Browsing English by Author "English"

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  • Ghosts in a Lighthouse 

    Smith, Britney N. (East Carolina University, 2011)
    This collection of poems represents my engagement with the notion of death and its' inevitable outcome in both the secular and Christian reference. It focuses on the unclear terms of death and the possible after-lives that ...

  • The Grave That Knows My Bones 

    Servie, Sarah (East Carolina University, 2011)
    The Grave That Knows My Bones focuses on the relationship between a WWII and Vietnam veteran and his son. The story is of my grandfather, a hardened and disciplined soldier, my father, a boy who grew up troubled by confusion ...

  • Historical Trauma in Native American and Jewish Literatures 

    Reagan, Juliana (East Carolina University, 2012)
    Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart defines historical trauma as the "collective emotional and psychological injury both over the life span and across generations, resulting from a cataclysmic history of genocide" (Ottenbacher ...

  • "How Do I Reach These Keeeds?" : A New Teacher Uses Personality Type to Rethink Cognition, Motivation, and Engagement 

    Gilbert, Jeffrey (East Carolina University, 2012)
    The following study investigates one teacher's experience using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator in teaching first-year writing, contrasting my personal experiences as a novice composition instructor with mythic pop-culture ...

  • Hungarian Identity : Constancy and Change in the Father Land, Mother Tongue, and Family Lines 

    Hardy, Paula (East Carolina University, 2014)
    The unique history and language of the Hungarian people have created a distinct cultural identity. Although this unusual identity can be a source of great pride, it also can lead to a sense of isolation and otherness. ...

  • I Might Be Wrong ; and, As If It Was Made of Glass 

    Mason, Stephen (East Carolina University, 2012)
    These two stories of exceptional length feature narrators whose idiosyncratic moral dilemmas are indicative of larger social ills. Instead of the traditional epiphany so prevalent in 20th Century short stories, the characters ...

  • Identifying White Knight Syndrome : A Scavenger Hunt 

    Dublin, Kevin (East Carolina University, 2012)
    "Scavenger Hunt" is a collection of poems thematically linked by a single persona and the repeated development and deterioration of his failed relationships as a result of "White Knight Syndrome." White knights, in this ...

  • An Immortal Science : Alchemy's Role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 

    Angel, Will A. (East Carolina University, 2011)
    I chose Hallows above any other novel in the series because it holds a stronger connection with alchemy than any of those before it. Hallows provides a density of alchemical symbols and imagery that far outshines any of ...

  • THE IMPACT OF BAL TASCHIT IN THE WRITINGS OF ANNE FRANK, PRIMO LEVI, AND ELIE WIESEL 

    Childres, Matthew Glenn (East Carolina University, 2013)
    This thesis focuses on how the Jewish tradition of Bal Taschit influenced the behavior and thoughts of prisoners during the Holocaust. The interaction with nature in Holocaust works indicates an adherence to this tradition ...

  • INDIGENOUS IDENTITY, ORAL TRADITION, AND THE LAND IN THE POETRY OF OODGEROO NOONUCCAL, LUCI TAPAHONSO, AND HAUNANI-KAY TRASK 

    Woods, Amanda (East Carolina University, 2010)
    This thesis is a postcolonial, ecocritical examination of the poetry of Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Luci Tapahonso, and Haunani-Kay Trask. It considers the use of poetry as a continuation of oral tradition, the poets' individual ...

  • Intergenerational Trauma in African and Native American Literatures 

    Craddock, Tina (East Carolina University, 2014)
    The enslavement and persecution of African and Native peoples has been occurring in the U.S. since the 1600s. There have been justifications, explanations and excuses offered as to why one race feels superior over another. ...

  • Issues of Criticism and Authorship in Arthur Miller's All My Sons : A Bakhtinian Reading 

    Salvadori Heritage, Barbara (East Carolina University, 2011)
    All my Sons may not be Miller's most known work today, but it is the play that brought him recognition as a playwright. Since its first production, in 1947, critics have assessed the play's content and characters through ...

  • Last Wills 

    Loonam, John (East Carolina University, 2013)
    This short story collection, LAST WILLS, portrays four individuals' transitions into late adulthood. "Dan's Man Otto": an aging, socially estranged man attempts to cope with later-life struggles due to another man's fatal ...

  • Lonely Voices Crying in the Wilderness 

    Garrou, Thomas J. (East Carolina University, 2012)
    This text is a work of creative fiction that delves into the minds of those who have experienced conflict. Whether it is during war or life situations, these stories are often internalized. The text explores how the young ...

  • Meeting the Madwomen : Mental Illness in Women in Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, Hijuelos's Our House in the Last World, and Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban 

    Weaver, Melanie Boyter (East Carolina University, 2012)
    This study seeks to examine the character of the madwoman in Caribbean literature in three novels: Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, Oscar Hijuelos's Our House in the Last World, and Christina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban. Four ...

  • The Melancholic Subject : Exploring Loss and Relationships in African American and Asian American Fiction 

    Smoak, Melissa Sue (East Carolina University, 2014)
    The goal of this thesis is to closely examine the psychological effects of oppression for both African Americans and Asian Americans. The fiction created by writers of these ethnic groups and the characters they create ...

  • The Mimicking of Oral Traditions in African American Literature 

    Johnson, Lauren (East Carolina University, 2012)
    The authors Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Randall Kenan create a authentic listener experience through the use of literary features that mimic oral tradition in African American culture. The "authentic listener ...

  • MOHSIN HAMID AND THE NOVEL OF GLOBALIZATION 

    Scott, Bryant (East Carolina University, 2014)
    With the rise of globalization, people and cultures are interconnected economically, culturally, and socially like never before. Where nationalism defined much of the modern period, defining how people formed social bonds ...

  • The "Most Accurate, Least Factual" Writer : Hunter S. Thompson, Journalist 

    Stotesbury, Marion Suzanne (East Carolina University, 2010)
    New Journalism, as practiced by Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, and other writers, loosened the accepted bounds of journalism in the 1960s. Embracing these unrestricted journalism practices, Hunter S. Thompson adapted the New ...

  • Moving a Lighthouse : Cape Hatteras 

    Snead, Nathan T. (East Carolina University, 2010)
    Moving a Lighthouse is a collection of poems that focuses on the evolution of coastal fishing villages. This collection discusses the changing way of life on Hatteras Island.