Year: 2013, 2013
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis explores post-millennial girl fiction, or young adult works published for girls since the turn of the millennium. Writing for girls has been traditionally placed beneath `more serious' literature, within a hierarchal model, while modern works enjoy an iconic status that is the product of cross-media popularity and a wide readership. Criticism has focused on post-… more Year: 2013, 2013
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Deshane, Evelyn, Thesis advisor (ths): Eddy, Charmaine, Degree committee member (dgc): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): McGuire, Kelly, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines what the term "transgender narrative" represents at this particular time and location. I do this by examining various methods of transgender storytelling through different forms of media production, including autobiography, film, novels, and online platforms such as Tumblr and YouTube. In chapter one, I look at the production of novels and the value system… more Year: 2013, 2013
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p><italic>The Battle of Maldon</italic>: A Medieval Screenplay</p><p>History and Heroism in the Cinematic Adaptation of an Old English Poem </p><p> <italic>The Battle of Maldon</italic> is an artistic representation of a historical event whose style lends itself to being adapted into a screenplay. This project examines how the poem presents a… more Year: 2013, 2013
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Despite - or perhaps because of - her popularity as a best-selling poet, the work of Mary Oliver has been minimized and marginalized within the academy. Nevertheless, Oliver's readership is an expansive and devout one made up of a wired yet insular North American public in search of reconnecting with the natural world. I propose that through Oliver's poetry readers access the… more
