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Title: EXISTENTIALISM IN SHIRLEY JACKSON'S LAST NOVELS.
Creator: ARGENZIANO, GUY A., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The existential philosophy of the post-war period is reflected in Shirley Jackson's last novels. The Sundial mirrors the anguish and intellectual alienation of a family trying to come to terms with the annihilation of their world. The Hunting of Hill House deals with the forlornness and emotional alienation that result from the discovery that man is completely alone because there is no God. We Have Always Lived in a Castle is concerned with the psychological alienation and despair that arise...
Show moreThe existential philosophy of the post-war period is reflected in Shirley Jackson's last novels. The Sundial mirrors the anguish and intellectual alienation of a family trying to come to terms with the annihilation of their world. The Hunting of Hill House deals with the forlornness and emotional alienation that result from the discovery that man is completely alone because there is no God. We Have Always Lived in a Castle is concerned with the psychological alienation and despair that arise from the realization that the potential for happiness is limited by man's self-destructive tendencies. Examined together, these novels present an existential viewpoint that corresponds to the turmoil of the post-war world.
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Date Issued: 1983
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14178
Subject Headings: Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Dwellings and beings, spaces and places: A topoanalysis of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita".
Creator: Badawi, Sally M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: This thesis conducts a toponalysis of phenomenological notions of "Being" and "dwelling" in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and concludes that the existence of the characters rests in their relationships to dwelling and the ramifications of their separation from home. As Humbert and Lolita experience alienation and uprooted-ness, they embark upon a two-year journey which orbits around reality, as their travels follow what David Seamon calls, Journey-Dwelling Spiral, however, without ever attaining...
Show moreThis thesis conducts a toponalysis of phenomenological notions of "Being" and "dwelling" in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and concludes that the existence of the characters rests in their relationships to dwelling and the ramifications of their separation from home. As Humbert and Lolita experience alienation and uprooted-ness, they embark upon a two-year journey which orbits around reality, as their travels follow what David Seamon calls, Journey-Dwelling Spiral, however, without ever attaining a state of dwelling. As they attempt to overcome their disorientation, Lolita distances herself from Humbert, and Humbert projects his nympholepsy onto another, Quilty. Because Lolita succeeds in her goal, Humbert's life splinters and his only chance at reunification is by writing his memoir, Lolita, Confessions of a White Male.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13124
Subject Headings: Literature, American
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Title: A CHANGING OF THE SEASONS: WALLACE STEVENS' POETIC INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CYCLIC CONTINUUM.
Creator: BELTZ, MARY RITA, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: A dominating principle in the poetry of Wallace Stevens is that of mutability - the belief that the universe does and should exist in a process of constant change, His use of the seasonal cycles integrates that process in both their physical appearance and as states of imaginative perception for the poet. Stevens draws a deeply thematic analogy between the relationship of imagination and reality and the flowering and unveiling of the physical world. nis poetics alternate from the first hint...
Show moreA dominating principle in the poetry of Wallace Stevens is that of mutability - the belief that the universe does and should exist in a process of constant change, His use of the seasonal cycles integrates that process in both their physical appearance and as states of imaginative perception for the poet. Stevens draws a deeply thematic analogy between the relationship of imagination and reality and the flowering and unveiling of the physical world. nis poetics alternate from the first hint of string with its hope of new fictions to the wintry bareness of perceiving things exactly as they are. In so doing, the poet's constantly altering perceptions affect each season, bringing new responses and transformations to the natural world. In realizing that the poet discovers his own analogies and resemblances in the desired changes of weather and seasons, the reader is rewarded with a deeper and at once more crystallizing knowledge of his work.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13843
Subject Headings: Literature, American
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Title: PRINCIPLES AND PRISMS: SYMBOLIC STRUCTURE IN THE POETRY OF WALLACE STEVENS.
Creator: PAU-LLOSA, RICARDO MANUEL., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: A detailed analysis of Wallace Stevens' rock and statue symbols, as they recur throughout the poet's career, reveals an intricate chronological pattern. Such a pattern is based on Stevens' philosophical commitment to a world of constant change and elusive perceptual assertions. Stevens' symbols operate through a system of meaning which is controlled and variable at the same time. Two concepts of symbolic structure are defined: the prismatic principle, or focal point through which all meanings...
