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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Language literature and linguistics"”.
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The theology of The Dream of The Rood
… as one of the finest renderings in Christian literature. The purpose of this paper is to examine the work within the context of the pagan concepts of the cult of the cross and tree veneration to prove that the work accurately reflects the theology and doctrne of the period and provides a …
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Narrative discourse in W. B. Yeats's "A Vision": An analysis of the interrelationships of narrators and narrative transmissions
… intricate web of relationships between narrators and narrative transmissions. Yeats's narrator "pairs" function systematically within his primary and antithetical dichotomy which corresponds to the outer, disciplined man of action and to the inner, intuitive man of contemplation, respectively. …
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The civil rights movement in Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon"
… situates all of her novels in a specific place and time, historical context is especially relevant in Song of Solomon (1977). However, scholars typically examine Milkman's quest for his family history without addressing the Civil Rights era in which the main part of the narrative occurs. …
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Thermals: a collection of short stories in an examination of women's experience stories
… that they involve a fall into awakening, and, finally, that experience stories are subversive of the patriarchy in that they allow the foregrounding of women's experience. The author experiments with the concept of experience story by writing five original short stories narrated in the …
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Perceptions of diversity management and organizational attractiveness: Exploring the effects of gender, ethnicity, and type of recruitment advertisement
… study examined the effects of gender, ethnicity, and the type of organizational recruitment advertisements on college students' (N = 357) evaluations of organizational attractiveness and diversity management. Participants were randomly assigned two different types of organizational recruitment …
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A study of the struggle between the apollonian facade and the dionysian face in ten plays by Peter Shaffer
… of the Struggle Between the Apollonian Facade and the Dionysian Face in Ten Plays by Peter Shaffer This is a study of the struggle between the Apollonian facade and the Dionysian face in ten plays by Peter Shaffer. Chapter One focuses on the destruction of the Apollonian facade by the Dionysian …
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Through the eyes of a vampire: the effects of rhetorical context in two of Anne Rice's vampire chronicles
… The very word evokes fear in most readers. And yet, since the mid-1970s, the vampire in literature has become a more sympathetic character. Not only do the roots of our traditional perception of the vampire as the embodiment of evil lie in the history of the literary vampire, but also the …
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Religious and literary motifs in Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy
Throughout history, religion and literature have offered patterns that allow people to acquire an understanding of the individual and his or her role within society as well as the universe. In the three novels of his Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain, …
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Pedagogical implications of Black English
… examine teachers' attitudes about Black English and how those attitudes affect students and to determine whether teachers who have some training in Black English have different attitudes than those who have not. Chapter one explains the history of Black English and chapter two details the grammar …
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Dancing and ranting in the chat room: synthesizing orality and literacy
… online communication via a personal computer and a modern has created a discourse environment that is witnessing rapid changes and mutations in language usage. Synchronous conversation spaces such as Internet relay chat rooms and MOOs are contributing to the development of a new expressive …
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Representacion realista o vision personal? Analisis de la objetividad de 'Los de abajo' de Mariano Azuela
… distort reality or denigrate the revolution and its participants. The weakness and impractical nature of the intellectuals in the novel are common problems among intellectual revolutionaries of that time. The behavior of the peasants in Los de abajo reflects the characteristics of all the …
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Representation of marriage in selected Harold Pinter plays
… behaviors expected of married individuals—and the sexual infidelity that they commit. Pinter creates a pattern in the marital lives of his characters, in which triangular relationships seem to be inescapable and each husband and wife seems to be engaged in an agreement that allows the …
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The mother's voice: a folkloric analysis of Amy Tan's the joy luck club
… desire of some critics for ethnic accountability and cultural accuracy in modern fictional writings concerning the Asian culture, Amy Tan's novel has been received with enthusiasm by much of the American public. The success of her novel is due in part to the universality of the conflicts found …
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Anamnesis, myth, and the political in selected works of Murakami Haruki
… advanced by Ōe Kenzaburo, a Nobel Laureate in Literature, which regards Murakami as an inferior writer. Murakami's fast paced style bears resemblance to Western authors and seemingly ignores the literary traditions of Japan. Through study of the development of the novel in Japan and its …
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Phantom Chase, The Novel
… story. The thesis introduces characters and presents events occurring in these characters' lives in Hawaii and South Vietnam and the end of 1967. The submitted thesis develops two plot lines: 1. A fictional re-telling of the rationale for and creation of the C.I.A.'s Phoenix program in …
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English in the era of globalization: The conceptualization of English in Korean students in American higher education
Rhetoric is the study of the power of language. In the age of globalization, English has become a global language and its dominant status has become even stronger. In South Korea, globalization is the critical catalyst for the spreading of English. The purpose of this study is to identify the …
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Female characters in Jack Kerouac's Fiction
… speaker for the Beat Generation in American literature, used women as vehicles in his attempt to define himself in both his life and his fiction. His three female-centered novels, Maggie Cassidy, The Subterraneans, and Tristessa show the male protagonists following a pattern of departure from …
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Opening windows into the past: A study of the importance of annotations, footnotes, and the resulting reaccentuation of Victorian editions for students
The purpose of this thesis is to present and support my theory that annotations and footnotes are excellent rhetorical devices for editors of Victorian editions for students and that annotations and footnotes contribute to reaccentuation of Victorian text, which leads to students experiencing …
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