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rhetoric of unity in a pluralistic early America
Title
The rhetoric of unity in a pluralistic early America.
Creator
Wilson, Joel., Department of English
Abstract/Description
The push of the past half century to redefine the American canon through the incorporation of writers representative of America's heterogeneousness has given voice to a range of marginalized writers. This movement, predicated on the belief that American society was never as unified as its early leaders would have us believe, has overstated what it sought to challenge : the unitedness of early Americans. Casting the leaders of the Early Republic as in complete accord, such critical readings...
Show moreThe push of the past half century to redefine the American canon through the incorporation of writers representative of America's heterogeneousness has given voice to a range of marginalized writers. This movement, predicated on the belief that American society was never as unified as its early leaders would have us believe, has overstated what it sought to challenge : the unitedness of early Americans. Casting the leaders of the Early Republic as in complete accord, such critical readings negate the significant differences that existed and the pains necessary to present something akin to national unity and identity. It is my aim to show that this unity came about through a constructed rhetoric meant to unify the citizens in colonial America and the Early Republic. In this thesis, I will examine three modes of this rhetoric : American Exceptionalism, the American Enlightenment, and the movements supporting a mono-dialectal view of American English.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359161
Subject Headings
National characteristics, American, History, Civilization, History, Influence, History, Politics and government, Politics and government
Format
Document (PDF)
Stan in Prague
Title
Stan in Prague.
Creator
Waldron, Justin., Department of English
Abstract/Description
We all use our language as one of our main modes of communication. Stan Klipper, the progatonist of Stan in Prague, found himself in a position where language has failed him, yet with the lack of language, his other senses have also failed him. When Stan was sent to Prague on a vague business trip, he decided to hire a translator to help him close the language gap, which in his case was huge. With his translator, Ihar, and Ihar's girlfriend delha, Stan maneuvers his way through the cramped...
Show moreWe all use our language as one of our main modes of communication. Stan Klipper, the progatonist of Stan in Prague, found himself in a position where language has failed him, yet with the lack of language, his other senses have also failed him. When Stan was sent to Prague on a vague business trip, he decided to hire a translator to help him close the language gap, which in his case was huge. With his translator, Ihar, and Ihar's girlfriend delha, Stan maneuvers his way through the cramped streets of Prague, to open the lands of the Prague suburbs and into his own confusion.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359284
Subject Headings
Conduct of life, Translating and interpreting, Social aspects, Language and culture, Intercultural communication
Format
Document (PDF)
The Traveling Burrito King
Title
The Traveling Burrito King.
Creator
Stephens, Jason, Schwartz, Jason, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The Traveling Burito King is a novel split into two narratives that work to compare the virtual to the real world and push against the politic climate created by anonymity It is a novel centered around the development of Denver and his avatar Dovim The novel demonstrates a confrontation with the fantasy of change and how that culminates in little more than a shift and an impossibility to turn back time
Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004767
Subject Headings
Fantasy fiction, Realism--Fiction, Shared virtual environments--Fiction
Format
Document (PDF)