Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "English"

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  • RHETORICAL LIFELINES: QUEER AND FEMINIST SURVIVAL IN RIYOKO IKEDA’S THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES 

    Thompson, Kimberly D (East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)
    This dissertation explores the rhetorical lifelines of queer and feminist survival in the adapted animation of Riyoko Ikeda’s The Rose of Versailles. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines the rhetorics ...

  • Rich Spirits 

    Denning, George Alexander (East Carolina University, 1/13/16)
    Rich Spirits is about three homeless people huddled together behind a strip mall on a cold winter night. This two-act, social drama explores themes of family, abandonment, dreams, and glass-ceiling culture.

  • The Same Green and the Same Square and Other Stories 

    Curzon, Sarah (East Carolina University, 2013)
    "The Same Green and The Same Square and Other Stories" is a collection of seven short stories that explore the "Why?" of human behavior and emotions--why we do the things we do, why we think the things we think, why we ...

  • Scars 

    Brown, Steven J (East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
    The play Scars by Steven J. Brown tells the story of a successful businessman, Charles Gordon. Charles is living the American dream in the Big City of New York. His life comes crashing down on him when discovery of his ...

  • A Search for Authenticity : Understanding Zadie Smith's White Teeth Using Judith Butler's Performativity and Jane Austen's Satire 

    Howland, Elizabeth E. E. (East Carolina University, 2009)
    The purpose of this thesis is to explore the search for authentic self in Zadie Smith's White Teeth. Using Judith Butler's theory of performance and performativity, a close reading of White Teeth provides concrete literary ...

  • Searching for Iris 

    Bryson, Teresa (East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)
    Iris Jones, a recent college graduate and intern at the Museum of History in Wilmington, North Carolina, discovers a reference to a German U-Boat off the coast of Wilmington during WWII while sorting through donations to ...

  • Searching for the Black Woman’s Identity in Alice Walker’s Fiction 

    Boone, Alegrea M (East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)
    This thesis explores the role literature written by African American women has in identity development and the dispelling of society--driven stereotypes. This includes the examination of the way the passing of knowledge ...

  • Secreted Behind Closed Doors : Rethinking Cather's Adultery Theme and "Unfurnished" Style in My Mortal Enemy 

    Adams, Janah R. (East Carolina University, 2011)
    In recent years, My Mortal Enemy (1926) has been virtually ignored in Cather scholarship. I place the novel in its literary and critical context by building on information from the critical reception and recent scholarship ...

  • Sexual Violence Against the Outsiders of Society in The Round House, Bitter in the Mouth, and The Color Purple 

    Lee, Toni (East Carolina University, 2020-11-18)
    This thesis will examine why the outsiders to society are more susceptible to violence, particularly sexual violence. America has been led predominantly by white males, white males who have oppressed individuals who do not ...

  • SHERMAN ALEXIE'S RESERVATION : RELOCATING THE CENTER OF INDIAN IDENTITY 

    Connette, Tracey L. (East Carolina University, 2010)
    Indian reservations are territories within the United States recognized by the federal government as land reserved specifically for American Indians. Indigenous communities still referred to as tribes have some autonomy ...

  • Sister Sledge Said It Best— “We are Family”: Chosen Family in LGBTQ+ Young Adult Literature 

    Barlow, Rachel (East Carolina University, 2022-07-19)
    This thesis will explore the concept of chosen, or voluntary, family as it relates to fictional depictions of young adults who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. The introductory chapter of this thesis will discuss ...

  • Sister Sledge Said It Best— “We are Family”: Chosen Family in LGBTQ+ Young Adult Literature 

    Barlow, Rachel (East Carolina University, 2022-07-19)
    This thesis will explore the concept of chosen, or voluntary, family as it relates to fictional depictions of young adults who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. The introductory chapter of this thesis will discuss ...

  • Slate Graffiti 

    Pickens, Alex (East Carolina University, 2022-12-06)
    Although sometimes the subject of scholarly and artistic publication, the complexity of vanishing cultures in Appalachia often defies exposition. The elusive identities of the inhabitants are articulated within this ...

  • Soul Folk, Unzipped : The Intersection of Black Studies and Contemporary Erotica 

    Melendez, Celeste Rorem (East Carolina University, 2013)
    This thesis explores the ways in which select pieces of contemporary Black erotic literature may be used to gain a deeper understanding of the role of sexuality and intimacy within Black communities around the world. The ...

  • Spin Cycle 

    Jackson, Stephen (East Carolina University, 2009)
    Spin Cycle is a two-act stage play detailing the adventures of a group of people in the political consulting trade. Action takes place in a simple hotel room somewhere in the American Midwest during an extended primary ...

  • Student Retention at Tidewater Community College: A Technical and Professional Communication Approach to Creating a Comprehensive Document to Help Students Defeat Their Obstacles and Stay in School 

    Norge, Frances Regina Thrasher (East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)
    This study aims to help create a document which could help retain students to completion of their chosen program at Tidewater Community College by use of a condensed technical document. Community college students face ...

  • The Students' Voices in Developmental Education 

    Miller, Tabitha R. (East Carolina University, 2014)
    This dissertation explores community college students' perceptions and assumptions about developmental education in writing classrooms. The study focuses on students who have taken at least one developmental writing class ...

  • Sylvia Townsend Warner's Modernist Ekphrasis And Synesthesia 

    McMahon, Rosemary (East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)
    The presence of music and sound is crucially important in the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner (1873-1978). A noticeably acoustic writer, music, and noise in general, are major tools Warner employed to convey the vacillation ...

  • Tainted Through Transfer: Dis/connective Residues in Mohsin Hamid's Contaminated Fiction 

    Ocheltree, Diana Elisse (East Carolina University, 2017-06-22)
    Given the profusion of negative terminology ascribed to non-Western migrants generally, coupled with Mohsin Hamid's extensive and recurring implementation of ecological and biological collapse in his first three published ...

  • The Tarboro Three : Rape, Race and Secrecy in a Small Town 

    Lampkin, Brian (East Carolina University, 2011)
    In the summer of 1973, in the small town of Tarboro, North Carolina, three young black men offered a ride to a young white woman out walking alone at midnight. It is impossible to tell how different the lives of each of ...