Show moreA detailed analysis of Wallace Stevens' rock and statue symbols, as they recur throughout the poet's career, reveals an intricate chronological pattern. Such a pattern is based on Stevens' philosophical commitment to a world of constant change and elusive perceptual assertions. Stevens' symbols operate through a system of meaning which is controlled and variable at the same time. Two concepts of symbolic structure are defined: the prismatic principle, or focal point through which all meanings are projected, and the spectrum of import, the expansive pattern which shapes and modulates symbolic meaning. Symbols zig-zag from abstract to concrete levels of meaning development. Four major stages are analyzed: The Icon, Stage 1 (1921-1935), The Statue, Stage 2 (1935-1938), The Transitional Levels, Stage 3 (1938-1946), and The Rock, Stage 4 (1946-1950). The paradox of co-existing pattern and flux in Stevens' symbols emerges from his overriding dualistic uncertainties.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13830
Subject Headings: Literature, American
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Title: TOWARD THE HUMAN EQUATION: THE ROMANTIC IDEALIST IN THE PLAYS OF ROBERT E. SHERWOOD.
Creator: AVANT, ROBERT JOSEPH, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Four plays by Robert E. Sherwood--The Road to Rome, The Petrified Forest, Idiot's Delight, and There Shall Be No Night--have protagonists who may be identified by the term "romantic idealist." They are "romantic" in that they are typically dissatisfied v1ith the present, nostalgic for the glory of the past, chivalrous in matters of the heart, irrational in their behavior, and intuitive in their judgments. Like the Byronic hero, they are capable of intense feeling. They are "idealistic" in...
Show moreFour plays by Robert E. Sherwood--The Road to Rome, The Petrified Forest, Idiot's Delight, and There Shall Be No Night--have protagonists who may be identified by the term "romantic idealist." They are "romantic" in that they are typically dissatisfied v1ith the present, nostalgic for the glory of the past, chivalrous in matters of the heart, irrational in their behavior, and intuitive in their judgments. Like the Byronic hero, they are capable of intense feeling. They are "idealistic" in that they hold to noble beliefs of a transcendent nature--honor, truth, freedom. Within Sherwood's plays there is a movement toward ever purer manifestations of idealism, culminating in the idealistically pure (but dramatically simplistic) characterization of Dr. Valkonen in There Shall Be No Night.
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Date Issued: 1971
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13441
Subject Headings: Literature, American
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Title: WILLIAM FAULKNER AND AVIATION: THE MAN AND THE MYTH.
Creator: BOSTWICK, WALTER INGERSOLL, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: In the years following World War I, William Faulkner implied to his family and acquaintances that he had been a pilot in the RAF. Some people even thought that he had flown combat missions in France and had been wounded. He maintained this fictitious persona throughout his life, and it was accepted by most scholars and biographers. Several of Faulkner's early works featured aviators as central characters, and he treated them as romanticized, tragic heroes as he did Confederate cavalry...
Show moreIn the years following World War I, William Faulkner implied to his family and acquaintances that he had been a pilot in the RAF. Some people even thought that he had flown combat missions in France and had been wounded. He maintained this fictitious persona throughout his life, and it was accepted by most scholars and biographers. Several of Faulkner's early works featured aviators as central characters, and he treated them as romanticized, tragic heroes as he did Confederate cavalry officers. Pylon, which was written after he had actually started flying, reflects an awareness of the psychology of flying not seen in his earlier works. Faulkner's "wounded pilot" persona was only one facet of his imaginative and creative personality, but knowledge of this persona is necessary to the understanding of the man and thus his art.
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Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14075
Subject Headings: Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Genesis, development, and decline of Hemingway's tauromachian oeuvre.
Creator: Bona, Jack I., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Hemingway's interest in bullfighting pervaded his entire literary career. Taurine topics--in fiction and non-fiction--in his early writings such as In Our Time and articles for the Toronto Star Weekly parallel his developing style. The peak of his knowledge of tauromachy is reached in "The Undefeated," The Sun Also Rises, and Death in the Afternoon. The decline of his writing style is exemplified in "The Dangerous Summer" when his physical and mental health also declined. These taurine...
