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- Scholar's name
- Rainford Knight
- Department
- Department of Finance
- rknight2@fau.edu
- Format
- Institutional Scholar
- Title
- Batman Can Be Anybody: Self-Transcendence And Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy.
- Creator
- Borislow, Alec, Luria, Rachel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Trilogy examines the origin and evolution of Bruce Wayne, and his hero vigilante alter ego, Batman. The trilogy consists of Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Bruce's post-traumatic journey for physical and mental excellence results in transformative and personal discovery, leading to self-transcendence. The personality trait of self-transcendence is the apex of psychologist Abraham...
Show moreDirected and co-written by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Trilogy examines the origin and evolution of Bruce Wayne, and his hero vigilante alter ego, Batman. The trilogy consists of Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Bruce's post-traumatic journey for physical and mental excellence results in transformative and personal discovery, leading to self-transcendence. The personality trait of self-transcendence is the apex of psychologist Abraham Maslow's lesser-known and amended hierarchy of needs. It is the highest level of human consciousness and development. Bruce's unwavering morality, intrinsic motivation, and spirituality are characteristic of both humanistic and transpersonal psychology and further illustrate how the motion picture series exemplifies a road map to self-transcendence.
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- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00137
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE "GAWAIN"-PENTANGLE: A STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND SYMBOLISM IN "SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT.".
- Creator
- COONS, JOANNE MARIE., Florida Atlantic University, Greer, Allen W.
- Abstract/Description
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In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the hero sets out on a journey in which he is forced to make moral choices that ultimately alter his self-knowledge. Gawain's journey is the direct result of a challenge offered by the Green Knight under the guise of a Christmas game. Metaphorically, his actions are reflected by the pentangle, which although composed of oppositions, always leads back to itself. Gawain'3 divided consciousness is further symbolized by the Virgin-shield, which alludes to...
Show moreIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the hero sets out on a journey in which he is forced to make moral choices that ultimately alter his self-knowledge. Gawain's journey is the direct result of a challenge offered by the Green Knight under the guise of a Christmas game. Metaphorically, his actions are reflected by the pentangle, which although composed of oppositions, always leads back to itself. Gawain'3 divided consciousness is further symbolized by the Virgin-shield, which alludes to caritas, and the magic girdle, which alludes to cupiditas. Their opposition forms the basic conflict of the poem: between spirit and flesh. These symbols initiate two sequences of action wherein Gawain is tested, fails and is absolved. He returns to Camelot a new man, wiser for his folly, a true exemplar of Christianity as symbolized by the pentangle virtues.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1979
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13959
- Subject Headings
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- PARALLELS AND POLARITIES: DISCOVERING THE DUALITIES IN "SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT".
- Creator
- Kamman, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Greer, Allen W.
- Abstract/Description
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is comprised of hundreds of parallels and polarities which balance, by reflection and contrast, all of its parts: plot structure, tone and style, words and sounds, characterization, settings, symbolism, purpose and meaning. Everywhere one looks, the dualities abound, one part of these pairs serving to illuminate, and at the same time, diminish the opposing part. What results is a tension between the serious and the comic; the poet puts us in a delightful game...
Show moreSir Gawain and the Green Knight is comprised of hundreds of parallels and polarities which balance, by reflection and contrast, all of its parts: plot structure, tone and style, words and sounds, characterization, settings, symbolism, purpose and meaning. Everywhere one looks, the dualities abound, one part of these pairs serving to illuminate, and at the same time, diminish the opposing part. What results is a tension between the serious and the comic; the poet puts us in a delightful game-like maze of misdirection to teach us that human nature is, at best, a compromise between the antithetical components of spirit and flesh.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14381
- Subject Headings
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain (Legendary character)--Romances, English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND THE BLACK KNIGHT IN CHAUCER'S "THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS.".
