Browsing 2007 Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Cohen, Samuel S."
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The resurgence of the moral novel in the wake of 9-11
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)In this paper, I attempt to correlate the recent rise of the moral novel with the attacks of 9/11. In exploring the definition of moral fiction and briefly tracing its roots in recent history, I attempt to answer the ... -
Swaddled in white string: breaking loose from the ties of family memory in Everything is illuminated
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Author Jonathan Safran Foer traveled to the Ukraine in search of the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and found nothing. Having intended to write a nonfictional account of his journey and findings, he realized ...