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The Clerk’s Tale : literal monstrosities and allegorical problems

Creator:: Brock, Christopher J.
Abstract:: My thesis, entitled “The Clerk’s Tale: Literal Monstrosities and Allegorical Problems,” argues that Chaucer’s Clerk is engaging both sides of a binary system. The Clerk has situated himself in a precarious position between two major schools of thought in the medieval culture, Franciscan and Dominican; the former promotes the will...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: P. McCall describes the thoughts of other critics and how they “indicate that [the tale] is a

Codified into the word : the intersections of language and violence in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

Creator:: Hagan, Matthew T.
Abstract:: In this thesis I argue that Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian serves as a critique of the American Western mythos by collapsing aspects of myth, ideology, and the sublime into the question of violence's relationship to language. In explicating the novel, I demonstrate how the ironies staged between the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew T. Hagan for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on

An autumn journey : time, place, and pattern in Henry David Thoreau's later work

Creator:: Dotterman, Anthony Matthew
Abstract:: This thesis situates a discussion of Thoreau's later natural history essays in the context of the author's other writings. Beginning with an examination of the writings of Thoreau's friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, this paper examines Thoreau's relation to and departure from Emerson's understanding of time, place, and pattern...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Anthony Matthew Dotterman for the

Rethinking autonomy in group home policy

Creator:: Gaddis, Matthew A.
Abstract:: In this thesis I argue that in contemporary Oregon, the policies and design of group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities emphasizes an ineffective conception of autonomy, and this emphasis should be shifted to provide better opportunities for the growth of individuals both within the homes and in their communities....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ______________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew

Reflections on a Poetry Workshop with First-Year Latin@ Students at Oregon State University

Creator:: Cole, Matthew Colin
Abstract:: This paper explores the benefits of a poetry workshop with first-year Latin@ students at Oregon State University. Over the course of nine weeks, participants met once a week for fifty minutes to analyze and discuss culturally relevant poetry as well as compose and revise their own work. Drawing from critical...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Oregon State University by Matthew Colin Cole B.A., Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

Creator:: Opas, Matthew E.
Abstract:: Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew E. Opas for the degree of

The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

Creator:: Dodson, Matthew J.
Abstract:: For centuries, continental philosophy has clung to the belief that the world only meaningfully exists through human perception--that, in other words, when a tree falls in the forest, it does not make a sound. Literary theory, which has strong roots in continental philosophy, followed suit, remaining tied to humanism even...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew J

Meeting the Night : The Science and Mystery of an Endangered Habitat

Creator:: Sisson, Jill
Abstract:: Night is an extraordinary resource. Unlike air, water, or soil, nighttime is a spatio-temporal phenomenon, which leads to many crucial roles. It provides refuge to wildlife species, triggers hormonal and behavioral responses among a wide variety of organisms, and serves as an essential migratory backdrop for species that navigate by...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Full Text:: , L. M., Crooks, K. R., Fristrup, K. M., Brown, E., Warner, K. A., Nelson, M. D., White, C., Briggs

A study of the differential equation d²w/dz² + (m + z²)w=0

Creator:: Morris, C. Gordon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ft f (l-a) W p," P2'' in which the coefficients p, and are regular through- out the finite plane

Reduction of Fredholm integral equations with Green's function kernels to Volterra equations

Creator:: Aalto, Sergei Kalvin
Abstract:: G. F. Drukarev has given a method for solving the Fredholm equations which arise in the study of collisions between electrons and atoms. He transforms the Fredholm equations into Volterra equations plus finite algebraic systems. H. Brysk observes that Drukarev's method applies generally to a Fredholm integral equation (I-λ G)u...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Id-d m I, HAIL I dl and I I A p m I I and a lower bound for Id!. Let I K(x, s) I < M, (0 < s

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The Clerk’s Tale : literal monstrosities and allegorical problems

Codified into the word : the intersections of language and violence in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

An autumn journey : time, place, and pattern in Henry David Thoreau's later work

Rethinking autonomy in group home policy

Reflections on a Poetry Workshop with First-Year Latin@ Students at Oregon State University

An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

Meeting the Night : The Science and Mystery of an Endangered Habitat

A study of the differential equation d²w/dz² + (m + z²)w=0

Reduction of Fredholm integral equations with Green's function kernels to Volterra equations

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