- Creator
- BING, LOUISE ADELE, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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An examination of the dream-vision form and the Hiddle English lyric clarifies the role relationship in Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess, a relationship not fully clarified by past scholarship. In the dream vision a conventional pattern establishes the relationship between the narrator and his superior guide and, in the English lyric form, the "chanson d'aventure," the narrator encounters a sorrowing figure who provides enlightenment through the explanation of his sorrow. Chaucer employs the...
Show moreAn examination of the dream-vision form and the Hiddle English lyric clarifies the role relationship in Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess, a relationship not fully clarified by past scholarship. In the dream vision a conventional pattern establishes the relationship between the narrator and his superior guide and, in the English lyric form, the "chanson d'aventure," the narrator encounters a sorrowing figure who provides enlightenment through the explanation of his sorrow. Chaucer employs the dream vision's conventional pattern and, in the dream portion of the poem, he makes use of the "chanson d'aventure" form with the added complexities of his own material. His Narrator has forgotten his nature as man. The sorrowing Knight reminds him of the need to feel this emotion, both over the loss of the Duchess and because of man's own fallen state. The Knight, then, becomes a guide who provides enlightenment for the erring Narrator.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13601
- Subject Headings
- Literature, Medieval, Literature, English
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interpersonal engagement in social perception: the consequences of getting into the action.
- Creator
- Knight, Jeffrey A., Vallacher, Robin R.
- Date Issued
- 1981
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2796496
- Subject Headings
- Social interaction., Cognition., Social psychology.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Story of Ponce de Leon: Soldier, Knight, Gentleman : Whose Quest for the Fountain of Youth in the Land of Bimini, Led to the Discovery of Florida.
- Creator
- Mann, F. A. (Florian Alexander)
- Date Issued
- 1903
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000259.pdf
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Eigentliche Beschreibung des Parlements von Engelland [A true and accurate description of the Parliament of England; namely how it operates and the violence it is planning. Compiled by the Honourable Sir Thomas Smith, knight and Doctor of both Laws, and one of the principal secretaries to the former King. Hamburg; received by Guild A,B,C. Year 1688.].
- Creator
- Smith, Thomas 1513-1577
- Abstract/Description
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Includes a copperplate illustration of the English Parliament in session. Figure A: the King standing from his throne in his royal garb and the crown on his head. Figure B. The Prince of Wales, or in absence thereof, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Figure C. The Duke of York or the Archbishop of York. Figure D. The Imperial Justice/ Professor of Law and the State Secretary. Figure E. The Speaker of the House of Commons (Lower House). Figure F. The members of the House of Lords (Upper House) in...
Show moreIncludes a copperplate illustration of the English Parliament in session. Figure A: the King standing from his throne in his royal garb and the crown on his head. Figure B. The Prince of Wales, or in absence thereof, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Figure C. The Duke of York or the Archbishop of York. Figure D. The Imperial Justice/ Professor of Law and the State Secretary. Figure E. The Speaker of the House of Commons (Lower House). Figure F. The members of the House of Lords (Upper House) in their proper order. The pamphlet describes how the Parliament is currently run, and then proposes how it should be run, via a free and open Parliament that is more representative of the People.
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb1f23
- Subject Headings
- Constitutional history -- Great Britain -- 16th century -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Constitutional law -- Great Britain -- 16th century -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Parliament, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603 -- Early works to 1800
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Gov. Knight's address to the farmers of Rhode-Island, October, 1832.
- Creator
- Knight, Nehemiah Rice 1780-1854, Cranston & Hammond
- Abstract/Description
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On Governor Knight's support for the Bank of the United States and his opposition to the Jacksonian agenda, including its compulsory expulsion of the Indians to reservations beyond the Mississippi. Caption title: To the farmers of Rhode-Island. Governor Knight's address to the farmers of Rhode Island, October 1832. Signed on page 15: N.R. Knight. Providence, Oct. 1832. "P.S. Since the printing of a number of the above address, I have discovered that I was in an error ..."--page 15. FAU copy...
