English Masters Theses
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Mottling the conversation: an evolving debate
(North Dakota State University, 2009)Online forums have often been considered a medium of equality. However, after studying Amazon.com communities taking part in the evolution/intelligent design debate, it became clear that these communities were substituting ... -
Classical Rhetoric for Modem Problems: Accommodating Stasis for the W AC/WID Curriculum
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This paper performs a case study of scientific information as it moves between media, in this case, from the journal Science to the New York Times. In order to monitor the rhetorical shifts between texts, both are analyzed ... -
Usury as a Human Problem in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Shakespeare’s Shylock from the Merchant of Venice is a complex character who not only defies simple definition but also takes over a play in which he is not the titular character. How Shakespeare arrived at Shylock in the ... -
Identity Theory and the Lunar Chronicles: Expanding the Study of Identity in Young Adult Literature
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This Master’s Thesis applies Identity Theory from Social Psychology to The Lunar Chronicles, a young adult novel series by Marissa Meyer. In this thesis, I explain the theory in detail, apply it to the text, and discuss ... -
Resisting Rape Myths in Young Adult Fiction: An Analysis of Young Adult Novels Speak and Crank
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Introducing young people to fiction that depicts rape is important in that reading this type of fiction can be a more effective strategy for reducing rape-myth acceptance in young people than lecture-based prevention ... -
From Homo stupidus to Homo sapiens: Changing and Reaffirming the Paradigm of Human Uniqueness Through Neandertal Descriptions
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Neandertal interpretation is changing the paradigm of human uniqueness, but exactly how needs to be examined. This paper provides a qualitative analysis of how Neandertal descriptions embed long-held cultural attitudes and ... -
"Where Everything Goes to Hell": Stephen King as Literary Naturalist
(North Dakota State University, 2012)In his bestselling nonfiction book about the horror genre, Danse Macabre, author Stephen King lists among his idols "the great naturalist writer Frank Norris" (336). While King primarily writes horror fiction, he has often ...
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