This thesis explores the significance and influence of Shirley Jackson’s fiction in the genre of queer horror. Primarily, it identifies the specific ways in which queering is practiced in Shirley Jackson’s work. The four...
Stichwort:
Gothic, Horror, Queer und Shirley Jackson
Fach:
Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation, Queer fiction, Horror fiction und Gothic fiction
The following analysis seeks to demonstrate how the Obama administration, through its rhetoric, is attempting to build public support for a potential military conflict with Iran. Further, the study seeks to show how the...
Stichwort:
Iran, Political Myth und Rhetoric
Fach:
Political oratory -- United States -- 21st century -- History and criticism, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- 21st century -- History and criticism, Presidents -- United States -- Oratory -- 21st century -- History and criticism, Obama, Barack -- Oratory -- History and criticism, United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran -- 21st century -- Public opinion und United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009- -- Public opinion
A Place We Can’t Go To: Stories is a collection of five short stories written in the genre of magical realism. Throughout the five stories, characters move through surreal or dreamlike landscapes, trying to escape, find...
This thesis explores the relationship between plants and people. Specifically, I was interested in how plants provide healing services to humans and their experiences, both formative and traumatic. This thesis takes the...
There is little question that the tragedy of September 11, 2001 has significantly impacted 21st century life in the United States. On a rhetorical level, 9/11 seems to have triggered a distinct shift in how many Americans...
Stichwort:
9/11, Bush, Nonviolence, Politics, Racism und Rhetoric
Fach:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Oratory, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 21st century, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence und Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
This thesis discusses the role of leadership as an aspect of ethos in presidential rhetoric. In it, a terminology is established to deal with two original applications of leadership ethos in presidential rhetoric: accumulating,...
Stichwort:
Ethos, Presidential und Rhetoric
Fach:
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century, Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century und Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 21st century
The development of atomic weapons presented serious changes to the American way of life. Moral actions in accordance with this divine decree were seen as the path to salvation. While citizens had operated under the assumption...
Stichwort:
Allen Ginsberg, covenant, Mario Savio, prophetic, radical und rhetoric
Fach:
Counterculture in literature, Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation und Savio, Mario -- Criticism and interpretation
Women’s anger is a powerful force that can be used to kickstart and lay the foundation of greater societal change. Han Kang’s The Vegetarian, Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing, and Mona Awad’s Bunny are all exemplary novels examining...
Stichwort:
Ecofeminism, Feminism, Literary Analysis, Patriarchy, Women's Anger und Writing the Body
Fach:
Feminism in literature, Patriarchy in literature, Literary criticism und Anger in literature
Building on the castaway narratives in both Gary Snyder‘s and Derek Walcott‘s poetry, I use Yann Martel‘s novel Life of Pi as a contemporary analogue for reading Snyder‘s Pacific journeys, in Regarding Wave and Turtle Island,...
Stichwort:
Bioregion, Castaway, Derek Walcott, Ecocriticism, Gary Snyder und Yann Martel
Fach:
Snyder, Gary, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation, Walcott, Derek -- Criticism and interpretation und Setting (Literature)
This thesis strives for an interdisciplinary conversation between composition studies and cognitive psychology. Under particular consideration is the role of automatic thinking in reading and writing and how certain pedagogies...
Stichwort:
Ann E. Berthoff, Automaticity, David Bartholomae, Lev Vygotsky und Paulo Freire
Fach:
Composition (Language arts), Cognitive psychology und Critical thinking
