Academic Unit: English and Comparative Literature / Type: Theses | Search Results

1. Ambivalent Ecologies: Representations of the Nonhuman in African American Literature, 1830-1940

: Alston, Brian Alexander
: 2023
: Theses
: American literature--African American authorsEnglish literatureAnimals in literatureEcology in literatureHurston, Zora NealeChesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967Wynter, SylviaFanon, Frantz, 1925-1961Their eyes were watching God (Hurston, Zora Neale)Cane (Toomer, Jean)

2. Artist Texts

: Larson-Xu, Marty
: 2023
: Theses
: English literatureArtists as authorsArt--HistoriographyArt, ModernComparative literaturePrice, SethBernadette Corporation (Collective)Sturtevant, 1924-2014

3. Can I Get a Witness?—Living While Black Death is Trending

: Del Sol, Lisa
: 2023
: Theses
: African Americans--Violence againstYoung adults, BlackRacismSocial mediaRace relationsMartin, Trayvon, 1995-2012Till, Emmett, 1941-1955Facebook (Firm)Instagram (Firm)Twitter (Firm)

4. Casual Things: Poetry, Natural History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century America

: Yoon, Ami
: 2023
: Theses
: American literatureAmerican poetryRomanticismNatural historyNineteenth centuryImperialismRacismSlaveryGenocideMelville, Herman, 1819-1891Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911

5. Crossing the Americas: Empire, Race, and Translation in the Long Nineteenth Century

: Cádiz Bedini, Daniella
: 2023
: Theses
: Comparative literatureLatin American literatureAmerican literatureMexican War (1846-1848)African AmericansHispanic AmericansPolitical activistsCather, Willa, 1873-1947Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867Martí, José, 1853-1895Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885

6. Evoking Disgust in the Eighteenth Century

: Jamieson, David
: 2023
: Theses
: English literatureEighteenth centuryAversion in literatureSwift, Jonathan, 1667-1745Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771Burney, Frances, -1828Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763

7. Fictions of Development: Decolonization, Development Economics, and the African Novel

: Horst, Lauren
: 2023
: Theses
: LiteratureAfrican literature (English)Postcolonialism in literatureCriticismHead, Bessie, 1937-1986Aidoo, Ama Ata, 1942-Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-Dangarembga, TsitsiWorld Bank

8. Narratives and Neighborhood Change: Writing New York and Chicago in the Twentieth Century

: McMillan, Bo
: 2023
: Theses
: American literatureAfrican AmericansNeighborhoodsNeighborhoods in literatureTenement housesSlumsBrownstone buildingsWorld's Columbian Exposition

9. Smart Characters: Psychometrics and the Twentieth-Century Novel

: Michalowicz, Naomi
: 2023
: Theses
: English literatureBildungsromans, EnglishRealism in literatureIntelligence testsIntelligence levelsPsychometricsJoyce, James, 1882-1941Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930James, Henry, 1843-1916Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941Child, LeeMurdoch, IrisReacher, Jack (Fictitious character)Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle, Arthur Conan)

10. A Howling In the Paperwork: Feminist Practice in the Archives of the Caribbean

: Schorske, Carina del Valle
: 2022
: Theses
: Women's studiesWomen artistsStone carvingSculpture, CubanPuerto Rican poetryMendieta, Ana, 1948-1985Cabrera, LydiaPalma, MarigloriaDash, Julie

11. All Along…! The Pre-History of the Plot Twist in Nineteenth-Century Fiction

: Terlunen, Milan
: 2022
: Theses
: English literatureComparative literatureFiction--Stories, plots, etc.Literature--Stories, plots, etc.Nineteenth centuryMaupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976fAusten, Jane, 1775-1817Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Christie, Agatha)Emma (Austen, Jane)Great expectations (Dickens, Charles)

12. Documents of Revolution: Literacy, Translation and Internationalism in the Spanish Civil War

: Tripathi, Ameya
: 2022
: Theses
: Comparative literatureCivil War (Spain : 1936-1939)Spanish literatureEnglish literatureAmerican literatureHernández, Miguel, 1910-1942León, María TeresaHughes, Langston, 1902-1967Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965Orwell, George, 1903-1950

13. Fictions of Discernment in Late Medieval England

: Park, Yea Jung
: 2022
: Theses
: English literature--Middle EnglishLiterature, MedievalKnowledge, Theory of, in literature

14. Found Things: Variations in information density in long-form narrative

: Bohannon, Catherine Ridder
: 2022
: Theses
: LiteratureCognitive psychologyReading--Physiological aspectsLong-term memoryJoyce, James, 1882-1941Orwell, George, 1903-1950Agee, James, 1909-1955Portrait of the artist as a young man (Joyce, James)

15. Passive Life: Vitalism and British Fiction, 1820-1880

: Newby, Diana Rose
: 2022
: Theses
: English literaturePhilosophyVitalism in literatureSpinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876Eliot, George, 1819-1880

16. Rhythm Changes: Jazz Rhythm in the African American Novel

: Levy, Aidan
: 2022
: Theses
: English literatureAmerican literature--African American authorsMusic in literatureJazz in literatureJazz musicians in literatureAfrican American jazz musiciansHarlem RenaissanceEllison, RalphFisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974Rollins, SonnyTaylor, Cecil, 1929-2018Petry, Ann, 1908-1997Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014Invisible man (Ellison, Ralph)

17. Rum, Rome, and Rebellion: The Reform of Reform in the Political Fiction of the Gilded Age

: Fernandez, Matthew Joseph
: 2022
: Theses
: American literatureHistoryComparative literaturePolitics in literaturePolitical satire, AmericanAmerican wit and humorNineteenth centuryMelville, Herman, 1819-1891Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859James, Henry, 1843-1916Adams, Henry, 1838-1918Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864Santayana, George, 1863-1952Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895

18. The Hostile Tropics: Towards a Postcolonial Discourse of Climate

: Banful, Akua A.
: 2022
: Theses
: Comparative literatureSlaveryEcology in literatureImperialism in literaturePostcolonialismConrad, Joseph, 1857-1924Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980Phillips, CarylPepetela

19. Archepollycyes: Fiction and Political Institution around Philip Sidney

: Lundy, Timothy
: 2021
: Theses
: English literatureClassical literaturePoetryMonarchyPolitics and literatureSidney, Philip, 1554-1586Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628Gorboduc (Norton, Thomas)Baptistes (Buchanan, George)Arcadia (Sidney, Philip)

20. Black Lyric: Trauma and Poetic Voice in Contemporary Irish Drama

: McHugh, Meadhbh
: 2021
: Theses
: TheaterIrish dramaDramatists, IrishPain in the performing artsMcDonagh, MartinCarr, Marina, 1964-Murphy, Thomas, 1935-2018

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