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Hicks, Robin M. "Should Barbie come with instructions? : conventional and unconventional Barbie play." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1191710.

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Adult attitudes toward the Barbie dolls are ambivalent, with many saying they encourage a variety of undesirable tendencies. This paper looks at the dramatic play that actually occurs with the dolls, much of it involving the normal behavior that one would expect in children who are becoming enculturated through imitation of the adult behavior they see around them. But also common is play that most adults would think of as unconventional or deviant. To what extent are parents, particularly mothers, aware of this? How does this play relate to enculturation? Does it serve other functions? And what implications does it have for the age at which children should be given Barbies and the need for adult supervision or instruction of the children? This thesis describes the types of play engaged in and considers possible answers to the questions raised above.
Department of Anthropology

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Conrath, Robert E. "Rethinking the ape-man : approaching Tarzan as object of critical discourse." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61945.

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Jordan, Peter Edward Rees. "The Pantalone code patrician fatherhood unmasked in sixteenth-century Venice /." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/b40203761.

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Griswold, Amy Herring Simpkins Scott. "Detecting masculinity the positive masculine qualities of fictional detectives /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3971.

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Polasek, Ashley D. "The evolution of Sherlock Holmes : adapting character across time and text." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/11076.

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The aim of this thesis is to introduce, justify, and apply a better framework for analysing Sherlock Holmes, one of the most adapted characters of all time. The project works to resituate the focus of those involved in studying adaptations of Sherlock Holmes from an examination of the discrete transition of a text from page to screen, to the evolution of the character as it changes across various intertexts and through time. The purpose is to show that it is the character specifically, and not the literary text with its narrative, genric, and aesthetic qualifications, that is being adapted, and that with this in mind, studying adaptations of Sherlock Holmes should involve a study of the various processes, pressures, and mechanisms that shape, change, and define the character throughout its hundreds of screen afterlives. This thesis then analyses many of these processes with the aim of contributing to our understanding of how a character like Holmes is moulded through remediation. It takes into account how the character’s indices shift and accumulate as they are variously performed. It also considers how the mechanisms of selection function to privilege certain incarnations of the character, and how that privileging becomes a part of future readings. Finally, it addresses how reception and perception by audiences influence how the character is read, and thus how it is understood. By considering all of these aspects of the evolutionary process, and by avoiding a chronological or even a linear organization of the texts under scrutiny, this work seeks to offer a more complete answer to the question of how a single source can support a multitude of varied, even contradictory adaptations and remain relevant and interesting through the years.

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Allen, Stephanie Andrea. "The right to represent the transformation of Topsy in Robert Alexander's I aint yo' uncle /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Spring%20Theses/ALLEN_STEPHANIE_23.pdf.

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Salus, Victoria Paula 1970. ""Her rare chastitee" : Belphoebe's representation in The faerie queene." Monash University, English Dept, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9100.

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Micklitz, Bill. "The censors' magic wand the disappearing children's literature /." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006micklitzw.pdf.

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Goile, Joanne Elizabeth. "Fascinations of fiction an examination of devices used within the television programme Buffy the Vampire Slayer that succeed in blurring the boundaries between viewers and the fictional diegesis of the show : thesis submitted to the Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Art and Design, 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003.

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Kato, Yasué. "Etude génétique des épisodes du peintre Elstir dans A la recherche du temps perdu." Villeneuve d'Ascq : Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 1998. http://books.google.com/books?id=NOhcAAAAMAAJ.

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Mayes-Elma, Ruthann. "A Feminist literary criticism approach to representations of women's agency in Harry Potter." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2003. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?miami1060025232.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Educational Leadership, 2003.
Title from first page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 147 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-141).

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Callahan, Sarah Francis. "A Wonder Whose Origin is not Known: The Importance of the Orphan Hero in Otherworldly Film." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3694/.

