Browsing Languages and Literature Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Tales from a Windy Prairie: A Short Story Cycle
(2009-04-01)Tales from a Windy Prairie is a collection of one novella and three short stories set in Cut Bank, Montana, in the late 1920’s and 1930’s. The novella, “Marianne’s Year,” studies the affect a small town’s collective culture ... -
Teaching Foreign Languages: Theory-in-Action
(1996-04-01)There are two theories currently circulating in the field of teaching foreign languages: language studying and language acquisition. Typical "language studying" consists in the traditional practice of direct teaching by ... -
The Aesthetic Of Robert Browning As Found In Selected Poems
(1969-04-01)To know Robert Browning is to have some feel for his profound sensitivity and understanding of the arts. Browning does not stand in great favor with modern critics and his popularity with the reading public is slowly ... -
The Dad Cycle
(1999-04-01)We write to communicate, to create relationships. Telling our stories helps us connect with others. We write to give meaning to life’s processes. As the writer searches, struggles to express her thoughts, she may help the ... -
The Dies Irae: A Historical, Textual, Topical And Metrical Analysis
(1965-04-01)The sequence is the liturgical hymn of the mass occuring on festivals between the Gradual and the Gospel. IT is a Trope, i.e. a verbal amplification of a passage in authorized liturgy, whose embellishment is so lengthy ... -
The Dying Gods
(2006-04-01)Abstract: Part One of a fantasy series inspired by Plato, Eric Voegelin, and Friedrich Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music, among others. A god is dead, murdered by his fellow gods. Driven by their ... -
The Economic and Social Impact of Zika on Women in the United States and Brazil
(2019-04-01)Zika is a disease common in tropical areas that is transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes. However, Zika can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse. In 2016, the World Health Organization declared the spread of ... -
The Effect of Economic Liberalization in Mexico on Corn Biodiversity and Mexican Culture
(2002-04-01)Mexico is dealing with widespread farm unrest. Last summer, there was a wave of protests in the Mexican states of Veracruz, Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Campeche, Nayarit, Chiapas, and Chihuahua. The farmers, most of them working on ... -
The Emotional Unraveling of Women In Selected American Western Narratives Fact and Fiction
(2001-04-01)This paper is divided into three sections. The initial portion of this project looks to scholarly historians and literary critics for insight into western women’s stereotypes and those elements that contribute to women’s ... -
The Enduring Significance Of John G. Neihardt's Summons To Spiritual Unison In Cycle Of The West
(1980-04-01)John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) was, unquestionably, a rare individual. He was a mystic, a devoted poet, and an intellectual while competently and contentedly living most of his life amid a prairie society which seldom inspired ... -
The Evolution of Story: A collection of four short stories
(2004-04-01)Sometimes, if not all the time, I dream when I’m awake— I’m seven years old again, eyes gaping wide as I stretch onto my tip toes, absently fingering my newly crowned tooth with my tongue. Before me, the mirror is full of ... -
The Homilies from the Epiphany of Our Lord To Quinquagesima Sunday: A Translation, with Commentary
(1932-04-01)The purpose of this work is twofold: first, I will attempt to give a lucid translation of the Homilies of the Holy Fathers from the Epiphany of Our Lord to Quinquagesima Sunday; and secondly, I will handle comprehensively ... -
The hypocrite Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur and Le Misanthrope
(1976-04-01)Il faut raettre le ooids d’une vie exemplaire Dans les corrections gu’aux autres on veut fair could easily be Moliere’s motto,1 Born the son of a "tapissier, valet du chambre du Roi," he had the opportunity to observe both ... -
The Influence Of Neo-Patonic Thought Upon The Literature Of The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
(1935-04-01)There is a fundamental principle in philosophy to the effect that the world of thought revolves in cycles, a principle which all schools of thought allow. So deep-rooted in the very entrails of the history of the world are ... -
The Lamb is Known from the Tiger: An intense Study of Selected Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake
(1965-04-01)Reading the ’’Songs of William Blake is like looking through binoculars at the beauty of a mountain far removed and often forgotten; studying these "Songs" is like wandering over the mountain with careless, aimless freedom, ... -
The Literary Aesthetic of Rachel Carson
(2000-04-01)My thesis, as the title suggests, explores the literary aesthetic of Rachel Carson (1907-1964)— acclaimed author of Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), The Edge of the Sea (1955), and Sz/ezz/ Spring (1962). ... -
The Merlin Theme In English Literature
(1934-04-01)Of all the cycles of the Arthurian Legend the cycle of Merlin is the greatest for the others are based on Merlin's prophecies. As Arthur represents the physical force in the world so Merlin represents the intellectual ... -
The Metaphysical Trope In The Communication Of Myth
(1963-04-01)Deeply rooted within the very nature of man are certain needs, drives, and desires. These cravings have surfaced and expressed themselves in every age and generation since the beginning of time. They have been manifested ... -
The Motivation Of Macbeth
(1933-04-01)In the play Macbeth may he found much wealth of controversial matter. Perhaps the most fascinating problem of all is the question whether Macbeth came upon the contemplation of murdering Duncan unaided, or whether he was ... -
The Origin Of Place Names In Powell, Granite, Deer Lodge, Missoula, And Ravalli Counties Of Montana
(1936-04-01)An investigation into the origin of place names in Powell, Granite, Deer Lodge, Missoula, and Ravalli counties of Montana is likely to be regarded by most people as an interesting by not particularly valuable pursuit. It ...