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  • After we lost the wind

    Creator:
    Watterson, Jaclyn
    Abstract:
    My thesis is a collection of short stories in which I explore themes like loss, identity, and memory. The collection includes both short stories and short short stories, and through in-depth exploration of character and form, the stories here attempt to fit into a tradition of writers articulating the experiences...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    -narrative. But to me, narrative is not about moving from point A to point B, or even from point A to

  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    always inspired my own, and to Sam, Drew, Reed, and Claire, who have taught me more than any school

  • Edith Wharton’s dark ecology : representations of nature in three major novels

    Creator:
    Bacon, Julie M.
    Abstract:
    This thesis is arranged in three chapters which explore Wharton’s representations of nature in three novels: The House of Mirth (1905), The Fruit of the Tree (1907), and The Custom of the County (1913). This thesis contends that Wharton’s novels reveal changes in the interplay between representations of nature and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , Claire Carpenter, Quinn Dmitriev, Isabelle Haskins, Jason Ludden, and honorary M.F.A. Taylor Boulware

  • Women's individual accounts of the romantic content in glamour and cosmopolitan and its relationship to their lived experiences

    Creator:
    Weaver, Shauna Q.
    Abstract:
    The following question guided this research: How do female readers understand the romantic content of Cosmopolitan and/or Glamour magazines, and how do they perceive connections between their readership of this content and their personal ideas and behaviors regarding romantic relationships? This study involved a series of responsive interviews in which...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Recruitment Email .................................................................................. 117 B

  • Ecuador's informal sector : an analysis of gender and empowerment programs

    Creator:
    Ota, Brandy
    Abstract:
    Over the last 25 years structural adjustment programs have challenged Ecuador's ability to provide adequate social services and employment opportunities. In the wake of these policies, many women have turned to non-governmental agencies for possible solutions and assistance. Empowerment programs as a form of development work in particular have been...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ................................................................... 85 Appendix A: Demographics ....................................... 85 Appendix B: Themes

  • Asynthesis & act: the evental sublime in Badiou, Byron, and Barker

    Creator:
    Drury, Adam Marshall
    Abstract:
    Asynthesis & Act is a significant intervention into the discourse of the sublime. Through a deep investigation of the critical metaphysics of Immanuel Kant, the first chapter of this thesis puts forth the claim that the sublime is a radical experience that occasions a possibility for the individual to commit...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis