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Title: THE DYNASTIC THEME IN THE POETRY OF ANNE SEXTON.
Creator: CHALMERS, SHARON ANN., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: This is a study of the dynastic theme which was first introduced into literature during the heroic ages. Early literature dwelt much on family relationships or blood-ties. This theme, although much neglected during other periods of literature, has had a revival in modern poetry, and is used by Anne Sexton. Much of her poetry deals with family relationships, mainly those involving her parents, daughters, and great-aunt. Sexton uses the dynastic theme in her works in order to convey other...
Show moreThis is a study of the dynastic theme which was first introduced into literature during the heroic ages. Early literature dwelt much on family relationships or blood-ties. This theme, although much neglected during other periods of literature, has had a revival in modern poetry, and is used by Anne Sexton. Much of her poetry deals with family relationships, mainly those involving her parents, daughters, and great-aunt. Sexton uses the dynastic theme in her works in order to convey other important themes. She explores her love-hate relationships within her family, guilt, alienation, and the cyclical nature of life through her dynastic theme.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13726
Subject Headings: Sexton, Anne--Criticism and interpretation, Family in literature
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Title: Kate Chopin's female characters: A study in conflict and growth.
Creator: Kunf, Marcia Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Among nineteenth-century American writers, Kate Chopin presented a new American heroine in the character of Edna Pontellier. She would not merely be a passive recipient reacting to the pressures of a male dominated society. She would actively take control of her own destiny. Chopin created her heroine in an environment that did not tolerate deviance from accepted stereotypes; therefore, many of Chopin's stories either received negative criticism or were rejected for publication because of...
Show moreAmong nineteenth-century American writers, Kate Chopin presented a new American heroine in the character of Edna Pontellier. She would not merely be a passive recipient reacting to the pressures of a male dominated society. She would actively take control of her own destiny. Chopin created her heroine in an environment that did not tolerate deviance from accepted stereotypes; therefore, many of Chopin's stories either received negative criticism or were rejected for publication because of subject matter. Chopin was sensitive to her critics; however, she was also committed to representing realistic women in their struggles for selfhood. In addition, Chopin created these repeating female characters to chronicle their quests for self-fulfillment. Conflicts, resulting from assertive action, stirred a rebellion inside the heroine and resulted in decisions that shocked and angered a society which was not prepared to accept such strong characters as Edna. Similar to her heroine, Kate Chopin concurrently experienced the dilemmas and ultimate growth that is involved in self-actualization. Kate Chopin was forced to decide how to express herself in a society which was not yet ready to hear her message.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14743
Subject Headings: Chopin, Kate,--1851-1904--Characters., Women in literature.
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Title: ANTITHETICAL FORCES IN TWO NOVELS OF GRAHAM GREENE.
Creator: ROSS, HELEN KALOFF., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: This thesis demonstrates the dichotomy of opposing political and theological beliefs in two novels of Graham Greene. The journey motif in both the whiskey priest of The Power and the Glory and the Monsignor in Monsignor Quixote parallel the author's development from the youthful political zealot determined to right universal wrongs to the mature acquiescent accepting a unified world as an impossibility. In Monsignor Quixote, Greene depicts a spirit of compassion enlarged by exposure and...
Show moreThis thesis demonstrates the dichotomy of opposing political and theological beliefs in two novels of Graham Greene. The journey motif in both the whiskey priest of The Power and the Glory and the Monsignor in Monsignor Quixote parallel the author's development from the youthful political zealot determined to right universal wrongs to the mature acquiescent accepting a unified world as an impossibility. In Monsignor Quixote, Greene depicts a spirit of compassion enlarged by exposure and acceptance of diametrically opposite beliefs. The friendship of the Catholic and Communist enable each to acknowledge the validity of the other's ideas. Their dreams function as concrete and abstract elements in plot development and characterization. This study extrapolates the paradoxical fact of this author's personality as it reveals the serious nature of the young and old Greene, then delights us with the lighter side, thus sensitizing us to elements both tragic and comic.
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Date Issued: 1987
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14413
Subject Headings: Greene, Graham,--1904---Power and the glory, Greene, Graham,--1904---Monsignor Quixote
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Title: Alienation and struggle for power in Richardson's "Clarissa", Nabokov's "Lolita", and Fowles's "The Collector".
