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  • The Effects of Movies on Political Opinions about Race

    Creator:
    Nixon, Cara Y.
    Abstract:
    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is known for altering the social and political landscape of the United States during a particularly tumultuous, divided period. The novel, which tells the story of enslaved man Uncle Tom, had wide influence and was considered to help “lay the groundwork for the Civil...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Jillian St. Jacques, Committee Member, representing School of Writing, Literature, and Film

  • Sexologists, What of the Night?: Parody and Resistance in Nightwood

    Creator:
    Simpson, Taylor
    Abstract:
    The present study considers the mid-nineteenth century origins of the term “sexual inversion,” as it became applied to a variety of nonnormative subjects and sexual practices. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood (1936) has long been recognized as a discursive space wherein socially constructed notions of sexuality and gender are interrogated. A key...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , Anita Helle, and her thesis committee members, Neil Davison and Jillian St. Jacques. The author also

  • Cascadia’s cold war : Malamud’s novel, A New Life, and OSU’s Liberal Arts at the midcentury

    Creator:
    Sal, K. Sukhjot
    Abstract:
    This thesis will compare former OSU Professor Bernard Malamud’s life in Corvallis through primary sources and documents with his parallel experience in his 1961 novel A New Life. A close examination of Malamud’s literature and investigation of his life at OSU exposes an uneven balance between academic censorship and the...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Jillian St. Jacques, Committee Member, representing Applied Journalism at School of Writing

  • "Its Own Sense of Verisimilitude" : The Lizzie Bennet Diaries As a Transhistorical Adaptation of the Semipublic

    Creator:
    Surface, Samara
    Abstract:
    The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a multimodal adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, released from 2012-2013. As a media event, the show proved how effective transmedia storytelling can be, eventually winning an Emmy for Original Interactive Program. In creating an intensely immediate narrative world, the series adapted more than Jane Austen’s...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Thank you to my committee: Bradley Boovy, Jillian St. Jacques, Jon Lewis, and especially to Megan Ward