Show moreOn Governor Knight's support for the Bank of the United States and his opposition to the Jacksonian agenda, including its compulsory expulsion of the Indians to reservations beyond the Mississippi. Caption title: To the farmers of Rhode-Island. Governor Knight's address to the farmers of Rhode Island, October 1832. Signed on page 15: N.R. Knight. Providence, Oct. 1832. "P.S. Since the printing of a number of the above address, I have discovered that I was in an error ..."--page 15. FAU copy side stiched with brown cord.
Show less - PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb11f15
- Subject Headings
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, Rhode Island -- Providence -- 1832, United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837, Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1832, Jackson, Andrew -- 1767-1845, Native Americans
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Interview with Maxie Simmons – ca. 2008.
- Creator
- Simmons, Maxie, Knight, Robert, Feeley, Margaret K.
- Date Issued
- 2008-02-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT78826
- Subject Headings
- Krome, Isabelle B., Krome, William J., Horticulture -- Florida, Homestead (Fla.), Everglades (Fla.), Florida -- History, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
- Format
- Set of related objects
- Title
- Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida, Volume 1.
- Creator
- Knight of Elvas, Hernández de Biedma, Luys
- Abstract/Description
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As told by a Knight of Elvas and in Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the expedition. Translated by Buckingham Smith together with an account of De Soto's Expedition. Based on the diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, his private secretary. Translated from Oviedo's Historia General y Natural de las Indias. Edited with an introduction by Edward Gaylord Bourne, professor of History in Yale University. Illustrated. Volume 1. The Bradford club -- Life of Soto -- Proem -- True relation of the...
Show moreAs told by a Knight of Elvas and in Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the expedition. Translated by Buckingham Smith together with an account of De Soto's Expedition. Based on the diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, his private secretary. Translated from Oviedo's Historia General y Natural de las Indias. Edited with an introduction by Edward Gaylord Bourne, professor of History in Yale University. Illustrated. Volume 1. The Bradford club -- Life of Soto -- Proem -- True relation of the vicissitudes that attended the governor Don Hernando de Soto and some nobles of Portugal in the discovery of the province of Florida / now just given by a fidalgo of Elvas. Index of the chapters contained in the Discovery of Florida (p. 1-210) -- Annotations / made by the translator to matters in the Relac¸am (p. [211]-228) -- Relation of the conquest of Florida / presented by Luys Hernandez de Biedma in the year 1544 to the King of Spain in council ; translated from the original document (p. [229]-261) -- Appendix. Translations [of letters, official documents and royal decrees] (p. [263]-312) -- Index (p. [313]-324).
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- 1905
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000369
- Subject Headings
- Soto, Hernando de, -- approximately 1500-1542, Indians of North America -- Florida, Florida -- History -- To 1565, European Discovery and Settlement in Florida, 1492-1821 -- Explorers and Travelers, 1492-1700
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- A queer world: feminine subversions of chivalric homosocial normativity.
- Creator
- Pitts, Jessica., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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If queer is an applicable label for that which aims to subvert or counteract normativity, then Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Wife of Bath's tale, and her Prologue are each, in their own ways, queer texts. I examine the ways in which the feminine presences of Morgan le Fay and the Loathly Lady influence and challenge the heteronormative, homosocial space of Arthur and his knights. The two knights in each respective tale journey away from their heteronormative spaces, in which a complex...
Show moreIf queer is an applicable label for that which aims to subvert or counteract normativity, then Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Wife of Bath's tale, and her Prologue are each, in their own ways, queer texts. I examine the ways in which the feminine presences of Morgan le Fay and the Loathly Lady influence and challenge the heteronormative, homosocial space of Arthur and his knights. The two knights in each respective tale journey away from their heteronormative spaces, in which a complex system of homosociality and chivalric patriarchy dominate, to a queer space where each must go against his societal norms and rely on feminine agency and talismans in order for their quests to succeed - and to ensure their survival. It is this very convergence of heteronormative and queer spaces that enables Morgan's defiance of heteronormativity and dominance over those who enter her feminine, non-normative domain.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3318679
- Subject Headings
- Characters, Wife of Bath, Feminism and literature, Gawain (Legendary character), Man-woman relationships in literature, Human body in literature, Symbolism in literature, Sex in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- INSULAR BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN THE CARIBBEAN ORCHIDACEAE: A TEST OF THE THEORY OF ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY.
