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Applications of chaos theory to history in the novels of Michael Ondaatje : disorder within order in The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Coming Through Slaughter and In the Skin of a Lion
(2001)
This is a thesis studying Literary Chaos Theory and its use in explicating
the novels of Michael Ondaatje. The paper concentrates on elements of Chaos
theory, such as ‘strange attractors,’ ‘bifurcation points’ and ...
From ethnic towards transnational : The green library by Janice Kulyk Keefer
(2002)
This thesis argues that The Green Library by Janice Kulyk Keefer can be
read as a Canadian national narrative. In the novel, Keefer sets a task to explore how
ethnic minorities in Canada (Ukrainian Canadians in this case) ...
"I'm with you now, I'm with you ..." : Michael Corleone as gangster figure in Mario Puzo's and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather texts / by Carmela Coccimiglio.
(2006)
This thesis examines the construction of the gangster figure as embodied by Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III. The examination of Michael is ...
Boethian influences in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens
(2003)
While John L. Tison Jr. recognizes Shakespeare as writing in the consolatory fashion, he
highlights Henry VI, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, and Romeo and Juliet as examples
while failing to include Timon of Athens. ...
Weaving the literary quilt : the layering of narrative in Thomas King's Truth & Bright Water
(2004)
This thesis explores the ways in which Thomas King
layers levels of textual and symbolic narrative in order to
show that truth is a relative concept that cannot be
strictly bound by conventional, essentialist beliefs.
In ...
First impressions : reconstructing language and identity in Pauline Johnson's "The Cattle Thief," Jeanette Armstrong's "Indian Woman," and Beth Cuthand's "Post-Oka Kinda Woman"
(2004)
In this thesis, utilizing the works of contemporary post-colonial critics and
authors, I argue that poetry is a medium through which Aboriginal women can reclaim
control over the construction of Aboriginal female identities. ...
Christianity and lesbian subjectivity in texts by Alice Walker, Jeanette Winterson & Carla Trujillo
(2005)
This thesis focuses on the ways in which Christianity seeks to limit lesbian
subjectivity in three novels: Alice Walker's The Color Purple (1982), Oranges Are Not the
Only Fruit (1985) by Jeanette Winterson, and What ...
Matrix : from representation to simulation and beyond
(2006)
The issue of representation remains a key area of exploration for critical theory and
philosophy during the 20th century. Broadly speaking, the project, in part, of post-structural
and Postmodern theorists has been to ...
A survey and analysis of all books printed in England or in English abroad during the year 1584
(1974)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the extant books printed in England and in English abroad to discover their purpose, scope, limitations and range of interests and subject matter. As well, the purpose is to ascertain ...
Books and readers, 1596; a survey and analysis of all books printed in England or in English abroad during the year 1596
(1971)
This thesis attempts to capture the temper of English life in 1596 through the medium of its extant printed works. It examines all of the extant printed works from that year in the fields of religion, the arts, education ...