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  • Fitzgerald’s idealism and the question of wealth

    Creator:
    Wood, Amy
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    In This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and several of his short stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald questions the importance of wealth as a factor in supporting happiness and fostering the American Dream on an individual basis. With these texts, Fitzgerald acknowledges that wealth is a factor and, simultaneously, a...
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    American culture. Fitzgerald’s Idealism and the Question of Wealth by Amy Wood A

  • 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...
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    APPLIED OOO LITERARY CRITICISM by Matthew J. Dodson A THESIS submitted to

  • Knot theory : in imitation of Lewis Thomas

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    Schmidgall, Matthew J.
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    Knot Theory: In Imitation of Lewis Thomas is a collection of 14, 1200-word essays written in the style of Lewis Thomas, a physician who regularly contributed to The New England Journal of Medicine. His 1200-word column, "Notes of a Biology Watcher," ran from 1971 - 1980. The resulting compilations collectively...
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    All Rights Reserved Knot Theory: In imitation of Lewis Thomas by Matthew J. Schmidgall A THESIS

  • Rethinking autonomy in group home policy

    Creator:
    Gaddis, Matthew A.
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    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....
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    . ©Copyright by Matthew A. Gaddis August 7, 2013 All Rights Reserved

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

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    Opas, Matthew E.
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    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...
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    Technology Use on the Part of Eritrean Refugees in Rome, Italy by Matthew E. Opas A THESIS submitted to

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

    Creator:
    Dotterman, Anthony Matthew
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    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...
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    Pattern in Henry David Thoreau's Later Work by Anthony Matthew Dotterman A THESIS submitted to Oregon

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

    Creator:
    Hagan, Matthew T.
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    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...
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    Matthew T. Hagan A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • In Defense of the "Ringding Mukta" : The Later Work of J.D. Salinger

    Creator:
    Herb, Danielle Kristine
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    My thesis explores the later work of author J.D. Salinger, including two narratives featured in Nine Stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," and "Teddy," and Franny and Zooey, "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters," and "Seymour: an Introduction." Through my analysis I argue that the religious nature of Salinger's fiction...
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    , including two narratives featured in Nine Stories, ―A Perfect Day for Bananafish,‖ and ―Teddy,‖ and Franny

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

    Creator:
    Cole, Matthew Colin
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    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...
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    Reflections on a Poetry Workshop with First-Year Latino/a

  • Rational Madmen : Monomania in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and Stedman’s “How Old Brown Took Harpers Ferry”

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    Green, Paisley
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    In this project, I explore the use of monomania as a literary and rhetorical device that pathologizes deviance from certain norms—in this case, sexual and political norms— and allows for contradiction, dissonance, and reform. Using Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark” and Edmund Clarence Stedman’s poem “How Old Brown Took...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Peter J. Betjemann In this project, I explore the use of monomania as a literary and