Creator: Helgeson, Christine Peters., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Alienation causes the characters in Clarissa, Lolita, and The Collector to contend for control of each other. All three male protagonists deny the women they love of freedom; all three women respond vehemently despite their isolation and despair. The resultant struggles for power link these novels and irrefutably solidify the sisterhood among the women. First-person narration further strengthens the bond among the three works. Richardson's Lovelace writes letters in order to tell his story;...
Show moreAlienation causes the characters in Clarissa, Lolita, and The Collector to contend for control of each other. All three male protagonists deny the women they love of freedom; all three women respond vehemently despite their isolation and despair. The resultant struggles for power link these novels and irrefutably solidify the sisterhood among the women. First-person narration further strengthens the bond among the three works. Richardson's Lovelace writes letters in order to tell his story; Nabokov's Humbert relates his account by use of his memoir; Fowles's Clegg records his thoughts daily in his journal. Each man tells of his vengeance and sexual domination over his innocent teenage victim. Ironically, none of the girls' strong wills can be defeated; each triumphs spiritually.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14525
Subject Headings: Richardson, Samuel,--1689-1761--Clarissa, Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,--1899-1977--Lolita, Fowles, John,--1926---Collector
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Title: Alice Walker: Redefining the hero.
Creator: Campbell, Nicole., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D., Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: In Meridian, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker places women in the traditionally male role of hero. As an artist, her goal is to provide stories with role models who will help women transcend the gender stereotyping inherent in patriarchal cultures and enable them to envision themselves as capable of completing the stages of the hero's journey. The novels are compared to the three stages of the hero's journey as it is defined by Joseph Campbell to...
Show moreIn Meridian, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker places women in the traditionally male role of hero. As an artist, her goal is to provide stories with role models who will help women transcend the gender stereotyping inherent in patriarchal cultures and enable them to envision themselves as capable of completing the stages of the hero's journey. The novels are compared to the three stages of the hero's journey as it is defined by Joseph Campbell to demonstrate how the women successfully master the hero pattern. The simple act of replacing the mythical male hero with a female initiates the shift in consciousness or the "key archetypal" event that Campbell insists is necessary for a change in world ideology. By redefining the role of the hero, Walker changes society's perceptions about women and becomes the arbiter of myth that will encourage women's potential.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15557
Subject Headings: Walker, Alice,--1944---Criticism and interpretation, Women heroes
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Title: Aspects of absence in selected works of Eudora Welty.
Creator: Unks, Ruth Richwalls., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Eudora Welty's works display multiple ways of handling absence. Absences leading to despair are evident in the characters of R. J. Bowman in "Death of a Traveling Salesman," Howard in "Flowers for Marjorie," and Jason and Sara Morton in "The Whistle." They cannot face the absence of a personal relationship, the absence of hope, the absence of a future. Absences causing a stagnation or fear of changing a status quo appear for Ruby Fisher and her husband in "A Piece of News": they live only in...
Show moreEudora Welty's works display multiple ways of handling absence. Absences leading to despair are evident in the characters of R. J. Bowman in "Death of a Traveling Salesman," Howard in "Flowers for Marjorie," and Jason and Sara Morton in "The Whistle." They cannot face the absence of a personal relationship, the absence of hope, the absence of a future. Absences causing a stagnation or fear of changing a status quo appear for Ruby Fisher and her husband in "A Piece of News": they live only in the present out of fear of facing the absence of closeness in their marriage, and Ellie Morgan in "The Key" cannot look into her relationship with husband Albert or project into the future. Unlike Ruby and Ellie, Mrs. Larkin in "A Curtain of Green," "Livvie," and William Wallace in "The Wide Net," realize the absences in their lives, reject stagnation, and adopt a positive attitude for future development. Losing Battles incorporates all three aspects of handling absences--despair, status quo, and recognition for growth--in the characters of Julia Mortimer, Beulah Renfro, and Gloria Short.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14684
Subject Headings: Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation
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Title: ECHOES OF THOMAS HARDY IN ''THE GRAPES OF WRATH'' (STEINBECK).
Creator: SCAFFETTI, PATRICK FRANK., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Though a highly original work in its own right, The Grapes or Wrath by John Steinbeck nevertheless reflects a number or significant characteristics or Thomas Hardy's six major Wessex novels. Similarities between the twentieth-century American masterpiece and the Victorian novels are especially pronounced in the Following areas: (1) the analysis or social problems; (2) the use or nature (land and animals) both realistically and Figuratively; (3) the portrayal or the failure or Christianity;...
