Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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All I've Found is Pain and Terror: Aesthetics and Moral Status in Contemporary Popular Narratives

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Chiasson, Ross, Thesis advisor (ths): McGuire, Kelly, Degree committee member (dgc): Norlock, Kathryn, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis is concerned with how specific aesthetic elements function in various contemporary texts to distort, obscure, or illuminate the immoral actions and behaviours being represented. This thesis applies the moral status philosophy of Mary Anne Warren, along with the moral philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas and Zygmunt Bauman. Close reading and critical analysis are supported by… more

The Composite Frankenstein: the Man, the Monster, the Myth

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Milner, Sarah, Thesis advisor (ths): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis explores Frankenstein's popular culture narrative, contrasting recent Frankenstein texts with the content of Mary Shelley's classic novel and James Whale's iconic films Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). The research investigates how Frankenstein's legacy of adaptations function intertextually to influence both the production and the… more

Educating the Passions: Human Reincarnation, Reformation, and Redemption in Wuthering Heights

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hathout, Shahira Adel, Thesis advisor (ths): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Howes, Moira, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>My thesis proposes to uncover what I term an Emilian Philosophy in the reading of Emily Brontë's only novel, and suggests that Wuthering Heights reflects Brontë's vision of a society progressing toward social and spiritual reform. Through this journey, Brontë seeks to conciliate the two contrasting sides of humanity – natural and social – by offering a middle state that… more