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  • Femslash Fanfiction as a Reparative Practice of Critique

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    Johnson, Colleen E.
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    Ever since Henry Jenkins’ groundbreaking _Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture_ (1992), fan studies has slowly worked its way further into mainstream academia. However, particular practices and cultures of femslash fandom, and the contribution of queer women to fandom archives and circulation have, in many ways, been neglected. In...
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    April 30, 2019. Title: Femslash Fanfiction as a Reparative Practice of Critique. Abstract

  • Hitchcock in Hollywood: Examining the Master of Suspense’s Career with Rebecca and Psycho

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    Flanagan, Matthew S.
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    This project examines the production histories of two films that Alfred Hitchcock directed, his Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940) and the memorable Psycho (1960). The first chapter explores how Hitchcock succeeded and failed at influencing the picture as he, despite directing the movie, had to follow the vision that his producer,...
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    Rebecca, which did well critically and financially, he created a box office sensation with Psycho, a

  • Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

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    Wiley, Marie
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    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...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Rebecca R. Olson

  • Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

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    Jurgens, Jeremy
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    Traditionally, Renaissance studies have neglected or overlooked the contributions of early modern female poets, many of whom produced lively, engaging, and highly creative work despite the limitations imposed on them by a rigidly patriarchal society. In my thesis, I examine the life and work of Aemilia Lanyer, a 17th century...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Rebecca Olson Traditionally, Renaissance studies have neglected or overlooked the

  • Of tales changed to other forms : an analysis of the traditions and future of Ovidian adaptations

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    Moy, Shaleena
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    Not only does the publication of Ovidian adaptations online increase public awareness of Ovid, but it also offers new material for research and pedagogical purposes. Consequently, in this thesis, I explore both the historical tradition of Ovidian adaptations, specifically adaptations of Ovid's Orpheus tale, and the modern presentation of Ovidian...
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    :  ________________________________________________________________________  Rebecca Olson    Not only does the publication of Ovidian adaptations online increase public

  • "Justify[ing] the ways of God to man" : John Milton's Use of Satan to Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost

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    Burkett, Kristen A.
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    This paper focuses on Satan as a sympathetic figure in Paradise Lost, and it argues that readers' sympathy for Satan drives them to pursue God's grace in order to avoid falling into the same fate as Satan. It uses Reader Response theory to show how readers connect with Satan, and...
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    Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost Abstract approved:   Rebecca R. Olson This

  • Intersections of new historicism and contemporary theory in renaissance literature

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    Harrington, Erin R.
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    In this thesis, I use modern concepts of feminism, gender performativity, and psychoanalysis as a means to understand female characters and authors of Renaissance England in a new way. In my first article, I analyze various texts and performances of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as texts of Renaissance female...
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    Renaissance Literature Abstract approved: Rebecca R. Olson In this thesis, I use modern concepts of

  • Monsters in the mirror : literary reflections of mentally and physically deformed humanity in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene

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    Bromley, Michele Joy
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    Monstrous beings, or distortions of nature, were a tangible object of fear in the medieval and early modern eras. Aristotle, as a precursor to the scientists and magical practitioners of the twelfth century or the barber-surgeons of the sixteenth century, understood monsters to be human or animal beings deformed by...
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Rebecca R. Olson Monstrous beings, or distortions of nature, were a tangible object of fear

  • The adorned and the adored : issues of sympathy and ownership in Victorian literature

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    Schmuhl, Emily J.
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    This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material culture, and ownership in Victorian literature. In the first article, I explore the figure of the heiress in the Victorian literary tradition, focusing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. George Eliot marked the heiress figure...
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    : __________________________________________________________________ Meghan A. Freeman This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material

  • Feminized in Form, Non-Linear in Practice: Diaspora in Asian American Poetics

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    Norris, Precious
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    Asian American poetry is often considered a subcategory of poetry centered on the poets’ backgrounds. However, this project engages with the complexity of Asian American identity and experience as they trickle down from the poets, to their works, to interpretations of their art. Thus, I contend that these poets’ engagement...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Patricia A. Sakurai Asian American poetry is often considered a subcategory of