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The purpose of this thesis is to explore the importance of the orphan hero in film and his resonance with the American people. It explores the orphan and the American identities, the archetypes found in myths, and the hero in American culture. The three heroes (Batman, Anakin Skywalker, and Harry Potter) represent certain aspects of orphan heroes: the capacity for sacrifice and the need to resist focusing on oneself. The type of hero each becomes has its source in the response he takes to his orphanhood. These young men suffered great loss early in their lives, but found the strength to sacrifice themselves for others, the ultimate sign of a hero.

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Heikkila, David Laurie. "Orual, a therapeutic appreciation masks, mirrors, and metamorphosis /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Cavendish, Sarah E. ""The West Wing" : President as symbol." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2002. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=63.

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Morrison, Laurie L. "Rancidness, pain, and confusion Brett Ashley and the lack of resolution in The Sun Also Rises /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/633.

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Herman, Janique Luschan Vogl. "An interrogation of morality, power and plurality as evidenced in superhero comic books: a postmodernist perspective." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005646.

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The desire for heroes is a global and cultural phenomenon that gives a view into society’s very heart. There is no better example of this truism than that of the superhero. Typically, Superheroes, with their affiliation to values and morality, and the notion of the grand narratives, should not fit well into postmodernist theory. However, at the very core of the superhero narrative is the ideal of an individual creating his/her own form of morality, and thus dispensing justice as the individual sees fit in resistance to metanarrative’s authoritarian and restrictive paradigms. This research will explore Superhero comic books, films, videogames and the characters Superman, Spider-Man and Batman through the postmodernist conceptions of power, plurality, and morality.

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Bestul, J. Michael. "Cthluhu lives! A descriptive study of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society /." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1146602037.

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Disler, Michelle R. "Archipelago /." View abstract, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3286184.

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Griswold, Amy Herring. "Detecting Masculinity: The Positive Masculine Qualities of Fictional Detectives." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3971/.

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Detective fiction highlights those qualities of masculinity that are most valuable to a contemporary culture. In mysteries a cultural context is more thoroughly revealed than in any other genre of literature. Through the crimes, an audience can understand not only the fears of a particular society but also the level of calumny that society assigns to a crime. As each generation has needed a particular set of qualities in its defense, so the detective has provided them. Through the detective's response to particular crimes, the reader can learn the delineation of forgivable and unforgivable acts. These detectives illustrate positive masculinity, proving that fiction has more uses than mere entertainment. In this paper, I trace four detectives, each from a different era. Sherlock Holmes lives to solve problems. His primary function is to solve a riddle. Lord Peter Wimsey takes on the moral question of why anyone should detect at all. His stories involve the difficulty of justifying putting oneself in the morally superior position of judge. The Mike Hammer stories treat the difficulty of dealing with criminals who use the law to protect themselves. They have perverted the protections of society, and Hammer must find a way to bring them to justice outside of the law. The Kate Martinelli stories focus more on the victims of crime than on the criminals. Martinelli discovers the motivations that draw a criminal toward a specific victim and explains what it is about certain victims that makes villains want to harm them. All of these detectives display the traditional traits of the Western male. They are hunters; they protect society as a whole. Yet each detective fulfills a certain cultural role that speaks to the specific problems of his or her era, proving that masculinity is a more fluid role than many have previously credited.

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Darowski, Joseph J. "The American Way: What Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and the X-Men Reveal About America." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1515.pdf.

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Lecker, Michael. "Treacherous, Deviant, and Submissive: Female Sexuality Represented in the Character Catwoman." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1174668318.

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Wilson, Alison E. "Hannibal Lecter v. Immanuel Kant : an application of Kantianism to graphic horror film /." Connect to online version, 2007. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2007/221.pdf.

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Petherbridge, Steven. "Usury as a Human Problem in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28450.

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Shakespeare?s Shylock from the Merchant of Venice is a complex character who not only defies simple definition but also takes over a play in which he is not the titular character. How Shakespeare arrived at Shylock in the absence of a Jewish presence in early modern England, as well as what caused the playwright to humanize his villain when other playwrights had not is the subject of much debate. This thesis shows Shakespeare?s humanizing of Shylock as a blurring of the lines between Jews and Christians, and as such, a shift of usury from a uniquely Jewish problem to a human problem. This shift is then explicated in terms of a changing England in a time where economic necessity challenged religious authority and creating compassion for a Jew on the stage created compassion symbolically for Christian usurers as well.

