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    • Rise of Zombies in a Post-September 11th Culture 

      Gullickson, Lee (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project explores the effect the 9/11 terrorist attacks had on Western culture by looking at zombies in popular culture prior to 9/11 and how the zombie genre has changed to reflect Americans’ fear of another terrorist ...
    • Unearthing the Fracking Rhetoric: A Burkeian Cluster Analysis 

      Kostecki, Doug (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This paper looks at the rhetoric utilized in the debate surrounding the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing—a process for removing oil and natural gas from deep within the ground. In order to study the rhetoric ...
    • Watchmen: Deconstructing the Superhero 

      Rapp, Erica R. (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Looking at how the characters of Watchmen defy stereotypical superhero characteristics.
    • Writing Back to the Center In Louis Owens’ Wolfsong 

      Markwardt, Kyle (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Louis Owens, like many other Native American writers, finds himself writing back to the center in his novel, Wolfsong. Owens re-shapes the idea of the Native American by creating a realistic interpretation of Native ...