Show moreHemingway's interest in bullfighting pervaded his entire literary career. Taurine topics--in fiction and non-fiction--in his early writings such as In Our Time and articles for the Toronto Star Weekly parallel his developing style. The peak of his knowledge of tauromachy is reached in "The Undefeated," The Sun Also Rises, and Death in the Afternoon. The decline of his writing style is exemplified in "The Dangerous Summer" when his physical and mental health also declined. These taurine-related works contain themes that reflect some of Hemingway's personal anxieties about not being readily published and about rivalries with other writers.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14750
Subject Headings: Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: IN THE TRADITION OF POE: JOHN BARTH'S SABBATICAL: A ROMANCE.
Creator: ARKIN, SONDRA N., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: John Barth's Sabbatical: A Romance parodies both Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and the genre of sea fiction. Through careful attention to the sea fiction tradition, its metaphors of sea, ship, and voyage as microcosm, Barth examines the function of myth in life. Parallels in form, structure, content, and theme establish the use of contemporary anxieties as symbols for the universal forces opposing humanity. Sabbatical illustrates the correlated dualities of the mundane...
Show moreJohn Barth's Sabbatical: A Romance parodies both Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and the genre of sea fiction. Through careful attention to the sea fiction tradition, its metaphors of sea, ship, and voyage as microcosm, Barth examines the function of myth in life. Parallels in form, structure, content, and theme establish the use of contemporary anxieties as symbols for the universal forces opposing humanity. Sabbatical illustrates the correlated dualities of the mundane and fantastic, reality and the imagination, and society and the individual. Allusions to Poe, and to Pym, substantiate this re generation of myth. Both wandering hero myths apply the fantastic, the doppelganger, and gothic romance in elevating the artist to immortality throu g h the narrator's act of articulation. The voyage of the protagonists is illustrative of their passage through life. Therefore, Barth's cyclic regeneration attempts to explore the convergence of polarities inherent in all literature.
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Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14191
Subject Headings: Literature, American
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Title: The transfiguration of Milton's Satan in the poetry of Wallace Stevens.
Creator: Beck, Bruce Matthew, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The allusions to Paradise Lost in the poetry of Wallace Stevens--specifically the journey through Chaos--reveal an underlying allegory in which Satan as the symbol of imperfect man is transformed through the powers of poetry and grace to emerge from the darkness of fear and superstition a redeemed figure made vibrant through a more vital understanding of himself, his world, and his place in it. Through the powers of decreation he comes to realize that the imperfect is synonymous not only with...
Show moreThe allusions to Paradise Lost in the poetry of Wallace Stevens--specifically the journey through Chaos--reveal an underlying allegory in which Satan as the symbol of imperfect man is transformed through the powers of poetry and grace to emerge from the darkness of fear and superstition a redeemed figure made vibrant through a more vital understanding of himself, his world, and his place in it. Through the powers of decreation he comes to realize that the imperfect is synonymous not only with the possibilities of change but also with the cycles of life itself; like Job, he finds that the only truth worth having is one affirmed through his own experience and through the realizations of a love far greater than himself.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15294
Subject Headings: Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: John Ashbery's "Slightly Rumpled Realism".
Creator: Boyd, Mary Kay, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: John Ashbery says that reality includes our imperfect perception of it, and his poems are demonstrations of the indirect "ways" in which reality comes at him. With a cursory reading of Ashbery's poetry, it seems to mirror the modern state of chaos and unconnectedness, but on subsequent readings, after the anxiety of feeling lost has subsided, many connections begin to surface. His ideas on uncertainty and creativity cross disciplinary boundaries in such fields as science, philosophy,...
Show moreJohn Ashbery says that reality includes our imperfect perception of it, and his poems are demonstrations of the indirect "ways" in which reality comes at him. With a cursory reading of Ashbery's poetry, it seems to mirror the modern state of chaos and unconnectedness, but on subsequent readings, after the anxiety of feeling lost has subsided, many connections begin to surface. His ideas on uncertainty and creativity cross disciplinary boundaries in such fields as science, philosophy, mathematics, psychology, history, and religion. Rather than recounting his own experiences in his poetry, he uses abstract language to describe the manner in which he experiences reality, thereby making the experience available for all readers. Major unifying motifs in his poetry are (1) the amalgamation of dualities; (2) the close attention we must pay to learn from the numerous oblique and incomplete ways that knowledge comes to us; and (3) the identification of ourselves through others. Since we never complete our accumulation of knowledge about the world and ourselves, we are perpetually revising, questioning, and continuing our conversation with humanity.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14562
Subject Headings: Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: AMORY BLAINE AND THE "PURGATORIO" ("THIS SIDE OF PARADISE", "DIVINE COMEDY", FITZGERALD, DANTE).
