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"The Tonic of Wildness" : Thoreau's Critique of Industrial Capitalism
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis is a critical intervention in contemporary Thoreau scholarship. It argues against Ashton Nichols's application of his concept of "urbanature" to the writings and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's ...
Quietus
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Quietus is a collection of three short stories dealing with themes of corruption, death, and loss. There are elements of psychological horror at play with the occasional emergence of humor, whether it is lighthearted or ...
Blankets in the River with Oranges and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis is a collection of five short stories, four flash fiction pieces, and one creative nonfiction piece. They all have strong character perspectives and are unified by a distinctive Caribbean/Central American ...
Everybody Calm Down (It's Just Music)
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis explores the life of Richard "Big Boy" Henry, a blues musician from Beaufort, North Carolina. Born May 26, 1921, Big Boy came close to success in his late 20s and early 30s, but eventually gave up after a failed ...
Bury Your Horses and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Bury Your Horses and Other Stories is a book-length collection of original short stories. The work is intended to be understood as a complete book as well as its individual stories. The work presents variations on the ...
Teachers Use Of Own Languages (TUOOLS) : Exploring the Use of African American Rhetorical Strategies in the Composition Classroom
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis explores how different African American Rhetorical Strategies are used by African American teachers in a first year college composition classroom. This thesis shows how these different strategies present in ...
Usage Error in Technical Communication
(East Carolina University, 2014)
College students who seek careers as technical communicators must master technical writing and editing skills to succeed in the workplace. Effective technical communication stems from the communicator's ability to perceive ...
The Rhetorical Challenge of Whiteness within Blackboard for African American Bidialectal Students at Elizabeth City State University
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This research will attempt to discover if there is a rhetorical challenge due to whiteness within Elizabeth City State University's (ECSU) Blackboard (Bb) online education system when it is utilized by African American ...
MOHSIN HAMID AND THE NOVEL OF GLOBALIZATION
(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 Need for Educating Technical Communicators on the Changing Face of Copyright and its Impact on the Public Domain and Fair Use
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis presents a framework for understanding the historical basis of copyright in the United States and the impact that recent events have had upon the public domain and fair use. The necessity of technical communicators ...