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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"American literature -- History and criticism"”.
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Are there classics in American literature?
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Emphasizing cultural connections in American literature using systems theory.
Multiculturalism is a dynamic field of study and will continue to evolve as our society evolves. Multiculturalism has resulted in new departments, new books, new canons, and new theories from many of America's previously ignored cultures. However, most of these changes have not put America's …
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The Devil in American literature : a consideration of four texts.
… there are many things, whereof we may reasonably and profitably be Inquistive." My study of the devil focuses on selected representations in American literature from the colonial to the contemporary period. I have selected four of the most influential and popular representations in American …
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Criticism of material success in the American novel
… goal in life were not moving with the grain of American opinion. The novelists who did examine the goals of American life did not condemn material success immediately, but instead their thoughts grew by gradual stages. These novels are grouped into three stages for discussion in this thesis. The …
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Towards a trans-Caribbean poetics: A new aesthetic of power and resistance
This dissertation analyzes how Caribbean-American writers living elsewhere challenge common ideas about power, violence and oppression through the reinterpretation of Caribbean dictatorial regimes in their fiction, and how their stories fare in comparison to other narrative traditions such as the …
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The diaphoric structure and unity of William Faulkner's Go Down Moses
… was forever intimidated by his complex artistry and sweeping vision, and my first reading of “The Bear” was a frustrating experience. This oddly disjunct work simply did not make sense to the young undergraduate who then preferred the lucidity of Ernest Hemingway and the grey gloom of Graham …