Show moreThough a highly original work in its own right, The Grapes or Wrath by John Steinbeck nevertheless reflects a number or significant characteristics or Thomas Hardy's six major Wessex novels. Similarities between the twentieth-century American masterpiece and the Victorian novels are especially pronounced in the Following areas: (1) the analysis or social problems; (2) the use or nature (land and animals) both realistically and Figuratively; (3) the portrayal or the failure or Christianity; and (4) the exploration or the theme or dreams and illusions destroyed by reality.
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Date Issued: 1987
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14367
Subject Headings: Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Influence--Steinbeck, Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Grapes of wrath
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Title: Constance Fenimore Woolson: Her life in her work.
Creator: Tancredi, Katherine Valerie., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: The fiction of Constance Fenimore Woolson mirrors her own life as she struggles to find success in the literary world during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. At that time, the literary world was dominated and controlled by males. In her fiction, Woolson explored three major themes: isolation, a daughter's place in the family, and the struggle for success and acceptance in the literary world. Although Woolson enjoyed great success during her lifetime, her work disappeared from the...
Show moreThe fiction of Constance Fenimore Woolson mirrors her own life as she struggles to find success in the literary world during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. At that time, the literary world was dominated and controlled by males. In her fiction, Woolson explored three major themes: isolation, a daughter's place in the family, and the struggle for success and acceptance in the literary world. Although Woolson enjoyed great success during her lifetime, her work disappeared from the literary scene after the turn of the century. Beginning in the 1970s, her fiction was rediscovered and studied by critics and scholars who found much to praise and admire. Woolson may soon be restored to her rightful place in literary history based on fiction worth reading and a life worth admiring.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14983
Subject Headings: Woolson, Constance Fenimore,--1840-1894--Criticism and interpretation
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Title: Cuchulain and the Old Man: Antinomies symbolized by the gyre in three plays by William Butler Yeats.
Creator: Olbrys, Nancy Jane., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: The symbol of the gyre is the foundation of three plays At the Hawk's Well, On Baile's Strand, and The Death of Cuchulain. The gyre represents the relationship between Cuchulain and the Old Man, as they are each other's, antithesis and, at the same time, complement. The characters begin the cycle at opposite ends of the gyre, and the base of the gyre exerts the most positive force while the apex has the most negative. Therefore, in At the Hawk's Well, Cuchulain benefits from the influence of...
Show moreThe symbol of the gyre is the foundation of three plays At the Hawk's Well, On Baile's Strand, and The Death of Cuchulain. The gyre represents the relationship between Cuchulain and the Old Man, as they are each other's, antithesis and, at the same time, complement. The characters begin the cycle at opposite ends of the gyre, and the base of the gyre exerts the most positive force while the apex has the most negative. Therefore, in At the Hawk's Well, Cuchulain benefits from the influence of the gyre while the Old Man suffers from the negative effects of the same symbol. On Baile's Strand signifies change as the characters move to different positions on the gyre, and in The Death of Cuchulain a complete reversal has taken place; the Blind Man is at the base and Cuchulain is at the apex. In each play Yeats creates a geometric figure to symbolize the compelling force that the gyre exerts.
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14638
Subject Headings: Yeats, W B--(William Butler),--1865-1939--Criticism and interpretation
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Title: Never Mute: Deaf Poet Voices. (Original poetry).
Creator: Mosier, Teri Lynn., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: The work is an original volume of poetry with an introduction by the author, which both discusses the influence of other poets and places the work within the canon of American literature. The poetry lies within the lesbian feminist tradition associated with Audre Lorde, Judy Gahn and Adriene Rich. This is a free verse poetry that combines extensive use of the confessionalist school's "I" voices with the concrete school's sculpting of the poem on the page. By drawing on a variety of divergent...
Show moreThe work is an original volume of poetry with an introduction by the author, which both discusses the influence of other poets and places the work within the canon of American literature. The poetry lies within the lesbian feminist tradition associated with Audre Lorde, Judy Gahn and Adriene Rich. This is a free verse poetry that combines extensive use of the confessionalist school's "I" voices with the concrete school's sculpting of the poem on the page. By drawing on a variety of divergent sources, such as T. S. Eliot, Robert Browning and Marge Piercy, the poet provides a diverse range of dramatic voices and approaches. This is an attempt to further expand through the process of integration the stylistic options available in the general poetic canon. In addition, the poet hopes to deepen the representation of individuals who have been traditionally "muted" in Western literature, by providing them with a "voice" in her poetry.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14715
Subject Headings: American fiction--20th century, Poetry, Lesbian feminism
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Title: Eudora Welty's mothers and daughters.
