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Showing 1 to 20 of 1943 for “"in literature"”.
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Vampires in Literature
… are a big part of the horror genre whose main purpose is to invoke fear in its reader. Horror gives the reader the chance to escape from his everyday life, into the world of excitement and fantasy, and experience the relief which follows when the horror has ended. Vampires belong to the …
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Humour in literature: Three levels
Humour, depending on the level of comprehension of the audience to which it is directed, may be divided in three levels for analysis. There is a universal humour that can be understood by everybody, without regard to culture or formal education. This humour, generally known as physical comedy, is …
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Chekhov: medical aloofness in literature.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Humanities. Thesis. 1970. B.S.
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Advantages of Magic Systems in Literature
… fiction is a varied genre with a long history in literature. Throughout the ages people have told stories that feature epic, often impossible, circumstances and many of those tales made their way into writing. Many such stories contain magic and it is the calculated approach that modern authors …
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Systemic concepts in literature and art
The examination of literature and art has been one of psychotherapy's most powerful ways of explicating its theories and disseminating its concepts. In this study, I have explored various concepts of family psychotherapy by applying them to three works of imaginative literature, and one work of …
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Cornucopia: Food as Signifier in Literature For the Young
Although the mention of food in literature for the young might at first appear innocuous, the numerous references to eating, food, and its preparation demand explication. The following explores the use of food as a signifier of power and growth, a method of socialization, and a social construct in …
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Critical Literacy in Literature Instruction: Canonical vs. Young Adult Literature
Student populations are increasing in all forms of diversity: race, ethnicity, religion, socio-economics, gender, sexuality, ability, and more. They are becoming increasingly heterogenous. However, ELA literature curriculums remain largely homogenous. This is due to the fact that ELA classrooms …
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Discerning the body: a sacramental hermeneutic in literature and liturgy
… mean to “discern the body” (1 Cor. 11:29)? Answering this begins with the question’s origin in the sacramental context of a particular Christian community’s attempt to observe what became known as the Eucharist. In their physicality, sacraments act as reminders that theological concepts, while …
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"Unorthodox Conduct": Re-membering Queer Africa in Literature and Film
… positive representations of sexual and gender minorities in African literatures and film from the 1970s to 2010s that dismantle heterosexist notions of African sexuality and work towards what Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o calls "re-membering." I interrogate how literary and cinematic depictions of same-sex …
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Navigating Identity Through Education in Literature and in the Classroom
<p>This thesis explores the intricate relationship between education, identity formation, and oppression, drawing from psychosocial and sociocultural perspectives. I delve into how education serves as a critical arena where individuals encounter various internal psychological conflicts and external …
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A ninth grade resource unit in literature, history, and music
Thesis (M.M.)--Boston University
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The Corvette in Literature and Culture: Material Object and Persistent Image
This study examines the Corvette, an automobile with a distinct place in American literature and culture. For more than fifty years, the Corvette has been in the process of becoming what is described as an "icon," although this progress has never been satisfactorily approached and explained. Why …
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Adapting poetics : a fusion of ideas in literature to film adaptation
This study attempts to formulate and test an original idea in adaptation theory, one that exploits theproductive aspects of the two main tendencies in adaptation studies, fidelity and intertextuality. Thequestion that is addressed here is how the prioritization of a novel's poetics as the focal …
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The Divided Self: Internal Conflict in Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience
<p>This thematic project examines the notion of self-division, particularly in terms of the conflict between cognition and metacognition, across the fields of philosophy, psychology, and, most recently, the cognitive and neurosciences. The project offers a historic overview of models of …
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Posthumanism in Literature: Redefining Selfhood, Temporality, and Reality/ies through Fiction
… their relation <em>to </em>reality and the ways in which they distort or reinforce our understandings <em>of</em> reality can provide significant insights into our cultural values and beliefs. Using posthumanist theory, I examine how understandings of selfhood and its relations to time and …
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From demon to god : the evolution of the vampire in literature.
… creatures, but depictions thereof abound in our modern society in literature, film, and television. The prevalence of the vampire is related to its enormous symbolic power to reflect socio-cultural conditions of society at the time of its creation, which not only determines how the vampire …
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In visible cities : envisioning the Canadian prairie city in literature and film
In my thesis I examine Robert Kroetsch's novel The Studhorse Man (1969), Aritha van Herk's novel Restlessness (1998), and Guy Maddin's film The Saddest Music in the World (2004) to determine how each work uses non-representational narrative strategies in order to reproduce the pedestrian experience …
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