- Creator
- PLOTECIA, RAYMOND KNIGHT., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The distribution of orchid species on nineteen islands of the Greater and Lesser Antilles is listed. These data are used to test hypotheses inferred from the MacArthur and Wilson (1967) theory of island biogeography. Linear regressions show that the slope of the species area curve for orchids on these islands is not different from the range 0.20 to 0.35 predicted in the theory. The slope of this line increases with distance from Central America, the suspected source of colonizing species....
Show moreThe distribution of orchid species on nineteen islands of the Greater and Lesser Antilles is listed. These data are used to test hypotheses inferred from the MacArthur and Wilson (1967) theory of island biogeography. Linear regressions show that the slope of the species area curve for orchids on these islands is not different from the range 0.20 to 0.35 predicted in the theory. The slope of this line increases with distance from Central America, the suspected source of colonizing species. Multiple regression analysis is used to test the relationship of the total number of species, the number of endemics, and the number of non-endemics with the geographic parameters of area, altitude, distances from Central and South America, and inter-island isolation. The validity of the theory and the biological implications of the geographic parameters are discussed.
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- 1975
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13709
- Subject Headings
- Orchids--Caribbean Area--Geographical distribution
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE PORTUGUESE IN AMERICA.
- Creator
- WOLFORTH, SANDRA KNIGHT., Florida Atlantic University, Mohl, Raymond A.
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis examines the history of Portuguese immigration to the United States. The ditferences in time and place of immigration are delineated; the adaptation of the Portuguese in New England and California is described. The methods of assimilation of the Portuguese immigrants are explained in light of the discrimination which they faced, especially in the Northeast. Some conclusions are drawn about the direction of further Portuguese immigration and assimilation under the pressure of an...
Show moreThis thesis examines the history of Portuguese immigration to the United States. The ditferences in time and place of immigration are delineated; the adaptation of the Portuguese in New England and California is described. The methods of assimilation of the Portuguese immigrants are explained in light of the discrimination which they faced, especially in the Northeast. Some conclusions are drawn about the direction of further Portuguese immigration and assimilation under the pressure of an intense new wave of arrivals since 1965.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13833
- Subject Headings
- Portuguese Americans
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An empirical investigation of unit initial public offerings.
- Creator
- Knight, Rainford McWhinney., Florida Atlantic University, McCarty, Daniel E.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study is to empirically test a number of hypotheses related to unit initial public offerings. Specifically, the following areas are examined: (1) the underpricing unit IPOs relative to a subset of NASDAQ straight-equity IPOs; (2) the impact of the size and value of the overallotment option on the degree of underpricing and the underwriter percentage spread; (3) the impact of the size and value of the underwriter warrants on the degree of underpricing and the underwriter; ...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to empirically test a number of hypotheses related to unit initial public offerings. Specifically, the following areas are examined: (1) the underpricing unit IPOs relative to a subset of NASDAQ straight-equity IPOs; (2) the impact of the size and value of the overallotment option on the degree of underpricing and the underwriter percentage spread; (3) the impact of the size and value of the underwriter warrants on the degree of underpricing and the underwriter; (4) certification effects of auditor type and bank and bridge loans; (5) the distribution function of the underwriter; (6) the levels of financing packaged in the unit as a signal of firm quality, as well as, factors affecting the probability of packaging multiple levels of financing; (7) factors influencing the probability that the units offered will be detached into their component securities and (8) factors influencing unit bid-ask spreads. In general, the results indicate that unit IPOs are more underpriced than a similar subset of NASDAQ straight-equity IPOs. The excessive underpricing is reflective of the high degree of uncertainty surrounding these offerings. Also, the findings indicate that the degree of underpricing associated with unit offerings is influenced by the size of the offering, higher prestige unit underwriters and lower aftermarket volatility. Additionally, the value and size of the explicit options (the overallotment option and the underwriter warrants) granted in these offerings do not significantly impact the degree of unit underpricing. Furthermore, the evidence indicates the existence of certification benefits for those unit firms using big six/eight auditors and bank loans. In addition, the results imply that the underpricing of unit issues increases as the distribution effort of the underwriter decreases. Also, those unit firms packaging two levels of financing at the IPO (A and B warrants) seem to have a greater degree of uncertainty in comparison to those firms packaging only a single level of financing (A warrants only). For these firms, the probability of packaging multiple levels of financing is higher if the firm is underwritten on a best efforts basis and insiders retain a larger percentage of voting control. Similarly, the probability of a unit offering being detached into its component securities is greater with higher expected market making costs and a greater perception of firm value by the marketplace. Lastly, adverse information risk is greatest for the warrant component of detachable units. Furthermore, the findings indicate that underwriter stabilization and flipping seem to be infrequent events for the unit component.