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Gates, Kellynn. "Harry Potter and the evolving hero archetype." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2009. http://165.236.235.140/lib/KGates2009.pdf.

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McGrath, Cole P. "Fighting tradition : Hemingway's Nick Adams and shell shock /." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/5525.

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George, Joseph A. George Joseph A. "How work enfaiths catechizing in the religious poetry of Denise Levertov ; and, "Writing under observation" : applying a cognitive theory of unreliability to Nabokov's Lolita /." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1340/umi-uncg-1340.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 22, 2007). Directed by Christopher Hodgkins and Scott Romine; submitted to the Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-30, p. 59-64).

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Pevey, Aaron. "From Superman to superbland the Man of Steel's popular decline among postmodern youth /." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04172007-133407/.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007.
Title from file title page. Chris Kocela, committee chair; Paul Schmidt, Michael Galchinsky, committee members. Electronic text (95 p. : ill. 9some col.)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 16, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-81).

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Reading, Jill. "Critical literacy in a global context reading Harry Potter /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://portal.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2007.0018.html.

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Coldebella, Melania <1991&gt. "The Reader: a research on the fictitious character in the text and on the study of literature in a foreign language." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6903.

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A conclusione di un percorso di studi letterari, questo elaborato cerca di analizzare l'atto della lettura e il ruolo del lettore; inoltre si studiano i processi di apprendimento della seconda lingua così da capire cosa significhi per uno studente entrare nel mondo della letteratura in lingua straniera. In particolare, la prima parte pone l’attenzione sulle teorie della lettura: l’interpretazione, i tipi di lettore, ovvero il lettore reale e fittizio; la comunicazione e l’interazione con il testo. La seconda parte si basa sulla concezione che studiare letteratura può essere un modo per imparare una lingua straniera; quindi si cercherà di esplorare gli ambienti e i meccanismi dell’acquisizione della seconda lingua e della psicolinguistica, come la distinzione tra acquisizione e apprendimento di Krashen, l’importanza dell’input e i processi mentali. Di conseguenza, questo studio finale propone una terza parte sulla didattica della letteratura. Partendo dalla definizione di educazione letteraria, si esaminerà la prospettiva dello studente nel momento in cui viene a contatto con i testi letterari e si presenterà la figura dell’insegnante come regista, assieme alle tecniche e tecnologie per l’insegnamento. Infine, la quarta parte costituisce un tentativo di organizzare un modulo di letteratura in lingua straniera con la selezione di un corpus di opere letterarie in cui, naturalmente, il protagonista è lo studente-lettore e il suo momento personale con il testo.

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Ottosson, Hanna. "A psychological analysis of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe : How Lucy develops as a character through the realisation of repressed desires." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för Lärarutbildning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-7876.

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The essay discusses the world of Narnia from a psychological point of view. It argues that for Lucy, visiting Narnia takes the form of a psychological journey that represents the realisation of her repressed desires. It is through this realisation that Lucy develops as a character.

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Dixon, Brian A. "Sex for Dinner , death for breakfast : James Bond and the body /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3367989.

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Mouat, William Manning D. "The tragedy of Carmen : Georges Bizet and Peter Brook /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11406.

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Thesis (D. Mus. Arts)--University of Washington, 1996.
Vita. Includes the program from the production of Carmen at the University of Puget Sound on August 12 and 13, 1995, in pocket. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [109]-111).

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Duttler, Sabine-Michaela. "Die filmische Umsetzung der Harry-Potter-Romane /." Hamburg : Dr Kovač, 2007. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-3314-1.htm.

