Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...

[Introduction -- excerpts] First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's novel Dracula has become embedded in modern culture, primarily through its extensive adaptations in Hollywood films. The story tells a gothic tale of Count Dracula, a Transylvanian vampire who travels to England in the late-nineteenth century to terrorize London society and suck the blood of his unfortunate and unsuspecting victims. Written during a time of globalization, Dracula...

Abstract This thesis aims to further the critical conversation on intermodernism, including what sets it apart from modernism and postmodernism as a transitionary period between the two, both chronologically and aesthetically. Intermodernist authors emphasize the physical and social reality of those in Britain and Britain's colonies, involving critiques of colonialism, assimilation, religious conflicts, and gender roles and experiences versus an idealized British identity. Through an analysis of...

Abstract As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child's face looking through the window- Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbbed it to and fro till blook ran down and soaked the bed clothes; still it wailed, "Let me in!" and maintained its tenacious gripe almost maddening me with fear. "How can I?" I said at length. "Let me go if you...

Abstract In the following thesis, I'm going to explore the direct parallels of Victorian-era insane asylumns and the Rochester Mansion [sic] in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. By applying a 21st century reading, my thesis will highlight the antifeminist qualities of Brontë's narrative as well as its flaws in terms of its textual dependency on racist and ablest applications without vilifying her work per se. However, I argue that the Rochester...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...