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The Holy Land in transit: Colonialism and the quest for Canaan.
(2003)
Through a comparative analysis of colonialism in the New World and Holy Land with attention to how politics influence literary production, I examine the process by which settler societies transform theological narratives ...
Listening to our grandmothers' stories: An historical analysis of the literacy curricula at Bloomfield Academy/Carter Seminary for Chickasaw Females, Indian Territory/Oklahoma, 1852-1949.
(1997)
This project examines the literacy curriculum of the Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, a boarding academy established by the Chickasaw tribe in conjunction with missionaries. The school is unique in that the Chickasaw ...
`To Be Of Use': Contemporary American Women's Poetry of Work and Workers
(2009)
In this dissertation, I examine three genres of contemporary women's poetry of work and workers: the historical long poem, the lyric poem, and the hybrid lyric-narrative; identify the poetic devices and imagery which are ...
Langston University: A History of Transformative Rhetorics at Oklahoma's Only HBCU, 1960-1970
(2021-08-05)
This project presents a history of rhetoric and writing instruction at Langston University, Oklahoma's only HBCU, from 1960-1970. It details the liberatory pedagogies practiced by Langston professors during the civil rights ...
Go back the way you came :
(2000)
Go Back The Way You Came by Joey Brown is an original, full-length literary novel. The novel is preceded by a critical introduction entitled Writing in the Dirt: A Look at Identity Landscape in the Work of Female Novelists ...
Thomas Randolph (1605-1635) :
(1982)
The difference between shows and plays, especially at the universities, and the nature of the revels for which most university drama was written before 1640, are examined here to put Randolph's shows and plays into their ...
"In silence I struggle": Voices of South Vietnamese living in America.
(2004)
Almost thirty years after the fall of South Vietnam, Vietnamese exiles living in America continue to struggle with their past, especially former political prisoners of the reeducation camps and their families. This ...
The importance of the visual arts in the esthetic of W. B. Yeats.
(1980)
Yeats's interest in the visual arts was not just an early phase, ending when he left art school, but rather a lifetime concern that affected him in many ways. Not only did artists and art critics have a shaping effect on ...
[GAUI [GUT YA[BAHE:GAU: KIOWA WORD WARRIORS AND THEIR LITERARY PURPOSE
(2024-05-10)
This work examines select literature created by Kiowa authors, poets, and playwrights as an extension of their traditional role as warriors, members of warrior societies, and the values that these warriors still uphold ...
Only the Young: The Rhetoric of Youth-Led Social Movements In the 21st Century
(2024-05-10)
In this dissertation, I examine several examples of contemporary youth-led protest in conjunction with some of the specific challenges of organizing in the present day. In each chapter, I pair one circumstance that makes ...