Creator: ARNONE, EUGENE M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, is a well organized and intricately detailed work which uses as its basic metaphor the middle poem of the Divine Comedy by Dante Al ighieri. Thematically, structurally, and symbolically, Fitzgerald's novel parallels Dante's poem, incorporating the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Mirrors of Narcissus motif, Dante's idea of Amore, and the symbolic figure of Beatrice. Critics have overlooked Dante as a source for Fitzgerald's work and...
Show moreFitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, is a well organized and intricately detailed work which uses as its basic metaphor the middle poem of the Divine Comedy by Dante Al ighieri. Thematically, structurally, and symbolically, Fitzgerald's novel parallels Dante's poem, incorporating the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Mirrors of Narcissus motif, Dante's idea of Amore, and the symbolic figure of Beatrice. Critics have overlooked Dante as a source for Fitzgerald's work and therefore have not adequately explained the thematic concerns of this novel.
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Date Issued: 1986
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14331
Subject Headings: Literature, Comparative, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Chaos in Kurt Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan".
Creator: Barney, David Lawrence, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The individual's search for absolute order and meaning within a chaotic universe is an important theme in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut. In Sirens of Titan, Malachi Constant unwillingly undertakes this futile quest and is consequently victimized, philosophically and psychologically, by various agents and symbols of chaos. After spiraling outward into the chaotic cosmos, his simplistic beliefs revealed to be illusion, Malachi spirals back to himself and to Earth, literally and figuratively, only...
Show moreThe individual's search for absolute order and meaning within a chaotic universe is an important theme in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut. In Sirens of Titan, Malachi Constant unwillingly undertakes this futile quest and is consequently victimized, philosophically and psychologically, by various agents and symbols of chaos. After spiraling outward into the chaotic cosmos, his simplistic beliefs revealed to be illusion, Malachi spirals back to himself and to Earth, literally and figuratively, only to confront the illusions within. In addition, the form of Sirens of Titan can be seen as a metaphor for meaninglessness, mirroring and echoing Malachi Constant's and the reader's absurd call for clarity within chaos.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14727
Subject Headings: Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Cerebral Cabaret: All Voices Present and Accounted For. A collection of short stories.
Creator: Angel, Tee, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Cerebral Cabaret: All Voices Present and Accounted For is a collection of short stories that question identity and purpose in life. Each of the stories gravitates to a center of family, the need for love, and the search for a sense of belonging. Is success the sale of the perfect work of art, or is it taking a drive, rolling down the windows, and fighting to hold the breeze in outstretched hands? When love fails, can an unholy communion provide solace? Can a man feel at home in the house of a...
Show moreCerebral Cabaret: All Voices Present and Accounted For is a collection of short stories that question identity and purpose in life. Each of the stories gravitates to a center of family, the need for love, and the search for a sense of belonging. Is success the sale of the perfect work of art, or is it taking a drive, rolling down the windows, and fighting to hold the breeze in outstretched hands? When love fails, can an unholy communion provide solace? Can a man feel at home in the house of a stranger? Do voices from the past seal the fate of our future? Does death alter love? Can life be revised? These are a few of the questions mulled over in this collection. Each character's ostensible success is not at stake, only their continued willingness to navigate the world in which they exist.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13337
Subject Headings: Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Feasting with Banquo: The ghost stories of Fritz Leiber.
Creator: Adair, Gerald M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: In "Smoke Ghost" (1941), Fritz Leiber created the contemporary paradigm for the "urban horror story" that has been so successfully exploited by Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell and many others. At the heart of Leiber's ghost stories, however, rest a firm "tradition" of supernatural fiction, stemming from primitive religion, on the one hand, and literary example on the other. While his urban settings (Chicago, San Francisco) may be seen as contemporary...
