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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"secondary world"”.
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A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experience Of Secondary World Language Teachers Who Use Proficiency-Based Rubrics For Assessment
… the lived experience of Massachusetts public secondary (middle school/high school) world language teachers who utilized the ACTFL proficiency-based rubrics to evaluate student performance environments (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2012). This study was guided by the …
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Recovery, escape and consolation in the secondary worlds of The Lord of the Rings
… the fairy story needs to create a believable Secondary World that is separate from the Primary World in which we live. In fact, Tolkien does this on two levels: the Secondary World of Middle-earth, and the inner Secondary World of the Elves.
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Fictitious Ecology
… “On Fairy Stories,” which identifies seeing the world through two lenses - the Primary world and the Secondary world. From these terms, I navigate the idea of a fictitious ecology, an encapsulated anthropomorphic world governed by the creator’s personal experience with nature. This essay seeks to …
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"Tales of the supernatural: ""Liao-chai chih-i"" and the American short story of the nineteenth century"
… that can be set in either the primary or the secondary world or an ambiguous region in between, such as dreamland. Whether the reader accepts these events as real (""the uncanny""), rejects them as illusory (""the marvelous""), or remains uncertain (""the fantastic""), he perceives the notion …
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Exploring the tension between Coleridge's Poetic Faith and disbelief in the metatheatrical strategies used in a Mask, a Key and a Pair of Broken Wings
… concept of the division between the primary and secondary worlds allows the discussion of what the audience perceives. The key distinction between disbelief and poetic faith is the distinction between intellectual objection and emotional ascent to a secondary world. By discussing the tactics of …
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Heroes and villains: an analysis of the treatment of individuals in world history textbooks
… individual people appearing by name in selected secondary world history textbooks. The written words and illustrations of twelve secondary world history textbooks were analyzed for their selection of, and the way in which they portray, individual men and women of world history. Content of the …
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Star Eater: A Novel
… being discovered. Star Eater is a 103 000 word secondary world fantasy novel about power, trauma and justice. It explores the burdens and stresses of mother-daughter relationships against a background of political intrigue and environmental crisis. It is also, fundamentally, a novel about …
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Monstrum
… dealing with the relations between our primary world and a secondary world, where many beings from mythology fled thousands of years ago due to human pressures. In the absence of humans they have prospered, created a highly diverse and egalitarian society, and now watch over humans from a …
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Moving beyond the apple orchard: The institutional analysis of the construction of Washtenaw Community College
… 1960s as it served to buffer and bridge the post-secondary world. This study discovered that WCC was not a grassroots endeavor by the community with an interest to create opportunities for the county residents. Instead, WCC was created and developed by agent-based construction or through …
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A Perfect Escape: Fantasy, Place and Narrative in Adolescence
… and places, along with narrative, to build a secondary world. This method brings together the topics of place, fantasy, narrative, comics, and developmental psychology in creating stories for young readers, allowing the story to become a technology for simulating a transitional experience in …
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Elements of Enchanted Forests: On Writing Child of the Forest
… that caused a great deal of upheaval in this secondary world. The critical piece expands upon the worldbuilding, supported by the idea of soft worldbuilding and expanding on the world only when the characters knowledge allows it, giving the reader a more intimate experience. In addition, the …
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Pelagic
… Pelagic, the first book in a trilogy set in a secondary world. The rough draft of the book was completed January 2023, and the following chapters are either rewrites or new content produced for the second draft. Pelagic follows Maeve Brontide as she recruits allies to help her and her brother …
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Die Funktion der Atlantis-Rezeption in J. R. R. Tolkiens Númenor zwischen Empirie und Phantasie
… the content-based functions seem to be rather secondary.“ (Kleu, 2021, S. 210f.) Die vorliegende Arbeit möchte an Kleus Einschätzung anknüpfen, die Frage nach der Funktion von Tolkiens Atlantis-Rezeption jedoch mit Rekurs auf Tolkiens poetologisches (Selbst-)Verständnis vertiefen, das er in …