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Understanding and defining young adult literature
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraphs: "Yet even in this uncertain time in life, many Y.A. novels end in hope. The last words of the Harry Potter series are "All was well." After coping with the death of his best friend and first love, ...
In sympathy : how to read -- and view -- Edith Wharton's The house of mirth
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
In the second Gilded Age that we live in now, it has been surprising to me to find that Edith Wharton's presence in homes and classrooms has been waning. In order to understand why this is, I turn to one of Wharton's most ...
Parody and media literacy in "Nathan For You" and [creative final] "Adrift"
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph from Parody and media literacy in "Nathan For You": Over three decades after The Simpsons broke onto the primetime scene, Nathan For You harnesses a brand new form of comedy that makes similar use of ...
Talking back: the role of poets and poems in literary conversation
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "In discovering the expansive history of poetic conversation and poetic influence, the question of authenticity now seems irrelevant. Authenticity may now be described as the extent to which a poem ...
Filling in the blanks : ambiguity, genre, and reader participation as anti-dictatorial forces in Junot Diaz's The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Racist elevator inspectors, consumer-driven zombies, and the sardonicism that mocks them both in Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist and Zone One
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "In finality, addressing The Intuitionist and Zone One's ultimate goals rely on one motivating factor: progressive justice. Incorporating genre elements into sardonic dialogue about the current racial ...
"My madness singing" : the specter of syphilis in Prufrock's Love Song
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "This unpleasant conclusion results from Prufrock's night in the "Pervigilium," since his encounters with ambiguous women and his fears of venereal disease disturb him so much that they distance him ...
"Goodbye Christ" : Langston Hughes, black art and literary censorship
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "Langston Hughes as a literary figure today is beloved by many and it is through analyzing his life that I have become aware of his radical nature at the beginning of his career. His life, the mistakes ...
From the Bible to Harry Potter : Updating an ancient myth into modern fantasy
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
The Cold War and Agency Panic in The Bell Jar and "Three Women"
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and "Three Women" show that politics influenced Plath's writing process in both direct and subtle ways. Combining the personal with the political in these works, Plath ...
Ideologies of American oppression: tracing capitalist discourses in 20th century protest literature
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "Twentieth century America was a period of rapid expansion and change, and this is represented in the above-analyzed novels. By definition, protest literature exists with the intention to stimulate ...
"Immortal Harps": Milton and musical morality in Handel's Samson
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraphs: "If Handel's contemporary James Harris is correct in observing that music and poetry "can never be so powerful singly, as when they are properly united," (152) and that Handel's "Genius ... being ...
The effects of politically manipulated borders : Atwood, Lepucki and St. John Mandel
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)