"This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his Aetia prologue and Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re- ) examination of the lexical allusions in the Aetia's and Metamorphos…
This study of Callimachus' and Ovid's allusive practice offers a unique view of the application of one theory of allusion (based upon that of Conte, but subsequently expanded upon) to a Greek and Latin poet.
"À l'origine le centon est un morceau de tissu grossier cousu de pans d'étoffes différentes et de couleurs variées. Par assimilation, il désigne une pièce généralement en vers et s'affirme donc comme une forme littéraire dont l'existence même est fondée sur la notion d'intertext…
"À l'origine le centon est un morceau de tissu grossier cousu de pans d'étoffes différentes et de couleurs variées. Par assimilation, il désigne une pièce généralement en vers et s'affirme donc comme une forme littéraire dont l'existence même est fondée sur la notion d'intertext…
The objective of this thesis paper is to highlight my artistic process, current projects, and research strategies emerging from my studio practice. First, this thesis describes and elaborates my practice of “reconstruction,” the reasons I find it effective, and the personal hist…
This dissertation examines acoustic jazz performances of recorded, post-1960 popular music, focusing on the compositional and improvisational transformations involved in these performances and how they configure the intertextual relationship between a jazz palimpsest and its sou…
The Old Testament records the story of God advancing His sovereign plan for the redemption and preservation of His people. Throughout the Old Testament, God works in and through human choices. The book of Esther is part of this overarching story and yet, God’s name is never ment…
This project seeks to train Calvary Church small group members to understand how the four Gospels use the Old Testament to establish a biblical theological foundation for whole-life discipleship. Chapter 1 outlines the history and structure of discipleship at Calvary Church. Cha…
This dissertation explores nineteen occasions where Ezra–Nehemiah uses the language of Deuteronomy, either through allusion or quotation. The study considers how the law contributed to the identity of the post-exilic community, especially in relation to their ongoing exile while…
For centuries, composers have used their music as an expressive tool, imbuing it with publicly accessible meaning that often reflects the time and place in which the composer lived. Throughout the nineteenth century, the view of music as a means of expression, specifically self-…
This dissertation explores ways in which diverse subtopics in literary studies converge to answer questions about the composition history, reception, and thematic content of several plays by Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd. I first endorse the theory that Shakespeare’s career began i…
The twelve Minor Prophets are to be read as a compositional unity known as the Book of the Twelve as demonstrated by biblical intertextuality, intertestamental literature, and church history. Reading the Twelve as a compositional unity sets the biblical-theological stage for exa…
Using our favorite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres." "In this book, Jonathan Gray brings together textual theory, discussions of …
The story of Ram, Sita, and Ravan, often referred to as the Ramayan, has been a profoundly important "mytheme" in South and Southeast Asia for centuries, its varied forms and functions attracting a great deal of scholarly interest. Yet within the expansive amount of research on …
L'imagerie de l'Orient dans la littérature occidentale a été bien étudiée dans le monde universitaire anglophone et francophone : comment l'Occident voit-il l'Orient, ou bien « l'Orient vu par l'Occident ». Cependant, les études qui partent dans la direction opposée, c'est-à-dir…
My dissertation focuses on the innovative ways in which Maryam Hand, a Sufi poet and a follower of the spiritual Shadhiliya Path (or Tariqa) in the United States, describes her spiritual journey in her non-published manuscript The Garden in the Fire: A Spiritual Journey through …
