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A Burkeian Analysis of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana (open access)

A Burkeian Analysis of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana

The purpose of this study is to apply Kenneth Burke's dramatistic method' of analysis to Tennessee Williams' play The Night of the Iguana.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Prothro, Brenda S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adventist Movement in Trinidad: A Case-Study in Intercultural Communication (open access)

The Adventist Movement in Trinidad: A Case-Study in Intercultural Communication

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of devising methods to assist teachers of Christianity in reaching and attracting a fast-growing and enlightened country. The Adventist church, along with other churches, is being challenged in communicating its message to a populace consisting of varied ethnic groups. This investigation has a two-fold purpose: (1) to study intercultural communications in order to locate principles which are applicable to missionary endeavors, and (2) to place these principles at the disposal of missionary personnel for their selective use in disseminating the beliefs of Christianity.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Noel, Augustine B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Oral Interpreter's Approach to Selected Poetry of Langston Hughes (open access)

An Oral Interpreter's Approach to Selected Poetry of Langston Hughes

The purpose of this study was to analyze for oral presentation a selected body of poetry by Langston Hughes. Because Hughes read his own poetry in lecture recitals throughout his career, which spanned more than four decades, it is appropriate that he be considered for such a study.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Osentowski, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Acitational Characteristics in the Species of Stokely Carmichael (open access)

An Analysis of Acitational Characteristics in the Species of Stokely Carmichael

In this study, six speeches delivered by Stokely Carmichael, during and immediately following his role as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, have been analyzed to determine if, and in what ways, Carmichael used the elements of agitational rhetoric.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Bloomquist, Judy Wilson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Judgement, the Semantic Differential, and Attitude Intensity (open access)

Social Judgement, the Semantic Differential, and Attitude Intensity

The basic problem of this study Is whether or not the semantic differential attitude instrument may be used to measure attitude Intensity. The method of determining this is to use an instrument which is known to measure attitude Intensity in conjunction with the semantic differential and determine whether or not a significant correlation exists between the two.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Renshaw, Steven L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Staging of the Passion Plays of Oberammergau, Germany, and Mount Oberammergau, U.S.A. (open access)

A Comparison of the Staging of the Passion Plays of Oberammergau, Germany, and Mount Oberammergau, U.S.A.

The purpose of this study is to compare the staging of the Passion Play of Oberammergau, Germany, with the staging of The Great Passion Play on Mount Oberammergau, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Source material includes literary writings of the century concerning Passion plays, interview with the directors of both productions, and eyewitness accounts of the 1970 producation in Germany and the 1970, 1971 producations in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A. Photographs of actors and scenes from both productions are used throughout the thesis.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Moster, Thomas R.
System: The UNT Digital Library