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Haehnel, Gisela. "Charles Bovary als Exempel Flaubertscher Menschendarstellung /." Köln : Edition Sisyphos, 2003. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=010430192&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Black, Ella M. Shawntain. "Identity in the millennium software, meaning and African-American girls' identity /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1092416603.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 189 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-189). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Driehuis, Raymond. "Man makes man : a study of uplifting and upbuilding in the novels of Joseph Furphy." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1226.

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In a letter to Kate Baker, circa November 1910, Furphy wrote, '[b]ut ain't it anomalous that the erratic G.H [Grant Hervey], the saintly Dr. Strong, and the perverse T.C. [Tom Collins] should be working strenuously toward the same goal, namely, the uplifting and upbuildlng of Australia' (In Barnes and Hoffmann, eds, 1995:259. My Italics). This thesis is an Investigation of the ideas of uplifting and upbuildlng, and their relevance to Tom Collins and his concerns. The reason for Furphy waiting so long to lay bare his designs can only be speculated. Rather than accepting the general critical stance that Collins is unreliable, and that Furphy meticulously sets out to expose his flaws, this thesis argues that this is not the case. Since he distanced himself publicly from his own novels, refusing to have authorship credited to his name, Furphy wanted his readers to respond to Collins not as his literary creation, but as a fully developed and self-reliant identity capable of setting an example of what it means to uplift and upbuild a national community. The ideas of uplifting and upbuilding are simple enough to comprehend. Yet a proper appreciation of their scope in the novels requires a careful consideration of the historical context which links Collins to many issues of the 1880s. The chief issue is the textual construction of an Australian identity vis-á-vis an Anglo-Australian identity, and the Influence literature has on the common mind. Because of his Involvement with uplifting, upbuilding and self-reliance, there is a complexity to Tom Collins that is the result of his being the implied author, controlling the selection of characters and their narratives, as well as his own self-image, in the novels. The thesis argues that Collins' representation of "Collins", and other characters in the Riverina, is designed to represent the "right" qualities for an Australian character or type, which is consistent with uplifting and upbuilding. For these reasons, the novels are considered as Collins' strategic response to the contemporary representations of life in terms of their value to the search for meaning, and to ways of seeing and responding to the good of an Australian life. Indeed, the character of Tom Collins is very much concerned with personal and communal well-being in an environment of colonial loyalties, rivalry and division, and a landscape often categorized as exotically cruel or dangerous. Because this is so, Collins is concerned with the value of education, with the value of notable Western thinkers and artists, and with the shifting of ignorance for better judgment. He is also concerned with the benefits of democracy and the democratic temper over aristocracy and its emphasis on class and station. Collins is quite a modern thinker, deeply concerned with actions and consequences in art and life. He is a modern thinker because he believes, as Paine, Emerson and Whitman do, that the idea of natural rights is the cornerstone of moral progress for civilization, but only if men and women accept and practise the civil rights that necessarily come with the pursuit of liberty, fraternity, equality and happiness.

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Cannon, Ammie Sorensen. "Controversial politics, conservative genre : Rex Stout's Archie-Wolfe duo and detective fiction's conventional form /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1340.pdf.

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Graham, Brita Marie. "Buffy at play tricksters, deconstruction, and chaos at work in the whedonverse /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/graham/GrahamB0507.pdf.

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Nikoleishvili, Sophia. "The many faces of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe examining the Crusoe myth in film and on television /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4786.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on February 27, 2008) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Miller, Brenda Kay Kesterson David B. "Murky impressions of postmodernism Eugene Gant and Shakespearean intertext in Thomas Wolfe's Look homeward, angel and Of time and the river /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5143.

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Blair, Nancy Lynn Silverstein Marc R. ""A participant in the world" identity, change, and the closet i n Angels in America /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/English/Thesis/Blair_Nancy_13.pdf.

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Kline, Daniel. "Bringing Pocci's "Hansel and Gretel" to America a study and translation of a puppet show /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1211208363.

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McWilliams, Ora C. ""Hey Batman, what are your parents getting you for Christmas?" the orphan narrative and non-traditional families in American superhero publications /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1245711175.