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- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12508
- Subject Headings
- Going public (Securities), Stock warrants
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Teaching sight words to students with mental retardation and learning disabilities: Constant time delay versus interspersal of known items.
- Creator
- Knight, Melissa Gail., Florida Atlantic University, Ross, Denise
- Abstract/Description
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This study compared the efficacy and efficiency of using constant time delay (CTD) with interspersal of known items (IKI) paired with an error correction technique to teach sight words to students with mild mental retardation and learning disabilities. Time delay is a technique that transfers stimulus control from a controlling prompt (a prompt that results in correct task performance) to the discriminative stimulus (stimulus presented before a response can occur) by delaying the presentation...
Show moreThis study compared the efficacy and efficiency of using constant time delay (CTD) with interspersal of known items (IKI) paired with an error correction technique to teach sight words to students with mild mental retardation and learning disabilities. Time delay is a technique that transfers stimulus control from a controlling prompt (a prompt that results in correct task performance) to the discriminative stimulus (stimulus presented before a response can occur) by delaying the presentation of the prompt after the stimulus has been presented. During the initial trial, the delay between prompt and stimulus is at 0-seconds; during all other trials the delay is fixed at 4-seconds. Interspersal of known items is a method of sequencing unknown or target words among known words. Two sessions were provided each day in the classroom, one with constant time delay technique and the other with interspersal of known items as the training technique. The parallel treatment design was used to assess the efficacy and efficiency of the two strategies. The results indicate that both techniques were effective for students with LD. Constant time delay was significantly more effective than interspersal of known items for the students with MMR. Based on both the number of minutes of instructional time and the number of sessions through criterion, the constant time delay procedure was more efficient for students with MMR. However, the interspersal of known items technique was more efficient in terms of percentage of errors and rate of correct responses for both students with MMR and LD.
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- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12824
- Subject Headings
- Children with mental disabilities--Education, Learning disabled children, Reading (Elementary)--Whole-word method
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE HEROES IN ROBERT BROWNING'S "THE RING AND THE BOOK": PRIEST, POPE, AND POET.
- Creator
- REMILLARD, LEANORA A., Florida Atlantic University, Stewart, Gwendolyn O.
- Abstract/Description
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Browning' s most important concern in The Ring and the Book: is to explore the concept of heroism as it applies to modern man. This interest is manifested in the book's three priest-heroes representing three ages of man and three categories of knighthoods young, virile Caponsacchi, the fledgling Green Knight; the intellectual old Pope, an innocent White Knight; and the poised poet, the involved Red Knight of middle years. The central chapters of this paper, delineating the trials of these...
