting her potential— there...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________ Jon Lewis My mother named me after Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn, but what made a

Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

Creator:: Jurgens, Jeremy
Abstract:: Traditionally, Renaissance studies have neglected or overlooked the contributions of early modern female poets, many of whom produced lively, engaging, and highly creative work despite the limitations imposed on them by a rigidly patriarchal society. In my thesis, I examine the life and work of Aemilia Lanyer, a 17th century...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Barbara Lewalski puts it, “this era was a regressive period for women, as a culture dominated by a

Beneath this roof : stories

Creator:: Carpenter, Claire
Abstract:: These stories follow the lives of women in a variety of roles—housewife, deli employee, artist, bird keeper, and sitter for the elderly—and at different stages of life. In “Beneath this Roof,” a young housewife’s life is rocked by a visit from an old friend who has changed in unexpected ways....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: butler. “You do have a sitting room, right?” I smiled and shook my head. “The living room’s the best

ScholarsArchive@OSU

George Bernard Shaw's "Big Three" : an althusserian reading of Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara

"We Share a Common Disinheritance": Subjectivity, Dispossession, and Antiblackness in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Paul Beatty's The Sellout

'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

Caught in the act : casting myself as a performing writer in rhetoric and writing studies

On the Rhetorical Disability of Students with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Rhetorical Approach to the Trauma-Informed Teaching of College Composition

Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

The Listening Cure: Theorizing Gender Fluid Performance through Katharine Hepburn’s Transatlantic Accent

Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

Beneath this roof : stories

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