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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
(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 ...
Finding Home : I've Been This Girl All Along
(East Carolina University, 2012)
Where is home if you have no definitive place to call home, such as a house you grew up in and someone in your family still lives there? My early life was spent living on Seymour Johnson and For Walton Beach Air Force ...
Remembering Corporal J.Y. Joyner : An Historical Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2012)
This is a creative nonfiction narrative about the farm life and military service of a Nash County resident, J.Y. Joyner. This narrative will be a combination of real-life facts, reality-based situations and settings derived ...
The Rhetorical Construction of Legal Culture : Ideographs and Relationships in Appellate Opinions Addressing Same-Sex Marriage and English-Only Legislation
(East Carolina University, 2012)
In my dissertation, I present a critical method that presents a framework for both a legal and rhetorical analysis of appellate opinions. The legal analysis will be a traditional form of legal analysis of an opinion, ...
Beyond Their Control : The Disempowerment of Women in Middle Eastern and African Literature
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The disempowerment of women involves factors that influence every aspect of their lives, birthing deep oppression, victimization, and sometimes violence. Fadia Faqir's Pillars of Salt explores two Muslim women whose ...
"EVERYTHING WE NEED IS HERE" : RESTORING ENVIRONMENTAL BONDS THROUGH ACTIVISM IN SOLAR STORMS BY LINDA HOGAN, POTIKI BY PATRICIA GRACE, AND PRODIGAL SUMMER BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The following study explores the role of environmental activism in Solar Storms (1995) by Linda Hogan, Potiki (1986) by Patricia Grace, and Prodigal Summer (2000) by Barbara Kingsolver. In each novel, characters participate ...
A Rationale for the African American Man's Destruction in Alice Walker's Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The African American man is destroyed physically or psychologically in many literary works because he is disliked and/or because of choices he makes. What is intriguing is that African American women writers Zora Neale ...
"How Do I Reach These Keeeds?" : A New Teacher Uses Personality Type to Rethink Cognition, Motivation, and Engagement
(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 ...
The Mimicking of Oral Traditions in African American Literature
(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 ...
Domino Effect and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2012)
This thesis is a collection of six fictional short stories, all of which focus on strong characters and narrative voice. The stories also involve different narrative perspectives. They include a variety of writing styles, ...