Browsing English by Author "Zoller, Peter T."

Anime’s ancestry: Kawabata’s The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa and Oe’s Help Us to Outgrow Our Madness as a prelude to Japanese animation

Moss, Cynthia Naomi (Wichita State University, 2012-12)

Much research exists on the considerable influence of American and European culture on the newly opened borders of Japan in the 1920’s, yet there is very little recognition of French influences beyond the acknowledgement ...

Dubliners and the Joycean epiphany

Briggs, Roger T. (Wichita State University, 2006-05)

E.M. Forster: “Only connect”

Teachout, Jeffrey Frank (2007-05)

E.M. Forster's fiction, conservative in form, is in the English tradition of the novel of manners. He explores the emotional and sensual deficiencies of the English middle class, developing his themes by means of irony, ...

The handmaidens' plight: an investigation of survivor ideologies of marginalized Asian women

Kwa, Gladys Siok-Hian (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)

Despite the traumatic ordeals experienced by marginalized Asian women, many have emerged triumphant despite inconceivable odds to proclaim their tragic narratives. Such desperate struggles beg the question: "What sustainable ...

The handmaidens’ plight: an investigation of survivor ideologies of marginalized Asian women

Kwa, Gladys Siok-Hian (Wichita State University, 2012-05)

Many subjugated Asian women have been overwhelmed and expunged by their traumatic ordeals, and yet many have emerged triumphant despite inconceivable odds to proclaim their tragic narratives, even as they undergo great ...

Kipling, Woolf, and Orwell: literary ethnographers

Ranatunga, Gayanthi (Wichita State University, 2011-12)

The beginning of the 20th century was marked by a need for a departure, for Britain, from the Victorian sentiments of a bygone era, foremost among which were the soon-to-be antiquated thoughts about her colonies and ...

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 sensation of Sherlock Holmes

Cook, Kimberlee S. (Wichita State University, 2011-05)

This thesis examines the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and how they relate to the late-Victorian Sensation Novel. First, a brief introduction to the Sensation novel is made. It makes a study ...

Thomas Hardy as ecofeminist author with examples from his major tragic novels

Clark, Brandi Christine (Wichita State University, 2010-12)

The research and writing of this thesis began with strong interest in the compelling area of ecofeminist theory (specifically, its successful application to literary theory) and the realization that Thomas Hardy’s tragic ...

Thomas Hardy’s "Jude the Obscure" and D. H. Lawrence’s "Sons and Lovers":a psychological transition from Victorianism to Modernism

Christinat, Emily Rose (2005-12)

Authors Thomas Hardy and D.H. Lawrence were both influenced by the old traditions of the 19 th century and the new ideals of the early 20 th century. By comparing Hardy’s final novel, Jude the Obscure , originally published ...