Creator: McLane, Helen Rene., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: In Eudora Welty's works, the importance of the mother-daughter relationship lies in its ability to expand the reader's understanding of the individual's search for enlightenment. As a wanderer acts and reacts to people and events, she is most often influenced by her mother, or mother-like figures, and other pairs around her. Welty's bonded women represent the historical, religious, psychological, and sociological studies of this interwoven human relationship; her characters are subtly crafted...
Show moreIn Eudora Welty's works, the importance of the mother-daughter relationship lies in its ability to expand the reader's understanding of the individual's search for enlightenment. As a wanderer acts and reacts to people and events, she is most often influenced by her mother, or mother-like figures, and other pairs around her. Welty's bonded women represent the historical, religious, psychological, and sociological studies of this interwoven human relationship; her characters are subtly crafted to develop a myriad of close and, at the same time, distant bonds. Welty emphasizes the mothers and daughters of Losing Battles, Delta Wedding, and The Optimist's Daughter though Virgie of The Golden Apples represents the strongest point for the conclusion that the mother-daughter relationship supports and enhances Welty's works.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14506
Subject Headings: Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation, Mothers and daughters, Women in literature
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Title: PATHWAYS TOWARD THE HUMAN POTENTIAL IN THE NOVELS OF ALDOUS HUXLEY.
Creator: CRONIN, JOAN MARIAN., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Analyses of Aldous Huxley's novels frequently reveal his interest in both mystical thought and practice. Controversy develops, however, when trying to identify how and when Huxley first became interested in mysticism. Some critics argue that Huxley became engrossed with mystical philosophy very late in his literary development. Still others contend that his interest in the world of the spirit begins in Creme Yellow (1921), deepens with each subsequent work and reaches a climax with Island ...
Show moreAnalyses of Aldous Huxley's novels frequently reveal his interest in both mystical thought and practice. Controversy develops, however, when trying to identify how and when Huxley first became interested in mysticism. Some critics argue that Huxley became engrossed with mystical philosophy very late in his literary development. Still others contend that his interest in the world of the spirit begins in Creme Yellow (1921), deepens with each subsequent work and reaches a climax with Island (1962), his final novel. This thesis supports the latter concept, drawing a parallel between Evelyn Underhill's "Mystic Way'' and Huxley's progressive involvement with mysticism throughout his novels.
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Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14189
Subject Headings: Huxley, Aldous,--1894-1963--Criticism and interpretation, Mysticism in literature
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Title: VIOLENCE AND THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN THE POETRY OF TED HUGHES.
Creator: KRUGER, KATHRYN GAIL., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: This thesis probes the conditions of violence in Hughes's verse, explains why it occurs so frequently, and gives reasons for its use. While scrutinizing Hughes's use of violence, I also demonstrate the strong celebration of life which occurs in the poetry. I show that both violence and the celebration of life spring from the same impetus or spirit which works together to give humankind a sensitive and complete vision of the universe. I prove that the seemingly diametrically opposed concepts...
Show moreThis thesis probes the conditions of violence in Hughes's verse, explains why it occurs so frequently, and gives reasons for its use. While scrutinizing Hughes's use of violence, I also demonstrate the strong celebration of life which occurs in the poetry. I show that both violence and the celebration of life spring from the same impetus or spirit which works together to give humankind a sensitive and complete vision of the universe. I prove that the seemingly diametrically opposed concepts of violence and the celebration of life actually exist because of each other, and are in fact the same exultant energy occurring in different forms. My thesis deals with Hughes's less-known works: River: New Poems, Season Sonas, Under the North Star, The Tiger's Bones, The Iron Man, and selected poems from Crow.
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Date Issued: 1986
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14291
Subject Headings: Hughes, Ted,--1930-1998--Criticism and interpretation.
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Title: WOMEN IN THE DETECTIVE NOVELS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE.
Creator: FRITZER, PENELOPE JOAN., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Agatha Christie's writing career of more than fifty years gave her room to develop certain themes in social history. One of the most interesting of these is her presentation of women. Christie's two major types are older, unmarried women and young, high-spirited girls. Within those two types, Christie deals with the good, the evil, the eccentric, and the ineffectual. Her characterizations also include l ess important types, but those tvvo major kinds of woman dominate her detective novels....
