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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:: Problems Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is one of the most influential works to come out of the

The accessible Chaucer

Creator:: Luepke, Natasha M.
Abstract:: In this thesis I explore the ways in which twenty-first century Americans have access to Geoffrey Chaucer and his works. I look at issues surrounding Chaucer within the canon debate, high school history and literature textbooks, and Chaucer in popular culture, such as in movies like A Knight's Tale. I...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: access to Geoffrey Chaucer and his works. I look at issues surrounding Chaucer within the canon

Taking a Stand: Promoting Val Plumwood’s Intentional Recognition Stance as an Ethical Solution for Addressing Climate Crisis and Environmental Degradation

Creator:: Meeks, Austin
Abstract:: This thesis argues for the importance of justice of recognition not only for humans, but the entire non-human world in the face of environmental destruction and climate crisis. The common response to the degradation of the world’s ecological sphere is to act with technological, scientific, and material based responses. However,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: becoming accepted into the Applied Ethics program. To Dr. Geoffrey Barstow and Dr. Stuart Sarbacker for

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:: Spell: The Meaning behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling Books. 3rd ed. Carol Stream, IL

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

"All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

Creator:: Schindell, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Melissa J. Cheyney The sudden and unexpected death

Making the Shift: Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Houtman, Leah S.
Abstract:: About 1% of U.S. births each year are planned home births (Vital Statistics Reports 2017). Of these, roughly 10% transfer to a higher level of care during labor (Melissa Cheyney et al. 2014), yet their experiences are rarely heard. Storytelling has long been used not only as entertainment, but as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Melissa J. Cheyney About 1% of

Traversing the city of blogs : pedagogy, performance, and public spheres

Creator:: Faris, Michael J.
Abstract:: In this thesis, I conduct an analysis of blogs in order to understand their potential use in the composition classroom with the goals of students writing for a public audience and developing their rhetorical and civic agency. I do so by exploring the potential for the blogosphere as a public...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Michael J. Faris for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on

"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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Taylor J. Boulware for the degree of Master of Arts in English, presented on April 30

Decentering the Human in 12th Century Histories and Chronicles: Divine Nonhumans at the Center of the Itinerarium Cambriae and the Historia Anglorum

Creator:: Phelps, Nathan J.
Abstract:: This thesis primarily investigates nonhumans in the writings of 12th century historians. Where these writings may typically be seen as having little room for nonhuman agency, this thesis investigates how divinity, as an important part of medieval life, creates a space for nonhuman agency that is otherwise overlooked. In chapter...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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The Clerk’s Tale : literal monstrosities and allegorical problems

The accessible Chaucer

Taking a Stand: Promoting Val Plumwood’s Intentional Recognition Stance as an Ethical Solution for Addressing Climate Crisis and Environmental Degradation

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

The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

"All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

Making the Shift: Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest

Traversing the city of blogs : pedagogy, performance, and public spheres

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

Decentering the Human in 12th Century Histories and Chronicles: Divine Nonhumans at the Center of the Itinerarium Cambriae and the Historia Anglorum

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