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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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare’s Richard II. By exploring

Pan, techo y libertad : women, gender and development in the Afro-Ecuadorian highlands

Creator:: Guerron-Montero, Carla Maria
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: highland community composed of black peasants. The Afro-Ecuadorian community has been neglected both by

Space and movement : dance, art, and the poetry of William Carlos Williams

Creator:: Hoch, Jamie
Abstract:: The Modern era, roughly the time between 1860-1930, brought about a significant restructuring of artistic mediums. From the canvas to the page, artists of the twentieth century turned towards collaboration as a means by which they could reconfigure their works. Painters, writers, and dancers, borrowed aesthetic techniques from one another...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Poetry of William Carlos Williams. Abstract approved: Tracy The Modern era, roughly the time between

Hamlet's delay : an attempt at synthesis

Creator:: Cohen, Martin, 1943-
Abstract:: The study of the question of why Shakespeare's Hamlet delays killing Claudius in revenge for his father's murder is examined in light of the major critical theories from neo-classical to modern scholarship. An expanded treatment of the works of Fredson Bowers, Eleanor Prosser, Bertram Joseph, and Roland Frye, is provided...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"Present fears" and "Horrible Imaginings" : Gothic elements in Shakespearean Tragedy

Creator:: Appel, Ian S.
Abstract:: Gothic literary works are characterized as such by their ability to represent and evoke terror. The form this representation takes is varied; often terror originates in the atmospheric effects of settings, in the appearance of mysterious, supposedly supernatural phenomena, and, perhaps most significantly, in the behavior of villainous characters. Shakespearean...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! M.H. Abrams allows for this diversity of applications in his

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Arts in History of Science presented on July 24, 2002. Title: On His Own Terms: William James

A feminist love story : the cinematic possibilities of Shakespeare's Juliet

Creator:: Faherty, Dionna E.
Abstract:: Literary and feminist theory have recently begun to recognize William Shakespeare's character of Juliet as a possible feminist heroine, but communicating this interpretation on film will be complicated. Not only will the film need to deal with the issues of adaptation that come with moving any play onto film, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: begun to recognize William Shakespeare's character of Juliet as a possible feminist heroine, but

The social dimension of Shakespeare's art : a Midsummer Night's Dream

Creator:: Schaefer, Mimi
Abstract:: The study of the social dimensions of Shakespeare's art is represented by the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, C.L. Barber, Robert Weimann, Edward Berry, and Michael Bristol. Their work analyzes the background in Elizabethan social practices and popular dramatic traditions that contribute to the form, structure, and meaning of Shakespeare's comedies....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"The life of things" : weird realisms in Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

Creator:: England, Saara Amelia
Abstract:: My thesis explores the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth as emblematic of Western philosophy and literature's longstanding preoccupation with the relationship between mind and matter. The poets' attempts to mediate their languages and sensibilities with "real nature" have a complicated legacy for today's readers, as Romantic literature...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Things”: Weird Realisms in Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads

William Ernest Castle, American geneticist : a case-study in the impact of the Mendelian research program

Creator:: Taylor, H. Terry
Abstract:: In their modern context questions of heredity have come to be closely aligned with theories of evolution because all such theories require the presence of heritable variation. Thus the need for an understanding of a source of variation and a mechanism for its inheritance became very apparent with the general...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: William Ernest Castle, American geneticist : a case

A survey of the resources of Union County

Creator:: Richards, Wayne Elliott
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ACKÌ: O;LEDGENE T Sincere appreciation is exteded to Dr. Richard i. Highsrnith, Jr. for

The problems [of Paul Ricoeur's symbols] of evil

Creator:: Ritenour, Karen E.
Abstract:: In the early part of his philosophical career, Paul Ricoeur worked out a general theory of symbols which he illustrated with the symbols of evil. He subsequently explained this theory in several essays (his final major statement on symbols can be found in Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: More than anyone else, I am deeply indebted to Professor Richard Daniels for his help in guiding me

Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

Creator:: Donckers, Jana L.
Abstract:: As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of alternative tourism has emerged. Application of this research has resulted in myriad forms of tourism, two of these being ecotourism and educational travel. Ecotourism represents a response to what is the destructive nature of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thank Dr. Courtland Smith and Dr. Joan Gross of the Anthropology Department, Dr. Richard Clinton of the

Seasonal activities of two species of eriophyid mites on holly and their relation to foliage damage

Creator:: Welton, Richard Elroy
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: HOLLY AND THEIR RELATION TO FOLIAGE DAMAGE by RICHARD ELROY WELTON A THESIS submitted to

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Saunders, Richard Kieckhefer, Sophie Page, magic is often ignored in scholarly work when discussing

Development and rationale for a minimum pollution product trademark which consumers can identify with minimum pollution products

Creator:: Whyte, William James
Abstract:: Note: From here on Minimum Pollution Product and MPP will be used interchangeably. This study was initiated to develop a trademark which could be registered and used for advertising purposes by companies producing and selling products which are minimum pollutants relative to competitive products in the same market. One of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: William James Whyte (Name of student) in General Studies for the M.A., General Studies (Degree

A paleomagnetic study of Recent Cascade lavas

Creator:: McKnight, William Ross
Abstract:: Ninety-five oriented samples were obtained from nine Recent Cascade lava flows in Oregon. Directions and intensities of remanent magnetization were measured on a spinner magnetometer which measures directions of magnetization to within 1.2° s.d. Angle measurements were plotted graphically using an equal area projection. Mean directions and statistics were calculated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William Ross McKnight for the

The swimming response of the Sacconereis stage of Autolytus varius to changes in hydrostatic pressure

Creator:: Smith, Randall William
Abstract:: The syllid polychaete Autolytus varius reproduces in the spring and early summer in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, The fertilized female epitokes, or Sacconereis, carry the developing eggs and larvae in a ventral sac until the larvae are ready to be released; incubation lasts 14 to 18 days in the laboratory, The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Autolytus varius to changes in hydrostatic pressure AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RANDALL WILLIAM SMITH

Behavioral characteristics reported by teachers in referring problem children to the Multnomah County Juvenile Court

Creator:: Schmurr, Leonard William
Abstract:: This study is an attempt to discover (1) the types of behavior problems school people report, (2) whether these reports contain information which reliably indicates serious psychological disorders, and what might be expected as a result of proper definition and recognition of these problems. In addition, the findings of experts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: William Schmurr for the M. A, in General Studies - - - tNm) (]JegreJ (Major) Date thesis is Dresented May

Academic preparation of American business executives for foreign service

Creator:: Goodearl, Arthur William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: WILLIAM GOODEARL A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE JNIVERSIT1 in partial fulfillment of the

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