Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Degrees "M.A., Literature"
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Deconstructing American laughter: the power of carnivalesque humor to empower the voices of the oppressed
(2024)Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque, as seen in his book Rabelais and His Word, highlights how laughter has the power to break through the restrictions and fear within oppressive, official cultures, giving power ... -
Divine women's esteem in late antiquity and their later representations in literature
(2024)The Late Antiquity period and the stories that emerged from it were some of the most impactful narratives for future authors and their writing. This period encompassed many types of communities, languages, social customs, ... -
Performance, politics, and queenship: rhetorical strategies of Tudor mothers, daughters, and sisters
(2024)This project explores how four Tudor queens utilized performance and written rhetoric to gain and maintain power, as well as how their efforts influenced their daughters and kingdoms. Chapter One centers around Catherine ... -
Roots of colonialism in Old English poetry
(2024)The white nationalist ideologies that drove many colonialist efforts are often built off of a so-called Anglo-Saxon ideal, which involves appealing to Old English epics such as Beowulf as part of the foundation of national ... -
Water and its temporal dimensions in William Faulkner and Toni Morrison
(2021)William Faulkner and Toni Morrison offer narrative insight into the experience and implications of human's experience of temporality. This thesis constructs a narrative relationship between the two authors, exploring the ...