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Sze, Tin Tin, and 施福田. "Mapping Neverland: a reading of J.M. Barrie'sPeter Pan text as pastoral, myth and romance." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4787000X.

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This thesis is prompted by a curiosity about the popularity of the image of Peter Pan. Realising that the familiar and ubiquitous image is as much a product of consumer culture as it is the result of multimodal adaptations and reinterpretations of J. M. Barrie?s Peter Pan, this study attempts to shovel aside present-day conceptions of Peter Pan stories, so as to unearth the bedrock, to see Peter Pan as it was when it was new, back in its own time. To do so, this study goes back to the original Peter Pan texts. Picking out elements that signal the presence of certain literary modes, this thesis explores how the Peter Pan narratives engage with these modes, genres and traditions. One of the motives of the thesis is to rescue Peter Pan from ghettoization in the cosy category of “children?s literature”, and through critical attention to take it seriously as an important work in the literature of the early twentieth century. Chapter I situates Peter Pan in the pastoral tradition. Adducing William Empson?s concept of the pastoral as the process of “putting the complex into the simple”, this thesis argues that Peter Pan portrays two competing pastoral spaces and lays claim to the tradition by challenging its parameters of innocence. The chapter also invokes Bakhtin?s idea of carnival, asserting that the Peter Pan texts are “carnivalesque” in both their self-referential play with narrative and generic conventions, and with various more or less satirical and transgressive themes. Chapter II traces elements of Pan myths in the texts, and argues that the texts engage with the late-Victorian and Edwardian interest in myth by re-envisioning an avatar of Pan that would take its place amongst other literary Pans of the era, such as those of E. M. Forster, Kenneth Grahame, Elizabeth Browning, and Arthur Machen. The final chapter sets Peter Pan in the midst of a battle of modes of representation and vision, with R. L. Stevenson championing romance and Henry James politely standing for realism. The chapter argues that while the Peter Pan texts belong more to romance, they play with the boundaries of each by critiquing both modes, all the time showing up and relishing the artificiality of narration. The chapter then picks up on the sense of play, pervading Peter Pan’s engagement with every literary mode that has been discussed, and examines the social meanings and aesthetic instances of play against the backdrop of Edwardian England. Throughout the chapters, by dint of its spirit of play, Peter Pan problematizes the modern family and deconstructs the hierarchy of generations, along with the fundamental anthropological categories of childhood and adulthood, categories which were coming under scrutiny and pressure from the modernizing forces at work at the beginning of the twentieth century. With its sustained exploration of the structure of generations, Peter Pan addresses a problem of modernity in spite of its fantasy setting, and there is a case therefore for considering it under the rubric, elaborated by Nicholas Daly, of “popular modernism”.
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Oliveira, Manoela Hoffmann 1980. "A sociedade é inefável : sobre a individualidade do protagonista do romance "Os anos de aprendizado de Wilhelm Meister" (1795/96), de Goethe." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/281214.