Show moreAgatha Christie's writing career of more than fifty years gave her room to develop certain themes in social history. One of the most interesting of these is her presentation of women. Christie's two major types are older, unmarried women and young, high-spirited girls. Within those two types, Christie deals with the good, the evil, the eccentric, and the ineffectual. Her characterizations also include l ess important types, but those tvvo major kinds of woman dominate her detective novels. Miss Marple in particular is an important character and incorporates many of the strong virtues with which Christie imbues her women.
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Date Issued: 1979
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13967
Subject Headings: Christie, Agatha,--1890-1976.--Criticism and interpretation., Women in literature.
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Title: GLIMMERS OF TRANSCENDENT TRUTH: MYTHIC PHILOSOPHY AND SYMBOLISM IN C. S. LEWIS'S "THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH".
Creator: KELSO, DENISE A., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: That Hideous Strength is a treatise on C. S. Lewis's unique conception of mythology. He believed myths conveyed the inexplicable, transcendent reality existing at the universe's center. Distortions as well as accurate reflections have existed in myth thoughout time. That Hideous Strength symbolically exposes the falsity of distorted myths because the institute that is constructing an "ideal" society, founded on evolutionism and utopianism, is annihilated. The veracity of true myths is...
Show moreThat Hideous Strength is a treatise on C. S. Lewis's unique conception of mythology. He believed myths conveyed the inexplicable, transcendent reality existing at the universe's center. Distortions as well as accurate reflections have existed in myth thoughout time. That Hideous Strength symbolically exposes the falsity of distorted myths because the institute that is constructing an "ideal" society, founded on evolutionism and utopianism, is annihilated. The veracity of true myths is exemplified in the triumph of a small insurgent group aided by the Graeco-Roman deities and a revived Merlin. The novel's symbolic core is the "myth which became fact," which Lewis believed is the prime reality accurate myths mirror. Ultimately, denial of that reality condemns those deceived by false myths. But affirmation of the "myth which became fact" ensures victory for those enlightened by true myths.
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Date Issued: 1987
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14390
Subject Headings: Lewis, C S--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963--That hideous strength, Mythology
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Title: MYTH IN THE POETRY OF THOMAS KINSELLA.
Creator: MARRIAGE, SUZANNE E., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: Thomas Kinsella creates his own private mythology to explain those features of life which continually bewilder man. The central myth in Kinsella's poetry involves the isolated hero figu.re and his quest for order in a chaotic world. The quest exists perpetually, but glimpses of order appear after each ordeal encountered and through subjection to and acceptance of the brutal, bitter life offered by the chaos. He derives the basic pattern for his myth from the cyclical processes evident in...
Show moreThomas Kinsella creates his own private mythology to explain those features of life which continually bewilder man. The central myth in Kinsella's poetry involves the isolated hero figu.re and his quest for order in a chaotic world. The quest exists perpetually, but glimpses of order appear after each ordeal encountered and through subjection to and acceptance of the brutal, bitter life offered by the chaos. He derives the basic pattern for his myth from the cyclical processes evident in nature and in earlier myths. The seasonal, solar, and organic cycles of nature correspond to the appearance and themes of Kinsella's works. Kinsella's style reflects his quest. It is ordered and carefully structured. Structure and syntax work together to support and reinforce the thoughts and meanings within each poem and throughout the cycle of his myth.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13842
Subject Headings: Kinsella, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Mythology in literature
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Title: IMMANENCE AND TRANSCENDENCE IN "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA" (C. S. LEWIS).
Creator: HANCOCK, CASSANDRA NORTHWAY., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: This thesis delineates the theological issue of immanence and transcendence as it is portrayed by C.S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis believed both in an immanent and transcendent supreme being. The introduction defines the two terms and discusses their historical development, including Lewis' own conception of their meanings. The second chapter establishes the relationship between the question of the progress of history and the issue of immanence and transcendence. In the third...
Show moreThis thesis delineates the theological issue of immanence and transcendence as it is portrayed by C.S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis believed both in an immanent and transcendent supreme being. The introduction defines the two terms and discusses their historical development, including Lewis' own conception of their meanings. The second chapter establishes the relationship between the question of the progress of history and the issue of immanence and transcendence. In the third chapter the cognitive validity of imagination is treated. The function and disfunction of imagination is discussed. The fourth chapter is concerned with the knowledge of immanent good and evil as it is revealed to the characters. The following two chapters show how Lewis emphasized the idea o£ a transcendent supreme being in order that his characters might be free to exercise their imaginations,not forgetting to be humble and obedient.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13853
Subject Headings: Lewis, C S--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963--Chronicles of Narnia
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Title: LOVE IN WALKER PERCY: A FLIGHT FROM ANCESTRY.
