Browsing Master's Theses by Author "Taylor, Richard C., 1956-"
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Otherworldliness: Uncanny Literary Devices in the Liminal Spaces Created by Transnational Authors
Lemus, Wendy (East Carolina University, 2021-04-20)This thesis will argue that contemporary transnational authors, by virtue of their often complex, multicultural identities, have a unique ability to create "otherworldly" stories of global significance through their use ... -
Restorative Erotica : "Let the Friend, and the Lover Be Handsomely Mixed"
Holton-Johnson, Ruth Anne (East Carolina University, 2012)Lady Mary Wortley Montagu expected the people of Imperial Britain to respect her choices and her true identity, but because they didn't she was forced into the arms of another country, and furthermore women of other ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 journey to radical love in Shafak's The Forty Rules Of Love, Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia, and Mahfouz's Arabian Nights And Days
Kassakatis, Kayla (East Carolina University, 2017-07-05)This thesis explores the idea that the influences of Sufism and the poetry of Rumi in contemporary literature challenge perspectives concerning the Islamic representation in the world today by specifically urging for a ... -
"To Understand Me, You'll Have to Swallow a World:" Understanding Rhetorical Confusion in Transnational Literature
Kliman, Jaclyn (East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)This thesis aims to define and explore the concept of rhetorical confusion as a pattern that exists within transnational literature. Specifically, rhetorical confusion is defined as a trend within transnational texts in ...