Browsing Languages and Literature Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Back and Forth ‘Through the Looking Glass: An Anthology for the Child in all of Us
(2000-04-01)This anthology of short stories twists the concepts of writing a standard honors • thesis. I composed four short stories combining the elements of two of my favorite literary genres: short fiction and children’s literature. ... -
Blackening the Blind Eye: 20th Century American Masculinity and Violence
(2010-04-01)For too long the American male protagonist has been allowed to operate without appropriate questioning of the violence inherent in his actions. This paper will look to question just that. Critics such as Richard Slotkin ... -
Bruce Springsteen's Perspective Of A Maturing American Dream: A Study Of The Development Of Desire And Conflict Through Greetings From Asbury Park, The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle, Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, And The River
(1982-04-01)I was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, and have more recently been enjoying four, years of college in Montana. I’ve never been to the Boardwalks of Asbury Park. I'm not an insider on Springsteen’s Jersey talk, ... -
Burning Wings A Memoir
(1999-04-01)This memoir is an introspective creative writing effort exploring the causes and consequences of self-hate. Using a half-marathon as a point of departure, I recount moments of my life, exposing the compounding crises that ... -
Burnout and other stories
(2005-04-01)“Hey, Jake,” Maria called as she approached the back porch. “You 'sleep?” “Yep,” replied Jake gruffly, as he stroked the fat orange cat that lay curled on his lap. “Mind if I sit?” she asked. “Sit wherever you want; you ... -
Camus: L'Evolution D'Une Attitude
(1974-04-01)Albert Camus a ecrit trois romans: L'Etranger , La Peste , et La Chute. Dans chacune de ces oeuvres, il nous presente un protagoniste par qui il nous demontre une attitude nouvelle dans sa philosophie. Meursault, dans ... -
Cardinal Newman in the Nineteenth Century: His Relation to Science
(1935-04-01)Scientific philosophy and false of the nineteenth century had gone to extremes. It is in the face of certain difficulties which this century presents that we look into the works of Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the ... -
Chaucer's Thread Of Suggestiveness: An Analysis Of A Theme Of Incest In Troilus & Criseyde
(1998-04-01)Chaucer's masterpiece, Troilus and Criseyde, materializes before the reader like an intricate medieval tapestry. A mindful artesian, Chaucer weaves together a copious variety of psychological details to produce the story ... -
Choices And Chances: A Creative Exploration Of The Human Struggle Toward Meaning And Identity
(1987-04-01)During my years as a hard-studying academic, I have done much research and written torrents of analytical and evaluative compositions—some of them bad, some of them mediocre, some of them good. For my honors thesis, though, ... -
Cicero's Notions Of Immortality And Their Sources
(1960-04-01)The purpose of this thesis Is to trace the history of the Ideas of the soul and immortality In Greek thought, and their adoption and comprehension by M. Tullius Cicero In his essays De Senectute, Tusculanae Dlsputationes, ... -
Comparison Of The Trilogy Of Aeschylus And Mourning Becomes Electra By Eugene O'Neill
(1934-04-01)In order to understand the full extent of the influence of the Orestia on Mourning Becomes Electra one must consider, in the first place, the impetus for action in both trilogies. I shall first take up the question of the ... -
“Conscience is but a word that cowards use:” Richard III’s Machiavellian Impulse
(2015-04-01)This thesis focuses on William Shakespeare’s play, Richard III and Niccolo Machiavelli’s political treatise, The Prince. This thesis begins by contextualizing the presence of Machiavelli’s work in Early Modern England. The ... -
Critical Pedagogy: Helping Transform Student Lives Through Critical Thought
(1994-04-01)The traditional educational methodology, or "the banking method," a phrase coined by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, has been the basis of education in the United States for well over twenty years. In this method the ... -
Dancing Queen A Play in One Act
(2002-04-01)Cast of Characters Gracie Abigail Victoria Liz The Mother, late forties The Younger Daughter, late teens The Older Daughter, mid twenties Abigail's Friend, late teens TIME: Early spring, two weeks before high school ... -
Daniel Berrigan: Priest, Poet, And Protestor Bound By Commitment
(1984-04-01)Change in life is inevitable and we expect it. Sometimes, however, its suddenness catches us by surprise. In the literary world, students of a particular author and work refer to this phenomenon as maturity. Poet Daniel ... -
De Magistro Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi
(1933-04-01)The fundamental purpose of this treatise is to turn into English the Latin text of St. Augustine's De Magistro. The method has been but to make clear the thoughts expressed by St. Augustine, although some may still be ... -
Dickens And Capital Punishment
(1984-04-01)The psychology and. punishment of murderers has always been a subject of interest for Dickens. Many of his articles and novels contain references to his attitudes regarding the all-too-frequent use of capital punishment ... -
Die Letzte Am Schafott Gertrud von Le Fort
(1962-04-01)The last 80 years In Germany have been the setting in which modern German Catholic literature was reborn, took its faltering steps, and grew to recognition by the literary world. It has already been accepted by some critics ... -
Dostoyevsky And Solzhenitsyn: Their Bridge Over A Troubled Century
(1974-04-01)The world has heard a great deal about Alexander Solzhenitsyn lately. His audacious works, his unconventional stance among his fellow writers, and finally his unprecedented banishment by the Soviet government have thrust ... -
Down the street the dogs are barking
(2000-04-01)own the streets the dogs are barking traces my life from about the age five to the age sixteen, give or take a couple days. But it isn’t about one girl. No. It’s a story told through the mouths of several girls—myself now, ...