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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Literature--Criticism"”.
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Hidden Economies in the Novels of Mildred Taylor and Cynthia Voigt
… authors of American children’s literature of the past fifty years. My corpus of texts consists of Taylor’s Logan family novels and Voigt’s Tillerman family novels. The primary aim of this research is: to compare Taylor’s and Voigt’s representation of character agency in the …
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Nomadic intertextuality and postmillennial children's gothic fiction
… which to write for children. Although children’s literature critics and educational professionals were once dubious about the value of scary stories for children, postmillennial Gothic has begun to receive critical praise as well as mass market popularity. This thesis explores an emergent critical …
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Ukuvezwa komlando nesiko endabeni ka C.T. Msimang ethi "Buzani kuMkabayi"
Lolu cwaningo lucubungula ukuvezwa kwesiko kanye nomlando endabeni elotshwe ngu- Msimang C.T. esihloko sayo sithi "Buzani KuMkabayi". Esahlukweni sokuqala kwethulwa intshisekelo yalolu cwaningo. Kuvela ukuthi izindaba yizona ezingumgogodla wesizwe, yizona eziyisilulu noma inqolobane equkethe …
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On a Quest for Manhood: Re-Imagining Medieval Masculinities and Male Maturation in Contemporary Arthurian Adaptations for Adolescents
… legend has enjoyed a principal status in Western literature and culture. Throughout this long history, contributions to and adaptations of the legend have been deeply concerned with gender identity and ideals, masculinity in particular. These concerns have also been palpable in literature produced …
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Recalled to Life: Adaptations of Charles Dickens for Children and Young Adults
… ‘Dickensian’. This project draws on children’s literature criticism, adaptation theory, and Dickens scholarship. The first part, comprising Staves One and Two, will address the question of why Dickens’s oeuvre has been so extensively adapted for young readers. Stave One argues that the …
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Feminist Theory and Postwar American Drama
… theory from anthropology, psychology, literary criticism, and film theory is summarized and one theorist from each field is selected to serve as an example of how feminism in that field can illuminate drama written by both women and men.</p> <p>I begin by outlining the three chronological stages …
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The Changing Face of Fortune in Six English Versions of the Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
<p>This study traces the development and changes in the depiction of the goddess Fortune in a selected group of dramas written between 1592 and 1678: the six English versions of the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra. The concepts surrounding the goddess Fortune and her place in any culture change …
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Elizabeth Madox Roberts : Ritual, Selfhood and Sisterhood
In 1926 Elizabeth Madox Roberts published her first novel, The Time of Man, a work that plunged her into the literary limelight. A Book-of-the-Month Club selection and hailed by some as the "most beautiful piece of writing to come out of America," the novel established her as a major American …
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Who is Paying for God: A thematic analysis of Henry Arthur Jones's religious plays in relation to the modernist trend
<p>This thesis project argues for the value of Henry Arthur Jones’s work in the late 1890s and seeks to illustrate that Jones’s contribution to the larger Modernist movement in the theatre. Using a close textual analysis of Jones’s plays <em>Michael and His Lost Angel, Judah, </em>and <em>Saints …
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The Dilemma of Existence in the Nuclear Age: Four Views
… the beginning of a definite trend in American literature. Since that time, many writers have dealt with the questions of man's purpose and position in the universe and the existence and nature of God. Procedure. The introduction of the thesis traces earlier dealings with the basic issue while …
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : Entertainment--the Author's Intention
… that is not an uncommon assumption in literary criticism.</p> <p>Entertainment value will be stressed not because <em>Sir Gawain</em> is exclusively entertainment, but because the primary purpose of the author was to entertain, as a sermon may be entertaining but is, nonetheless, primarily …
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"Art for Truth's Sake" : James A. Herne as Social Critic and Literary Artist
… <p>Such a study of Herne, emphasizing social criticism, is unique. Critics have hitherto been more concerned with Herne's techniques, with his gradual shift from melodrama to realism. But since Herne is America's first dramatist of ideas, it seems worthwhile to study those ideas, to discover …
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Autobiographical Poetry to Plays: Taking Memoir to a Theatrical Level
<p>Pulitzer prize winning playwright John Patrick Shanley wrote, “Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.” For my Capstone Project, I have compiled my autobiographical poetry, prose, and performance monologues into a theatrical manuscript to be used as the basis for a …
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A Translation and Analysis of Spring's Bride by Mohammed Dib: Creating a Space for Indigenous North African Drama
The Ubu Repertory Theatre Script Collection, which is located in the archives at New York University, contains numerous manuscripts in the French language from dramatists all over the world. One of those manuscripts, <em>La fiancée du printemps </em>by Mohammed Dib, is my own translation of the …
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