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Carrion Flower
(East Carolina University, 2012)Dysfunction can be defined, as it is by Merriam-Webster, as "impaired or abnormal functioning" or "abnormal or unhealthy interpersonal behavior or interaction within a group." Using the former definition, my poems often ... -
Caught on the Precipice : A Collection of Short Stories
(East Carolina University, 2011)The stories in Caught on the Precipice deal with a changing dynamic in family. Even though the characters are of varying ages and backgrounds, each protagonist must reconcile the missed connections of their past. The ... -
The Causes of the Gordon Riots of 1780 : A Close Reading of Contemporary Accounts and Dickens's Barnaby Rudge
(East Carolina University, 2010)Contemporary accounts of the Gordon Riots of 1780 are studied closely in order to ultimately determine how Dickens's use of these accounts in Barnaby Rudge reveals his view of the cause of the riots. Newspapers, political ... -
Celestial Bodies : A Collection of Poems
(East Carolina University, 2012)A celestial body, according to Merriam-Webster, is "an aggregation of matter in the universe that constitutes a unit for astronomical study." More specifically, it is a planet, nebula, star, or some such natural heavenly ... -
Changing Nature: Stacy Alaimo and Cary Wolfe at ASLE
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Changing the Game : A 21st-Century Perspective on the Use of the Supernatural in Multicultural Literatures
(East Carolina University, 2013)In this thesis, I attempt to present a new more modern perspective on the purpose of the literary supernatural. The use of the supernatural in literature has always been construed as a means of emphasizing forces outside ... -
Chronic Illness Narratives Through Facebook
(East Carolina University, 2014)The Internet has changed the process by which illness meanings are created and brought into the everyday lives of those who struggle with a chronic condition. More importantly the rapid rise and use of electronic groups ... -
Collaborative Course Design in Scientific Writing: Experimentation and Productive Failure
(2015)English 3820: Scientific Writing, a writing-intensive (WI) course offered by the Department of English at East Carolina University (ECU), serves primarily science majors. According to the course catalog, it provides ... -
COME ON DOWN TO SEE FOR YOURSELF : SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRACKS AS RACIAL SEGREGATORS--THE CASE OF GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2010)Throughout American culture and through varying mediums, railroad tracks have been depicted as tropes of socioeconomic repression, technological development, and even bountiful migration. For instance, Joseph's Millichap, ... -
Comparison of Documentation Models Used by Emergency Physicians in a Community Hospital Setting
(East Carolina University, 2015)Physician notes are a unique genre within a larger genre ecology of a hospital's emergency care department. As such, they mediate activities of medical care and may also be appropriated for other uses such as billing and ... -
Constellating Identities and Workplace Genres in Writing Center Discourse
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-15)This study investigates the ways in which blank, written workplace genres mediate relationships and identities in the writing center. Forms developed for scheduling and recordkeeping are part of everyday practices that ... -
CORPORATE ADVOCACY DISCOURSE : A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE POLITICAL ACTION LANGUAGE
(East Carolina University, 2014)Fairclough (2003) argues that there is a discourse of globalization - one in which globalization is inevitable and inherently a good thing. Ideological in nature, this discourse is based on the assumption globalization is ... -
Cotton, Rum, and Reason : Anti-Imperialist Poetry from 19th Century U.S. Newspapers and Post-Colonial Discourse
(East Carolina University, 2013)Though American post-colonial criticism is by no means a field in need of literary material, one particular corpus is missing from the discussion. This thesis situates 19th century anti-imperialist poetry within the larger ... -
THE COUNTER-COLONIAL TRAVEL WRITING OF FANNY PARKES AND E.M. FORSTER
(East Carolina University, 2010)During the colonial period in India, British travelers wrote various forms of travel writing texts, such as letters, diaries, travelogues, scientific or geographical exposés, and novels. Usually those texts reflected an ... -
Coyotes Sang the Braid Into Her Hair
(East Carolina University, 2010)A chapbook length collection of lyric poetry that explores the myth-making process through the tension of opposites: the nature of the substantive (body) and the ephemeral (mind), the wild vs. the tame self, the rational ... -
Cross-cultural Online Learning in Technical Communication Courses: Aiming for Intercultural Competence
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Teaching online in cross-cultural contexts is still a fairly new phenomenon. My research explores the impact of culture on the learners and instructors in four technical communication online courses. My study uses a ... -
CULTURAL HAUNTINGS: TRANSCENDING GHOSTS, SPIRITS AND LITERARY GENRES
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-11)This thesis explores the cultural haunting genre by examining works by LeAnne Howe, Li-Young Lee, and Monique Truong. This project looks to further define and expand the cultural haunting genre to include all of the cultural ... -
Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and the Story of the Catawba Nation
(East Carolina University, 2012)The Catawba Indians, in order to maintain their own identity as an "other" culture, utilized a course of acceptance and collaboration with the Euro-American majority that came to surround them, while ultimately developing ... -
CULTURAL TARGETING OF BREASTFEEDING DISCOURSE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
(East Carolina University, 2012)This dissertation explores cultural factors that may influence African American women's breastfeeding choices and experiences as well as how those developing breastfeeding discourse for African American women target this ...