Bluemel, Kristin, 1964-
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Dates
- Existence: 1964-
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Female-centered, post-colonial bildungsromans , 2011
Item — Call number MU Thesis Wil
Identifier: b4175551
Introduction [excerpt]
In this paper, I will examine the reception histories of Ice-Candy-Man and Nervous Conditions, the major nationalist and feminist theories that have influenced the criticism of the novels, and the scholarship's emphasis on the political in the novels to show how, so far, the literary questions of genre and form have been ignored in favor of the political. Next, I will critically look at the historical background of the...
Dates:
2011
Haunting space and place in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House' and Helen Oyeyemi's White is for Witching , 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Nad
Identifier: b7930275
Introduction [excerpt]
I argue that Jackson and Oyeyemi escape the underlying patriarchal connontations of the novel and writing by creating temporal spaces within their texts for the purpose of discussing gender issues facing middle-class women at their time. By placing temporal space within the houses, Jackson and Oyeyemi demonstrate that both social norms and change are born in the home. Analyzing the writing techniques of these authors, I address the social commentary made within each novel. In Chapter 1, I...
Dates:
2020
Oranges, lemons, and the decline of the traditional mother figure in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four , 2012
Item — Call number MU Thesis Car
Identifier: b5596203
Abstract
In my thesis, I examine the use of the British nursery rhyme, "Oranges and Lemons," in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in relation to the decline of the "traditional" mother figure in Oceania. George Orwell felt that if women continued to work after World War II, then the traditional family would be destroyed and children would not have the moral upbringing that only a mother could provide. In the fascist society of Oceania, good,...
Dates:
2012
The poem and the pomegranate : how ancient Greek myth influences feminist theory in Eavan Boland's "The Pomegranate" and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill's "Persephone Suffering from SAD" , 2016
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sor
Identifier: b7667391
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...
Dates:
2016
Welcoming alternative media into the academy : benefits of the zine , 2016
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ris
Identifier: b7667380
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...
Dates:
2016