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The Same Green and the Same Square and Other Stories
(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 ... -
A Search for Authenticity : Understanding Zadie Smith's White Teeth Using Judith Butler's Performativity and Jane Austen's Satire
(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 ... -
Secreted Behind Closed Doors : Rethinking Cather's Adultery Theme and "Unfurnished" Style in My Mortal Enemy
(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 ... -
SHERMAN ALEXIE'S RESERVATION : RELOCATING THE CENTER OF INDIAN IDENTITY
(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 ... -
Shifting the Atmosphere : An Examination of the Relationships among African-American Female Discourse(s), Culturally Competent Education, and Social Action through the Black Church against Domestic Violence
(East Carolina University, 2013)This dissertation explores the relationship(s) between rural African-American women's discourses and social advocacy/action against the social ill of domestic violence in order to provide insights into existing knowledge ... -
Soul Folk, Unzipped : The Intersection of Black Studies and Contemporary Erotica
(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
(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 ... -
The Students' Voices in Developmental Education
(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 ... -
"SURPRISE! YOU'RE DEAD!" : THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER AND OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
(East Carolina University, 2014)This dissertation explores the ways in which various powerful groups used different genres of opening statements to create and control the version of the reality of a high stakes situation, namely, the April 20, 2010 ... -
The Tarboro Three : Rape, Race and Secrecy in a Small Town
(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 ... -
There Has Never Been Anything Truly Wrong with You
(East Carolina University, 2011)These stories are about obsessive, lonely people. The characters might seem insane but really, they are just lonely and maybe a bit neurotic. They are introspective characters who began life as sweet children, but grew ... -
Thrown Voices : A Series of Dramatic Monologues, With a Discussion of the Genre
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis examines the complex nature of the poetic genre of the dramatic monologue by providing multiple perspectives on the genre--namely, those of the literary critic and the creative writer. This thesis provides a ... -
The Tub and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2012)This portfolio of creative writing includes four full-length short stories and two pieces of flash fiction. In each of the full-length stories, a male protagonist gets caught up in circumstances over which he has little ... -
USING NARRATIVE ANALYSIS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE PATTERNS OF MEANING IN THE SERMON LANGUAGE OF WOMEN PREACHERS
(East Carolina University, 2010)Throughout Western history, women preachers have been marginalized. Even though women have filled the pews as members of the congregation, acted as Sunday school teachers, cooks, and members of the choir, in addition to ... -
The Visit, Like Sisters, Storjka
(East Carolina University, 2013)This master's thesis is comprised of three short film scripts: The Visit, Like Sisters, and Storjka. The Visit, a Depression-era dramatic short film, is filled the realities of hard living in the dust bowl of America's ... -
Visualizing Images in Writing : Pedagogical and Professional Implications of Image Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2013)A recent and growing discussion among rhetoric and composition scholars has emerged surrounding the ways in which images influence the evolving nature of contemporary text. For the most part, scholars in the field agree ... -
Voices of Desire : Heteroglossia in Graham Greene's The End of the Affair
(East Carolina University, 2010)The voice of the author permeates the novel, according to Mikhail Bakhtin, and this voice is not isolated to the words or convictions of a particular character. The characters in the novel are masked with dialogue, ... -
The Waltzing Dead : The Merit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
(East Carolina University, 2013)When Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was published in 2009, the parody of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that now takes place in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, few expected the novel to be more ... -
When Death Gave Birth to a Writer : A Collection of Essays and Poems
(East Carolina University, 2012)This personal collection of creative nonfiction sheds light on issues of abandonment, victimization, and dysfunctional relationships. It is accompanied by poems that serve as prefaces to each individual story, as well as ... -
Word Magic : Defining Harry Potter's World in New Terms
(East Carolina University, 2011)Since 1997, Harry Potter has captivated wizards and Muggles alike. A large part of the series' appeal is Rowling's language and ability to create a world that completely immerses readers into the depths of their imagination ...