Show moreIn "Smoke Ghost" (1941), Fritz Leiber created the contemporary paradigm for the "urban horror story" that has been so successfully exploited by Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell and many others. At the heart of Leiber's ghost stories, however, rest a firm "tradition" of supernatural fiction, stemming from primitive religion, on the one hand, and literary example on the other. While his urban settings (Chicago, San Francisco) may be seen as contemporary reinterpretations of Horace Walpole's Gothic castle, his specters are the lineal descendants of Shakespeare's, LeFanu's, and Henry James's. Leiber's later use of Jungian archetypes (Shadow and Anima) is superimposed on the traditional ghostly archetype. An analysis of his novel-length ghost story, Our Lady of Darkness , reveals the lurking malevolence of a LeFanu specter, while the ghosts of Shakespeare hover in the wings of stories in which he explores themes of sex, guilt, and death. In each of Leiber's ghost stories, the elements of the tradition combine with "haunts" from the author's personal psychic history to produce a powerful fantasy experience that persists despite threats to the genre by "science, common sense, and psychiatry."
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12666
Subject Headings: Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE PORTRAYAL OF ADOLESCENCE IN THE NOVELS OF CARSON MCCULLERS.
Creator: BINDAS, SUSAN ANNE, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Adolescents play an integral role in Carson McCullers' work, particularly The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, and Clock Without Hands. In these novels the characterizations of Mick, Frankie, Jester, and Sherman are drawn with an intuitive awareness of principles of adolescent psychology. McCullers focuses on the expectations, uncertainties, and contradictions of the adolescent years. However, her novels are much more than stories of troubled teens. Largely because of...
Show moreAdolescents play an integral role in Carson McCullers' work, particularly The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, and Clock Without Hands. In these novels the characterizations of Mick, Frankie, Jester, and Sherman are drawn with an intuitive awareness of principles of adolescent psychology. McCullers focuses on the expectations, uncertainties, and contradictions of the adolescent years. However, her novels are much more than stories of troubled teens. Largely because of their adolescent characteristics, Nick, Frankie, Jester, and Sherman serve as fitting symbolic vehicles for McCullers' exploration of such ageless themes as the search for self and the search for love.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13862
Subject Headings: Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Reading Henry: The author's role in Henry James's criticism and in "The Middle Years".
Creator: Alvarez, Camila, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Henry James wrote several works fictionalizing ideas of authorship. No critics have yet looked at "The Middle Years" as an affirmation of the role of the author. Julie Rivkin and Joyce Carol Oates are critics I cite as valuable support to my interpretation of "The Middle Years," a short story that gives us insight into Henry James's critical theory. The story deals with the final days of the author---Dencombe and his creation of a work of art also entitled "The Middle Years." This doubling of...
Show moreHenry James wrote several works fictionalizing ideas of authorship. No critics have yet looked at "The Middle Years" as an affirmation of the role of the author. Julie Rivkin and Joyce Carol Oates are critics I cite as valuable support to my interpretation of "The Middle Years," a short story that gives us insight into Henry James's critical theory. The story deals with the final days of the author---Dencombe and his creation of a work of art also entitled "The Middle Years." This doubling of the title causes authority over the story to become diffused: the real author writes the actual story, while the fictional author owns both the fictional and actual story. Authority is further complicated by the processes of reading and revision. Through these processes, the author and the reader become both creators and spectators. This duality in combination with Dencombe's identification as the ideal author and Dr. Hugh's identification as the ideal reader grants insight into James's stance on the author's role in a work of fiction.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13218
Subject Headings: Literature, American, Literature, English
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: TWO WISE MEN IN QUARTET. ELIOT AND SANTAYANA: THE SEARCH FOR FAITH.
Creator: BARNES, JACKIE WARD, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Santayana's thought underlies much of Eliot's poetry. Both Eliot and Santayana were skeptics, and Eliot's skepticism is documented in the quartets, a work that is a personal journal of his search for faith. That search was to be an unsuccessful one, for Eliot realized the impossibility of union with the Absolute. The symbolism of the rosegarden, the bedded axle-tree, the still point, and the clematis, when analyzed, demonstrates Eliot's concept of a clockwork universe, a universe that is...
