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Title
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Becoming Virtuous: Overcoming the Monstrous in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
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Author
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Atsavinh, Candice
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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The aim of this thesis is to explore the emotional impact that three childhood environments have on the formation of Jane’s identity. These spatial boundaries are how Jane develops an understanding of herself and the ‘other’ while discovering the ...
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Title
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The Education of Dicey Tillerman
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Author
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Barrier, Julia
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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In Cynthia Voigt’s Tillerman Cycle, the various novels from Dicey’s perspective (Homecoming, Dicey’s Song, and Seventeen Against The Dealer) show Dicey’s emotional growth, and the lessons she learns. Dicey learns lessons in trusting people close t...
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Title
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Dancing with Ink
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Author
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Duemmler, Kristina
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature, Linguistics, Creative writing
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Description
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The following creative thesis contains the first 100 pages of the historical fiction novel on the life of Lady Mary Wroth, the first woman in the Early Modern Era to publish a prose poetry novel. The thesis begins and ends in the year 1651. It is ...
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The Society of Capes: Egos Revealed
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Author
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Fisher, Jordan
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature, Creative writing
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Description
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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...
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The Hybridity of Humanity: Posthumanism within Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles
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Author
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Gonzalez Caban, Jasmin
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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In the twenty-first century, advanced technology has become an integral component to how humans interact with the world. Because technology is gradually transforming the lifestyles and compositions of humans, it is important to introduce the conce...
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Title
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Poor-Branded Women
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Author
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Goodnight, Melissa
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature, Women's studies, Creative writing
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Description
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MELISSA ANN GOODNIGHT. Poor-Branded Women. (Under the direction of BRYN CHANCELLOR, M.F.A.) Poor-Branded Women is a collection of three creative nonfiction essays aiming to establish the idea that both morality and personal responsibility live on ...
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Title
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Fill In the Blanks: White Space in Children's Picture Books on Grief and Loss
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Author
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Holt, Samantha
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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White space in picture books about grief and loss is space that becomes participatory by asking the reader or listener to make sense of what they are seeing while simultaneously joining it with their own real life experiences. This thesis examines...
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Title
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The changing roles of women in American comic books
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Author
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Loeffert, Amanda
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, English literature
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Description
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The comic book industry is entering an era in which gender is the trending topic of conversation. Historically, comic books have catered to a masculine audience, with the majority of popular comic books featuring male characters, most often create...
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Realm Hopper Project: Out of Office, Into Hell
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Author
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Mauldin, Brandi
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature, Creative writing
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Description
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Cato and Remy are two demons forced to form an alliance when Cato’s life is on the line and Remy has no choice but to repay an old debt. They embark on a quest to find the Fates, the only ones who can set things right again. As they journey throug...
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Let's Talk About Rape: Sexual Assault in Young Adult Literature
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Author
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Moore, Makayla
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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Sexual assault is an incredibly mature, sensitive, and disturbing topic to discuss, but it can be even harder to teach. However, by examining literature that depicts sexual assault, readers can develop empathy for the characters by understanding h...
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James no. 764
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Author
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Quitadamo, Melissa
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature, Creative writing
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Description
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Container No. 764 has malfunctioned and its occupant is awake. This was never supposed to happen. It’s to be expected such things would happen under a human’s supervision, but what excuse do the humanoids have? What of the Master Computer who was ...
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Religious Questioning in Katherine Paterson’s and Judy Blume’s Fiction
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Author
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Rumfelt, Trina
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature, Literature, Religion
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Description
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TRINA RUMFELT. Religious Questioning in Katherine Paterson’s and Judy Blume’s Fiction (Under Direction of DR. MARK I. WEST)Katherine Paterson and Judy Blume both began their careers as children’s authors in the late 1960s and achieved success in t...
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The Playful Elements in Emily Gravett's and David Wiesner's Postmodern Picturebooks
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Author
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Warnsing, Abbey
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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Emily Gravett and David Wiesner play with existing texts, narrative structures, visual elements and connectivity in their picturebooks using a variety of metafictive devices that also play with the story, characters, and readers. Both authors crea...
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Explorations of Childhood Gender-Fluidity and the Subversion of Masculinity in Peter Pan
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Author
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Weber, Ryan
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, English literature, Sex role
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Description
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In declaring Peter Pan as the only child who will not grow up, J.M. Barrie has developed a character with an unmatched capacity for subverting masculine forms of normalization, social acceptance, and gender appropriation. Through Peter’s consisten...