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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 1Aaftink, Cathelein
- 1Abedinifard, Mostafa
- 1Aliakbari, Rasoul
- 1Alzaid, Reem M.
- 1Buchanan, David J.
- 1Cai, Zheng
- 4Verdicchio, Massimo (Modern Languages and Cultural Studies)
- 3Hart, Jonathan (Comparative Literature)
- 2Braz, Albert (Comparative Literature)
- 2Kuiken, Don (Psychology and Comparative Literature)
- 2Miall, David (English & Film Studies and Comparative Literature)
- 2Sywenky, Irene (Comparative Literature and Eastern European Studies)
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Thematic And Structural Use Of Music In André Gide's Les Faux-Monnayeurs And Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point, And Its Previous Role In Their Writings
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine literary use of music in a large selection of the writings of André Gide and Aldous Huxley. The introduction exposes the various problems involved in any study of the integration of music into literature, and uncovers the reasons for my special interest in...
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Fall 2017
Films as cultural products are remarkable sources for examining different dimensions of the complex institution of gender in the society in which they are produced. Focusing on a selection of cinematic narratives from post-Revolution Iran and Post-Taliban Afghanistan, this project examines the...
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Women Poets and National History: Reading Margaret Atwood, Anna Akhmatova, and Lina Kostenko
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This dissertation focuses on the portrayal of historical events in the works of Margaret Atwood, Anna Akhmatova, and Lina Kostenko. These Canadian, Russian, and Ukrainian poets present women as participants in political events, possessing historical agency, and taking part in the creation of a...
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Writing Back Through Our Mothers: A Transnational Feminist Study on the Woman's Historical Novel
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This transnational feminist study on the contemporary woman’s historical novel (post 1970) argues that the genre’s central theme and focus is the maternal. Analyzing the maternal, disclosed through a myriad of genealogies, voices, and figures, reveals that the historical novel is a feminist means...
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Spring 2011
This study examines the progress of young adult (YA) literature in the twenty-first century, as influenced by Web 2.0 social networking technology and sliding structural temporalities of age and maturity in these digital times. The context is Stephenie Meyer’s popular Twilight saga, a pioneering...