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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 ...
A CYCLE OF CONTROL : WOMEN'S IDENTITY LOSS THROUGH COLONIALISM IN THE CARIBBEAN AND AFRICA
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Through analysis of Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid, and Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell this thesis explores women's loss of identity through colonialism and ways in ...
The "Most Accurate, Least Factual" Writer : Hunter S. Thompson, Journalist
(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 ...
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 ...
FISTFUL OF DEBRIS
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Fistful of Debris is a collection of fiction aimed to explore the varied dimensions of familial loss. Each piece focuses on the personal growth and intimate details of a female protagonist's life, as she attempts to rebuild ...
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 ...
Writing in My Language : Students' Perceptions of Informal Writing in the Composition Classroom
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This classroom study examines students' perceptions of informal writing in a first-year composition classroom. Informal writing, as defined in this study, includes any in-class exercises that provide students the freedom ...
Postcolonial African American Female Writers and their Three-Way battle against Imperialism, Canonization, and Sexism : Developing a New Multicultural Feminism
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Female writers continue to remind us of the differences between themselves and males and the separate struggles they face. For a woman, the task of liberation through writing must include also a thrash against the ...
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, ...
RENOVATION
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This creative thesis consists of the beginning of a novel and sections that will be used in the creation of a whole narrative. RENOVATION is a story of several characters' experiences in the surrounding areas of the same ...