Show moreSantayana's thought underlies much of Eliot's poetry. Both Eliot and Santayana were skeptics, and Eliot's skepticism is documented in the quartets, a work that is a personal journal of his search for faith. That search was to be an unsuccessful one, for Eliot realized the impossibility of union with the Absolute. The symbolism of the rosegarden, the bedded axle-tree, the still point, and the clematis, when analyzed, demonstrates Eliot's concept of a clockwork universe, a universe that is unknowing and uncaring. Eliot reaches that concept, basically, because of Santayana's influence.
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Date Issued: 1983
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14152
Subject Headings: Literature, American, Literature, English
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The clause of congruency: A possible worlds reading of three novels of Ray Bradbury.
Creator: Adamo, Nicole Maria, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Using Marie-Laure Ryan's definition of the law of minimal departure, I propose an important addendum, the clause of congruency. It is necessary to delve deeper into the connection a reader makes with a textual possible world and its relation to the actual world. The textual world, with all its various rules and mores, becomes just as accessible to the reader as the world he currently resides in, so long as it flows along in a logical manner. It is only when something appears that is...
Show moreUsing Marie-Laure Ryan's definition of the law of minimal departure, I propose an important addendum, the clause of congruency. It is necessary to delve deeper into the connection a reader makes with a textual possible world and its relation to the actual world. The textual world, with all its various rules and mores, becomes just as accessible to the reader as the world he currently resides in, so long as it flows along in a logical manner. It is only when something appears that is incongruent with the reader's understanding of the textual world, the reader is forced to dissemble his current textual world and build a new one. Ray Bradbury utilizes the clause of congruence to reveal meaning in three of his novels.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12964
Subject Headings: Literature, Comparative, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Hemingway hero and the monomyth: An examination of the hero quest myth in the Nick Adams stories.
Creator: Bajger, John James, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The code hero is the foundation of Hemingway interpretation and central to an understanding of his ideology. The values, ideals and actions of many of Hemingway's greatest heroes fit within this framework, and the Hemingway hero is as firm a part of American literary myth as Melville's Great White Whale. Twain's Huckleberry Finn, or Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha county. I will use Joseph Campbell's work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, a study in which he details his conception of the monomyth--...
Show moreThe code hero is the foundation of Hemingway interpretation and central to an understanding of his ideology. The values, ideals and actions of many of Hemingway's greatest heroes fit within this framework, and the Hemingway hero is as firm a part of American literary myth as Melville's Great White Whale. Twain's Huckleberry Finn, or Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha county. I will use Joseph Campbell's work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, a study in which he details his conception of the monomyth---the basic underlying structure for all heroic myths---to show how the idea of the mythic hero links the Nick Adams stories together and also serves to reveal the character of Nick himself. Most importantly, however, it is my contention that Campbell's stages of the monomyth---the departure, the road of trials, and the return---can be utilized to describe and analyze the major themes found in the Nick Adam's stories.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13052
Subject Headings: Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Hiro of the platonic: Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash".
Creator: Boehm, Carl John, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: In The Republic, Plato constructs the ideal city-state built on the principle of justice. Plato establishes an urban utopia with a set of morals through which the citizen helps the state and the state helps the citizen. Centuries after Plato's Republic, Neal Stephenson presents in Snow Crash, a cyberpunk adventure, a virtual city known as the Metaverse. Hiro Protagonist, as his name implies, defends his virtual city from a threatening virus in the same way that a citizen in Plato's Republic...
Show moreIn The Republic, Plato constructs the ideal city-state built on the principle of justice. Plato establishes an urban utopia with a set of morals through which the citizen helps the state and the state helps the citizen. Centuries after Plato's Republic, Neal Stephenson presents in Snow Crash, a cyberpunk adventure, a virtual city known as the Metaverse. Hiro Protagonist, as his name implies, defends his virtual city from a threatening virus in the same way that a citizen in Plato's Republic would protect the city-state. An analysis of Snow Crash using ideas from The Republic reveals the "hacker" to be a socially minded individual who preserves order in the cybernetic utopia that is the Metaverse. This analysis demonstrates that justice must be sought in every era, and that heroes unique to their milieu pursuit justice.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12867
Subject Headings: Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format: Document (PDF)

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