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  • Religion in the writing classroom : toward a pedagogy of possibility

    Creator:
    May, Laura D.
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    In this thesis, I examine composition scholarship on the intersections of religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists' discomfort with religion and focusing on pedagogical approaches for working with religiously-committed students. In particular, I emphasize the way in which these approaches are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists

  • The Art of Noticing : An Essay on Contemporary Ecological Writing

    Creator:
    West, Rex Alan, 1967-
    Abstract:
    A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...
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    Masters Thesis
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    NATURE POETRY 2 7 CONCLUSION 5 0 LITERATURE CITED 5 4 Preface "Modern Man...in the topmost tiers of

  • Geographers of writing : the authorship of Aphra Behn and Daniel Defoe in Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe

    Creator:
    Klinikowski, Autumn
    Abstract:
    Themes of authorship in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe highlight locations in the stories that expose the author's concerns with their responsibilities and contributions to society. In order to frame a discussion of authorship in Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe, it is essential to position Behn and Crusoe...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Master of Arts in English presented on June 12, 2001. Title: Geographers of Writing: Authorship in

  • The power of conceptual metaphor in Diana Abu-Jaber's The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise

    Creator:
    Gratz, Kimberly A.
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    This thesis examines the use of religious metaphor as it applies to food in two literary works by Diana Abu-Jaber. First, The Language of Baklava, a culinary memoir published in 2005, reveals aspects of cultural identity and memory through food and metaphor. Second, Abu-Jabers most recent novel, Birds of Paradise,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    examine metaphor and food narratives in literature. This study explores the use of religious metaphor