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IDENTITY FORMATION IN SHERMAN ALEXIE’S THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN, FLIGHT AND THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Title
IDENTITY FORMATION IN SHERMAN ALEXIE’S THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN, FLIGHT AND THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Author
Palmer, Joye
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Literature
Description
AbstractJOYE PALMERIdentity Formation in Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Flight and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (under the direction of DR. MARK WEST) Poet, author, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie c...
Mara's Inferno
Title
Mara's Inferno
Author
Massachi, Dina
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Literature, Creative writing
Description
Mara Weiss lives in her own private hell. Her father’s suicide left her alone with an unhinged mother. High school offers Mara no escape, and outside of school, Mara unsuccessfully clings to her first love. Feeling engulfed by rejection, Mara and ...
Strength in Silver
Title
Strength in Silver
Author
Seabrook, Raymond
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Creative writing
Description
ABSTRACTRAYMOND SCOTT SEABROOK. Strength in Silver. (Under the direction of BRYN CHANCELLOR, M.F.A.) Preliminary chapters to a historic novel, Strength in Silver follows the lives of three women of the same family over the course of more than one ...
THE MAGIC OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES
Title
THE MAGIC OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES
Author
Morris, Julia
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Literature, Reading
Description
With the contemporary scandals that currently characterize university-sanctioned athletics and student athlete participants, this study is aimed at using Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s Harry Potter series, as exemplary of young adult literature, as a g...
THE PROGRESSION OF AGENCY OF THE FEMALE ROLE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Title
THE PROGRESSION OF AGENCY OF THE FEMALE ROLE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Author
Prysiazniuk, Stephanie
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
English literature, Children's literature
Description
This thesis will analyze four American children’s novels written during the mid to latter part of the nineteen century and demonstrate how a progression of agency of the female role took shape in girls’ fiction during this period in history. With ...
The Society of Capes: Egos Revealed
Title
The Society of Capes: Egos Revealed
Author
Fisher, Jordan
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
English literature, Creative writing
Description
In Paladin City, superheroes have become commonplace to the ordinary citizens--all of them except for twelve-year-old Catori Powers, who spends all her time dreaming of becoming a superhero. She finally gets her chance when she acquires her own su...
Witch Hunt: Persecution of "The Other" in Representations of Witches and Witchcraft in British and U.S. American Literature
Title
Witch Hunt: Persecution of "The Other" in Representations of Witches and Witchcraft in British and U.S. American Literature
Author
Schaefle, Jacquelyn
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Literature, Sex role
Description
Though it has been established that the concept of the witch is primarily used to demonize strong women whose strength derives from their deviation from the patriarchal norm, I argue the witch’s significance in literature and social development go...