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Resumo: O objetivo desta tese é reconstituir ontologicamente a individualidade de Wilhelm Meister, protagonista do romance "Os anos de aprendizado de Wilhelm Meister", de Goethe, defendendo que Wilhelm não pôde efetivar-se por meio de sua autoatividade. No Capítulo 1, apresentamos o caráter do herói, suas qualidades e fraquezas, seus modos recorrentes de pensar, agir e sentir; discutimos, em seguida, como sua sensibilidade é especialmente aberta a certos estímulos, provocadora e atraente de outros, bem como a constituição subjetiva do herói, por meio da interiorização das experiências e da lembrança; em consciência, as ideias que ele faz sobre a realidade que experiencia. No Capítulo 2, demonstramos o modo como Wilhelm foi ativo no decorrer de sua trajetória, os obstáculos que se interpuseram à inclinação e à disposição que existiam nele para a arte teatral e, por fim, como ele redirecionou sua atividade. No Capítulo 3, abordamos as circunstâncias e as relações que Wilhelm trava com outras pessoas, tentando delimitar os contextos e avaliá-los segundo os objetivos do herói; para tanto, apresentamos um grande painel dos personagens. No Capítulo 4, acompanhamos a trajetória do herói sob o ponto de vista da sua passividade e de como essa característica reúne tanto uma necessidade literária quanto uma necessidade real, da vida social na qual Wilhelm está imerso. Por fim, apresentamos o destino do herói, o desfecho de sua trajetória. Deixamos para as Considerações Finais a discussão dos possíveis significados do destino de Wilhelm Meister, entendido como trágico para sua individualidade
Abstract: The objective of this thesis is ontologically reconstruct the individuality of Wilhelm Meister , protagonist of the novel " The years of learning Wilhelm Meister ", Goethe , arguing that Wilhelm could not manifest itself through its self activity. In Chapter 1 , we present the character of the hero , his qualities and weaknesses , their recurring ways of thinking , acting and feeling ; discussed then as its sensitivity is especially open to certain stimuli , provocative and appealing to others as well as the subjective constitution of the hero through the internalization of experiences and souvenir ; in consciousness, the ideas than it does about the reality he experiences . In Chapter 2 , we demonstrate how Wilhelm was active throughout his career , the obstacles brought to the slope and layout that existed in it for the theatrical art , and finally , as he redirected his activity. In Chapter 3 , we discuss the circumstances and relationships that lock Wilhelm with others , trying to define the contexts and evaluate them according to the objectives of the hero ; for this, we present a large panel of characters . In Chapter 4 , we follow the path of the hero from the point of view of their passivity and how this feature brings both a literary necessity as a real necessity of social life in which Wilhelm is immersed. Finally, we present the fate of the hero , the outcome of its trajectory . We leave it to the Final Considerations discussing the possible meanings of the fate of Wilhelm Meister , understood as tragic for his individuality
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Del, Hierro Marcos Julian. "It's Bigger and hip-hop Richard Wright, hip-hop, and masculinity /." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Santos, Vanessa Alves Maximo dos. "O processo de simbiose entre Dom Quixote e Sancho Pança sob a ótica crítica da linguística sistêmico-funcional." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20618.

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Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, whose first part came to light in 1605, is one of the best known works in world literature and has received several interpretations. A controversial subject concerns the proposal of Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, who proposed a slow and persistent process of symbiosis between the characters Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, from the work Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, resulting in the sanchificación of dom Quixote and in Sancho's quixotization. The proposal, made in the first half of the twentieth century, caused great repercussion in the scope of the Cervantine studies. The present work seeks to analyze the speech and the behavior of the characters throughout the narrative, in order to confirm or not Madariaga's proposal and, for that, concentrates on the analysis of two chapters "Moinhos de Vento" (Chapter VIII) and "Cravilenho" (cap.XLI) that make up the first and second part of Quixote, respectively. The research, which is a critical one, has the basic support in the theoretical-methodological proposal of Systemic-Functional Linguistics (LSF), in which the interpersonal metafunction encompasses the notion of modality as welll as the notion of appraisal – subdivided in affection (emotions), judgement (ethic) and appreciation (aesthetics). SFL allows the relation of the lexical-grammatical choices of the microstructure of the text with the macrostructure of the power relations and discourse ideology. The research should answer the following questions: (a) What grammatical choices confirm the sanchification of Don Quixote and the quixotization of Sancho? (b) What role does appraisal play in this process? (c) How is social critique made in this context? The analysis proves that there is in fact a change in the character of both characters, in terms of a mutual influence that happens throughout the narrative, in which a more careful examination discloses the implicit social critique woven by Cervantes
O livro Quixote, de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, cuja primeira parte veio a lume em 1605, é uma das obras mais conhecidas da literatura mundial e tem recebido várias interpretações. Um assunto controvertido, diz respeito à proposta de Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, que propôs um processo de simbiose, lento e persistente, entre os personagens dom Quixote e Sancho Pança, da obra Quixote, de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, resultando na sanchificação de dom Quixote e na quixotização de Sancho. A proposta, feita na primeira metade do século XX, provocou grande repercussão no âmbito dos estudos cervantinos. O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de analisar a fala e o comportamento das personagens ao longo da narrativa, a fim de confirmar, ou não, a proposta de Madariaga e, para tanto, concentra-se na análise de dois capítulos “Moinhos de Vento” (cap. VIII) e “Cravilenho” (cap.XLI) que compõem a primeira e a segunda parte de Quixote, respectivamente. A pesquisa, de cunho crítico, tem o apoio básico na proposta teórico-metodológica, da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (LSF), cuja metafunção interpessoal acolhe a noção de modalidade acrescida da avaliatividade – avaliação de afeto (emoções), julgamento (ética) e apreciação (estética), que inclui a avaliação social (avaliação de fenômenos sociais). A LSF permite relacionar as escolhas léxico-gramaticais da microestrutura do texto com a macroestrutura das relações de poder e de ideologia do discurso. Nesse contexto, incluímos questões referentes ao footing, à ameaça de face e de ironia. A pesquisa deve responder às seguintes perguntas: (a) Que escolhas gramaticais confirmam a sanchificação de dom Quixote e a quixotização de Sancho? (b) Que papel exerce a avaliatividade nesse processo? (c) Como é feita a crítica social nesse contexto? A análise comprova que há de fato uma mudança no caráter das duas personagens, em termos de uma mútua influência que acontece ao longo da narrativa, em que um exame detido capta a crítica social implícita tecida por Cervantes

