Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Creator Cuffey, Kurt M. Committee Member Robinson, David Degree Field English

Patriarchal power and punishment : the trickster figure in the short fiction of Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, and Joyce Carol Oates

Creator:

Strempke-Durgin, Heather D.

Abstract:

This thesis is an exploration of how male trickster figures operate in the Gothic fiction of 20th century American female authors. Specifically, I look at the short stories “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson, “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

not white, middle-class, married, and suburban” (2). Susan M. Hartmann points out that, “along
Charting their own course as writers : a study of writing-intensive students’ self-assessment and goal-setting at start of term

Creator:

Robinson, Tracy Ann

Abstract:

Curricular models and teaching techniques that support college students as the primary authors of their writing-across-the-curriculum experiences remain largely unexplored. This thesis addresses that research gap by investigating the use of a start-of-term writing self-assessment and goal-setting questionnaire (STQ) for upper-division undergraduates taking writing-intensive (WI) college courses in their majors....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis