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"Kubla Khan," The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, and the decomposing subject of Coleridge's corpus.
(2009-08-24)In "Kubla Khan" and its prose introduction, Coleridge offers repeated examples of conscious efforts to gather up the loose ends of history, both globally and personally, in political and spiritual contexts. "The Pains of ... -
La búsqueda de la redención individual como utopía en la narrativa de Gabriel García Márquez.
(2010-06-23)En la literatura latinoamericana existe un gran énfasis en lo social con respecto a la búsqueda utópica. Mientras la sociedad puede representar un vehículo o un obstáculo en la búsqueda utópica, a veces ésta resulta ser ... -
La búsqueda de los valores perdidos en el cuento latinoamericano contemporáneo.
(2008-06-11)Through the lens of ethical criticism, the ideas of the Russian cultural theorist Mikhail Bahktin, and the assertions of the Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas, this thesis examines the search for values in four Latin ... -
La condición posmoderna y el absurdo en el cuento latinoamericano contemporáneo.
(2011-05-12)Esta tesis analiza el enlace de la condición posmoderna y el absurdo en los cuentos "Chac Mool" (1954) del mexicano Carlos Fuentes (1928), "Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes" (1972) del colombiano Gabriel García ... -
La identidad femenina en tres obras de escritoras latinoamericanas contemporáneas.
(2007-12-03)In the last decades we have witnessed the flourishing of a literature written by Latin American women whose objective is to explore the treatment of feminine identity and all of the concerns related to the topic. This ... -
La imagen de la nostalgia en la novela latinoamericana de mediados del siglo XX.
(2011-05-12)En base a un acercamiento ecléctico que percibe la literatura como una expresión simbólica de crítica social, en esta tesis se considera la nostalgia como un concepto fundamental en la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea, ... -
La justicia y el absurdo en el cuento latinoamericano contemporáneo.
(2009-07-01)Esta tesis analiza el tema de la justicia en una muestra significativa de la cuentística latinoamericana de la segunda parte del siglo veinte considerando como caso de estudio los cuentos “Luvina” de Juan Rulfo, “La siesta ... -
La permanencia de la utopía en la novela contemporánea latinoamericana escrita por mujeres.
(, 2014-06-11)Esta tesis comprueba la persistencia de los planteamientos utópicos en la narrativa latinoamericana contemporánea escrita por mujeres, para lo cual se consideran dos novelas representativas de esa narrativa: Diez mujeres ... -
La relevancia de la memoria en la nueva narrativa chilena: el caso de Marcela Serrano y Ramón Díaz Eterovic.
(2006-07-30)The objective of this thesis consists of following the trajectory of the concept of memory in the New Chilean Narrative while employing a critical literary approach oriented toward Cultural Criticism. We analyze Lo que ... -
La trayectoria de la justicia en la literatura latinoamericana.
(, 2014-01-28)Esta tesis propone que el concepto de la justicia conforma un elemento fundamental e ineludible en la literatura latinoamericana. Siguiendo las ideas planteadas por filósofos sociopolíticos de la actualidad tales como Axel ... -
Labels on the altar : the convergence of worship and learning in British church museums.
(, 2013-09-16)Church museums are atypical institutions that foster both worship of God and learning of the history of the building and its people. A conflict often arises between these two roles of worship center and museum, which can ... -
Labor “meats” religion: economic restructuring in the meatpacking industry and religious adherence in the Midwest.
(2008-06-09)Labor market trends are often examined in light of their economic significance. However, little attention has been devoted to the relationship between economic trends and their potential impact on religion. Focusing on ... -
Land reform and the fall of the Roman Republic, 133-83 BC.
(2006-10-26)This thesis follows the birth and growth of the land reform movement in Roman politics from the period of 133 - 83 BC. Beginning with Tiberius Gracchus in 133 and moving through the periods of leadership of Gaius Gracchus ... -
The landscape of free fermionic gauge models.
(, 2014-06-11)A software framework is developed to systematically construct a particular class of weakly coupled free fermionic heterotic string models, dubbed gauge models. In their purest form, these models are maximally supersymmetric ... -
Language direction trends in news items naming Baylor University published in the New York Times and selected Texas newspapers (1974-2005).
(2006-07-31)This thesis compared language direction in 116 news items from local and distant media populations over a thirty-year period. Population members included the Dallas Morning News, Houston Post, and Houston Chronicle, as ... -
The language of Dissent : the defense of Eighteenth-Century English Dissent in the works and sermons of James Peirce.
(2011-01-05)This biographical dissertation argues that the thought of James Peirce (1674-1726), the Presbyterian minister whose controversial theology was the catalyst for the division of Dissent in 1719, must be considered in relation ... -
Large eddy simulation of turbulent flow over transverse variations in aerodynamic roughness length.
(, 2014-09-05)A great deal of literature has been published regarding the impact of complex roughness on turbulent flow. However, the topic of transverse variations in surface roughness, has received relatively little attention. In this ... -
Large scale fused deposition modeling : the effect of process parameters on bead geometry.
(2016-07-27)The field of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) continues to grow, with focus turning from small scale applications such as modeling and prototyping to large scale parts intended for industrial use. The purpose of this study ... -
Las dos habilidades comunicativas en los estudiantes de segundo idioma.
(2011-05-12)Hay una gran variedad de literatura que examina la conexión entre la lectura y la escritura y entre el habla y la compresión oral. Esta investigación se enfoca en examinar estrategias dirigidas a desarrollar la comunicación ... -
Late Mississippian (Chesterian) high-frequency climate change in the Pennington Formation at Pound Gap, KY USA.
(2008-03)Climate during the Late Mississippian (Late Chesterian) in the southern Appalachian Basin was characterized by periods of aridity and humidity. The Pennington Formation, exposed at Pound Gap, KY, USA records these changing ...