Creator: LADOFF, AUDREY LOIS., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: The principles of traditional psychiatry demonstrate how the fathers of all Percy's protagonists are the dominant forces in shaping their sons' adult love relationships. Cold and formidable figures, each prevents his son from developing a sense of confidence and self-esteem. The heroes, then, still trying to win a parent's approval after his death, become attached to women of whom their fathers would have approved. At the same time, each forms an even stronger bond with a new father figure to...
Show moreThe principles of traditional psychiatry demonstrate how the fathers of all Percy's protagonists are the dominant forces in shaping their sons' adult love relationships. Cold and formidable figures, each prevents his son from developing a sense of confidence and self-esteem. The heroes, then, still trying to win a parent's approval after his death, become attached to women of whom their fathers would have approved. At the same time, each forms an even stronger bond with a new father figure to replace the one he never really had. However, as the parents in The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, and Lancelot all had weak marriages, those of their offspring are also doomed to failure. It is only when Will Barrett of The Second Coming rejects his father's values in retrospect and forms his own superego that a Percyan hero finally chooses an appropriate marriage partner and the novel ends happily.
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Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14210
Subject Headings: Percy, Walker,--1916-1990--Criticism and interpretation, Percy, Walker,--1916---Criticism and interpretation
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Title: DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD IN THE NOVELS OF MARGARET ATWOOD.
Creator: HART, SANDRA PATTERSON., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: The five novels of Margaret Atwood contain a pattern borrowed from The Aeneid of Virgil, Aeneas , guided by the Cumaean Sibyl, descends to the underworld to gain knowledge from his father, then returns to earth, equipped to fulfill his destiny. Atwood confronts her protagonists with similar tasks. The presence of an effective guide and of a positive parental influence contribute to the completion of each quest, but the prime determiner of success is the nature of the journey itself. Seen in...
Show moreThe five novels of Margaret Atwood contain a pattern borrowed from The Aeneid of Virgil, Aeneas , guided by the Cumaean Sibyl, descends to the underworld to gain knowledge from his father, then returns to earth, equipped to fulfill his destiny. Atwood confronts her protagonists with similar tasks. The presence of an effective guide and of a positive parental influence contribute to the completion of each quest, but the prime determiner of success is the nature of the journey itself. Seen in her early novels as a source of growth and enlightenment, the journey is a vehicle of personal development and awakening. In later works, however, it becomes a snare of delusion which entraps characters in fantasy, cynicism, madness, despair and even death. Attwod unfolds a darkening vision of reality by the manipulation of various elements within the frame-work of descent and return.
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Date Issued: 1983
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14167
Subject Headings: Atwood, Margaret Eleanor,--1939---Criticism and interpretation
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Title: The religion of William Butler Yeats.
Creator: Turso, Betty Doris., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description: William Butler Yeats created his own mythology which is a religion unto itself. He took the myths of ancient heroic Ireland and combined these with the dominant Christian beliefs in Ireland during his lifetime and created a new religion that would serve to unite Ireland that was divided along religious lines. My thesis will show that Yeats, out of a fardel of tales, created not only his own mythology but a religion as well. With the help of the theories of Joseph Campbell, I will prove that...
Show moreWilliam Butler Yeats created his own mythology which is a religion unto itself. He took the myths of ancient heroic Ireland and combined these with the dominant Christian beliefs in Ireland during his lifetime and created a new religion that would serve to unite Ireland that was divided along religious lines. My thesis will show that Yeats, out of a fardel of tales, created not only his own mythology but a religion as well. With the help of the theories of Joseph Campbell, I will prove that Yeats's writing provided a virtual medium through which he disseminated his belief system. Therefore, this exploration is essential to give a deeper understanding to the total scope of Yeats's work.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15273
Subject Headings: Yeats, W B--(William Butler),--1865-1939--Criticism and interpretation, Religious poetry--History and criticism, Religion in literature, Symbolism in literature
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Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation (2)	+ -
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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor,--1939---Criticism and interpretation (1)	+ -
Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911---Criticism and interpretation (1)	+ -
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