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  • Half-life : essays

    Creator:
    Fath, Lauren
    Abstract:
    Lauren Fath, in her non-fiction collection Half-Life: Essays, examines the underpinnings of her upbringing in suburban Fort Wayne, Indiana, focusing primarily on familial relationships and the importance of hindsight in understanding how our families make an imprint on our lives. By looking at our relationships through the lens offered by...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for his contributions as a reader; Ryan Scammell for his insights on craft; Ann Hagedorn for pointing

  • The effect of videotaped poetry readings on students' responses to poetry

    Creator:
    Bernhisel, Donna
    Abstract:
    This research study focused on the ways that reading poetry in print differs from viewing poetry in performance and the effect this had on comprehension and appreciation. Videotaped poetry readings provided students with opportunities to experience poetry in performance. Because very little had been researched in this area, a grounded...
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    Dissertation
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    . Because very little had been researched in this area, a grounded theory study was used. This

  • Creative Placemaking as a Composition Pedagogy

    Creator:
    Yerace, Marisa
    Abstract:
    This thesis explores the ways in which creative placemaking, a neighborhood-based practice for building community, can offer community-building and civic action wisdom as a model for composition. This model brings attention to spatial metaphors for rhetoric and teaching that have persisted for millennia; it re-focuses us on community; it encourages...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Association and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile/US Bank Foundation, sent out a call for proposals, and

  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in English presented on April 28, 2004. Title: Mike Rose: Composing a Reading of

  • "Style upon style": The Handmaid's Tale as a palimpsest of genres

    Creator:
    Boulware, Taylor J.
    Abstract:
    This thesis undertakes an examination of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, as a layering of genres. A futuristic dystopia that imagines late twentieth-century America as having fallen into neo-Puritanism and totalitarianism following widespread infertility and violence, The Handmaid’s Tale invites contemplation of various forms of fundamentalism, radicalism, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 2008. Title: "Style Upon Style": The Handmaid's Tale as a Palimpsest of Genres Abstract approved

  • Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue: from Public Service Announcement to Program- Length Commercial

    Creator:
    Seiber, Rich
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    Animation has long been a staple of children's television programming As public service announcements (PSA5) have become an important part of children's television programming, cartoon characters have started to appear in this form of nonprogram material. By standard definition, PSAs are usually a 15 to 60-second spot that promote education...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Animation has long been a staple of children's television programming As public service announcements (PSA5