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Veras, Gléssia Juliany Brasiliano. "Bárbara e Dona Redonda: de Murilo Rubião a Dias Gomes, realismo maravilhoso e retextualização." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21121.

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The present research aims at developing a study on the similarities between the character Dona Redonda, in the telenovela Saramandaia (1976/original version and 2013/remake) by Dias Gomes, and the character Bárbara, in the short story Bárbara (1947) by Murilo Rubião, which can be understood as a form of retextualization. The concept of retextualization refers to a type of translation process that emphasizes the creation of a new text from a previous one, bringing the past back to present while promoting future possibilities for the creation of new texts (PLAZA, 2008). Retextualization implies that all forms of text are intersections of different textual bodies, that is, the so-called rewritings or translations which will always establish connections with previous texts. The analysis focuses on identifying and reflecting upon the points that intertwine such works in terms of similarity, by observing the relationship between them, remarkably perceived through the concept of the magical realism, genre shared by both works. This study also intends to reveal in which sense the character Bárbara, by Murilo Rubião, bears similarities to Dona Redonda, in the fictional world of Saramandaia
Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver um estudo sobre as aproximações entre a personagem Dona Redonda da obra Saramandaia (1976/original e 2013/refilmagem), de Dias Gomes, como uma forma de retextualização da personagem Bárbara do conto Bárbara (1947), do autor Murilo Rubião. O conceito de retextualização refere-se a um tipo de processo tradutório cuja ênfase é a criação de um novo texto a partir de um texto prévio, o qual traz o passado para o presente, ao mesmo tempo em que lança possibilidades futuras para construção de novos textos (PLAZA, 2008). A retextualização implica que todas as formas de texto são intersecções de outras faces textuais, isto é, são traduções ou reescritas que dialogam entre si. Dessa forma, a análise proposta pretende identificar e traçar uma reflexão a respeito de questões que unem essas obras por similaridade, observando a relação entre elas expressa principalmente por meio do realismo maravilhoso, gênero que ambas as obras partilham. Este estudo se propõe a estudar de que forma a personagem Bárbara, de Murilo Rubião, se aproxima da personagem Dona Redonda, no mundo ficcional de Saramandaia

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Cotte, Suzanne. "Léone Vigneault, ou, La construction d'un personnage téléromanesque." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq25540.pdf.

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Bridges, Annette. "What Mignon knows : girlhood subjectivity in three novels of the 1940's /." view abstract or download file of text, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9955914.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 1999.
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