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Eugene O'Neill's Theory and Practice of Tragedy
This thesis discusses six plays by the playwright Eugene O'Neill considered as tragedies.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Fennell, Ernest Joseph Wyckoff
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Character Studies in John Steinbeck's Fiction
This thesis is a study of the characters in John Steinbeck's fiction.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Oyler, Martha Jo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Functional Shift in English
The purpose of this study will be to make an investigation of the shifting of a word from one part of speech to another, to see whether this linguistic process existed in Old English, Middle English, and to note the prevalence of functional shift among present-day writers.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Ousley, Emma Gene
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Character Portrayal in the Short Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson
This thesis is a study of Robinson's general mental and philosophical development and the forces which contributed to it, the kinds and sources of Robinson's characters and the method and importance of their portrayal, Robinson's single portraits of men, Robinson's portrayal of women characters, Robinson's historical portraits, and the relationship of the short poems to Robinson's total work.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Burks, Julia Mudd
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shaw's Economic Theories as Found in His Plays
This paper contains, somewhat in detail, Shaw's ideas of the economic relations of man, as they are stated in his political writings and upheld in his plays.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Cook, Lyla Jane
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Chaucer's and Shakespeare's Treatments of the Troilus-Cressida Story
The purpose of this study is to trace the changes that the story of Troilus-Cressida underwent from age to age and to discover how these came about and how they influenced the form and concept of Chaucer's and Shakespeare's versions of the tale.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Taylor, Merwin Elvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social and Political Conservatism in Joseph Conrad's Fiction
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the evidences of Conrad's conservative tastes and beliefs as indicated by his way of life and his associations, and to show, further, that this conservatism is revealed directly and indirectly in his stories and novels.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Taylor, Ouita Winona
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Important Influences on Newman's Faith
This study is designed primarily to show the important influences which shaped John Henry Newman's religious beliefs and his ultimate conversion to the Roman Catholic Church.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Sullivan, Mary Elaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Positive" and "Negative" Characters in Joseph Conrad's Fiction
This thesis is an attempt to understand Joseph Conrad's own concept of the "moral law"; what is meant by the terms "positive" and "negative," often used to describe the forces so obviously influencing his characters; and the characters, the action, and the endings as proofs of Conrad's belief in such a law and such forces.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Golson, Julian A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library