Browsing English by Author "Brooks, Christopher K."
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Conventional conventions? A macro-intertextual exploration of literature, film, and culture
Jones, David (Wichita State University, 2010-05)The role of the villain in literature and cinema poses a problem for traditional critical scholars: how can readers see beyond the villain‟s role as literal antagonist? Differing critical methods approach this problem from ... -
The evolution of literary theory: towards a bio-cultural approach to literature through Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey
Davis, Thomas Arthur (Wichita State University, 2006-05)This thesis attempts to develop a synthesis of two traditionally conflicting epistemological approaches to literary theory and criticism. Over the past ten years, poststructuralist theory and the developing branch of ... -
Metafilm: Visual storytelling in the postmodern age
Rowan, Robert M. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)Audio-visual communication in the form of film and television has formed a language of its own, and this emergence begs both scholars and artists to put it to use in creative ways. The term “Metafilm” here refers to a film ... -
The need for professional writing programs in higher education: a modest proposal
Ott, Chelsea Elaine (2007-05)The purpose of this thesis is to explain why a professional writing curriculum would be an invaluable program to institute in American universities across the country. So many people think that because we all learn to read ... -
The post-modern body in cinema
Barbara, Kathleen M. (2006-05)Throughout film history, the female body has been gazed upon, lusted after, protected, admired, and murdered. A sampling of post-modern films, including Kill Bill; Vol. I, The Swimming Pool, Boys Don’t Cry, Orlando, The ... -
Re-presenting narratives of rape: examining constructions of the victim, voice and feminism under rape law reform
McCaffree-Wallace, Andrea (Wichita State University, 2011-07)The research and critical readings in this study attempt to comment on changing constructions of the victim, voice and consent in popular representations of rape post rape law reform. The study draws on a wealth of ... -
Sarah's dream/"No Fate": doubling in Terminator II.
Brooks, Christopher K. (Post Script, Inc., 2004) -
Susanna Centlivre: Successful chameleon
Woodville, Katherine Elizabeth (Wichita State University, 2010-08)Susanna Centlivre, active in the post Restoration Theater, wrote nineteen plays from 1700 to 1723. A few of her plays were popular until 1900, but thereafter fell into limbo. By studying three of her plays, The Perjur’d ... -
To the boundary of the zero: postmodernism as whimsical tragedy in Tristram Shandy: a cock and bull story and 24 hour party people
Prothro, Travis (Wichita State University, 2010-12)This paper attempts to solve the problem of postmodern tragedy by examining two films by British director Michael Winterbottom, Tristram Shandy: a Cock and Bull Story, and 24 Hour Party People. Actually, I am not certain ...