Show moreBrowning' s most important concern in The Ring and the Book: is to explore the concept of heroism as it applies to modern man. This interest is manifested in the book's three priest-heroes representing three ages of man and three categories of knighthoods young, virile Caponsacchi, the fledgling Green Knight; the intellectual old Pope, an innocent White Knight; and the poised poet, the involved Red Knight of middle years. The central chapters of this paper, delineating the trials of these three knights, assess them as heroes and determine the relationship of the portraits of Caponsacchi and The Pope to the poet, while the conclusion summarizes the evolution of Browning's heroic ideal: the balanced, out-going man continually striving to encourage human communication and progress as opposed to the vain Renaissance prophet, the "overreacher," whose utilitarian excesses Mario Praz sees in nineteenth-century Comtean positivism and twentieth-century Fordism.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13617
- Subject Headings
- Browning, Robert,--1812-1889--Ring and the book, Heroes in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Control system for a QPSK burst modem used for ACTS satellite testing.
- Creator
- Knight, Terence Robert., Florida Atlantic University, Helmken, Henry, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Abstract/Description
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A test system was designed to determine the performance a QPSK satellite burst modem when using the Ka band link of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite. Interface circuitry, largely based on the 22V10 programmable logic device, was designed to allow the modem to be controlled by a personal computer. Communication between the interface and the computer was accomplished through the computer's parallel port. TDMA frame timing was automatically controlled by the interface. A C...
Show moreA test system was designed to determine the performance a QPSK satellite burst modem when using the Ka band link of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite. Interface circuitry, largely based on the 22V10 programmable logic device, was designed to allow the modem to be controlled by a personal computer. Communication between the interface and the computer was accomplished through the computer's parallel port. TDMA frame timing was automatically controlled by the interface. A C language program provided operator control of the interface itself. Tests using this system showed that a severe night-time fading problem is experienced at the FAU receiver site. Very low error rates were recorded by this system in a loop-back transmission at the NASA satellite control terminal.
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- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15139
- Subject Headings
- Advanced Communications Technology Satellite, Artificial satellites in telecommunication, Digital communications
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A dark, uncertain fate: homophobia, graphic novels, and queer identity.
- Creator
- Buso, Michael., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis focuses primarily on homophobia and how it plays a role in the construction of queer identities, specifically in graphic novels and comic books. The primary texts being analyzed are Alan Moore's Lost Girls, Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Michael Chabon's prose novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Throughout these and many other comics, queer identities reflect homophobic stereotypes rather than resisting them. However, this thesis argues that,...
Show moreThis thesis focuses primarily on homophobia and how it plays a role in the construction of queer identities, specifically in graphic novels and comic books. The primary texts being analyzed are Alan Moore's Lost Girls, Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Michael Chabon's prose novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Throughout these and many other comics, queer identities reflect homophobic stereotypes rather than resisting them. However, this thesis argues that, despite the homophobic tendencies of these texts, the very nature of comics (their visual aspects, panel structures, and blank gutters) allows for an alternative space for positive queer identities.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2100584
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Sex in literature, Homophobia, Gender identity, Comic books, strips, etc, History and criticism
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "The Battle of Maldon": Evidence of the move away from epic heroism.
- Creator
- Baird, Diane Stetson, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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The Battle of Maldon is a poem of change, a pivot point in the English literary tradition. It lies between Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both in time and in intent. The Maldon poet created finely interrelated philosophic and social commentary in his poem, playing the epic hero against the newer Christian martyr. He used both characterizations to create a picture of Byrhtnoth as a political martyr. With some understanding of the historical and religious perspectives of tenth...
Show moreThe Battle of Maldon is a poem of change, a pivot point in the English literary tradition. It lies between Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both in time and in intent. The Maldon poet created finely interrelated philosophic and social commentary in his poem, playing the epic hero against the newer Christian martyr. He used both characterizations to create a picture of Byrhtnoth as a political martyr. With some understanding of the historical and religious perspectives of tenth century England, it is possible to begin to appreciate The Battle of Maldon and to understand its pivotal role in artistic evolution. The poet integrated disparate ideas to produce an Anglo-Saxon work of surprising complexity that has survived for one thousand years.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14779
- Subject Headings
- Literature, Medieval, Literature, English
- Format
- Document (PDF)
