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    The martyr and the traitor: Violence and resistance in world literature and cinema 

    Salwatura Acharige, Prabha Madhuwanthi Manuratne (2016)
    This dissertation examines the way systemic capitalist violence and resistance to it can be articulated through the three figures of the martyr, the disappeared, and the traitor. Focusing on the literary tropes of the ...
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    "…ce dangereux supplément…" and Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers: Two musical examinations of language and translation 

    Hayden, Ethan (2016)
    This project consists of two vocal compositions, each of which situate examinations of linguistic elements in musical contexts. The first, "...ce dangereux supplément...", for solo voice with optional electronics and video, ...
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    Surviving "Little House": Adaptations of Wilder's Transnational Prairie 

    Anderson, Emily (2016)
    Contemporary scholarship suggests that Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” series of children’s novels have contributed to the rise of nationalist and libertarian ideology in the United States. However, examining adaptations ...
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    Countable man: From the Great Famine to Modernism 

    Todd, Macy (2016)
    Countable Man: From the Great Famine to Modernism argues that nineteenth- and early twentieth-century letters and literature in Ireland reveal the development of a rhetorical violence. The intensification of the quest for ...
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    The River and the Sea: Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and the Narratives of Capital Flow, 1851-1894 

    Choi, Sodam (2016)
    “The River and the Sea: Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and the Narratives of Capital Flow, 1851-1894” explores nineteenth-century waters and the politico-economic culture of the U.S. in a global historical context. I stress ...
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    Two sides to the story: Multiple versions of stories in twentieth century narrative 

    Frangipane, Nicholas Alan (2016)
    A number of contemporary writers of literary fiction are attempting to tell mimetic stories in their books. But this raises the question, how can writers tell realistic stories once many modernist and postmodernist writers ...
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    La considération éthique des êtres non humains dans la science-fiction québécoise 

    Fournier, Isabelle (2016)
    Résumé (English version below) Les humains sont-ils les seuls êtres qui méritent de faire l’objet d’une considération éthique? La présente dissertation examine la représentation de la relation humain/non-humain dans un ...
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    This is no Mine Ain House: Scottish Nationalism and the Union 

    Nolan, Richard (2016)
    Scotland's place within Great Britain has come under increasing strain. Scottish independence from Britain remains an important topic, with the last referendum for Scottish independence in 2014 declaring “No” by a fairly ...
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    Black women writers and the spatial limits of the African diaspora 

    Schindler, Melissa Elisabeth (2016)
    My dissertation contends that diaspora, perhaps the most visible spatial paradigm for theorizing black constructions of identity and self, is inherently limited by the historical conditions of its rise as well as the ...
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    L'effet dandy comme anti-dox: Cessation, contestation, dysfonctionnement culturel dominant 

    Jacob, Dany (2016)
    Face à une société qui se préoccupe de plus en plus du simulacre (J. Baudrillard) et du spectacle (G. Debord) que de la réalité, l’individu perd sa voix mais aussi son essence dans la multitude. Afin de pouvoir répondre à ...
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