This dissertation is about the appropriation of classical Greek plots, personae, and even entire texts in Anglophone postcolonial works propounding themes of reconciliation. Key primary texts analyzed in the dissertation include James Joyce's Ulysses (1922), Derek Walcott's epic…
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Afrobeat is a combination of Ghanaian highlife, jazz, James Brown-style funk, and traditional Nigerian musics. It was created in the late 1960s by Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti for use as both dance music and as a tool to critique the military, government, and British-in…
The methodological approach employed in this research combines the hermeneutics of intertextuality together with comparative midrash. The purpose is to discern the function of scripture in the book of Joel and how Joel functioned for the NT communities. I have employed the terms…
Special education teacher preparation programs are now expected to prepare special education teachers to work in a variety of settings, teach a variety of contents, and a variety of students with disabilities, including those with severe disabilities. Scholars have argued that f…
Political speeches in the contemporary world illustrate a tendency among heads of state of appealing to democracy and democratic concepts regardless of regime type. While the prevalence of this discourse in countries like the United States is unsurprising, the use of discourses …
Genieve Figgis famously references canonical paintings in much of her work. But while she gestures towards the familiar, the melting faces of her figures incite feelings of the grotesque, displacing the viewer’s sense of recognition, and prompting an engaged gaze which begins to…