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This dissertation focuses on the works of two well-known African Francophone novelists, Ahmadou Kourouma from the Ivory Coast and Mongo Beti from Cameroon. The objective of this study is to look at the influences of African oral traditions and analyze the literary transposition …

This study examines the first encounter between Western Christianity and Korean religions at the turn of the twentieth century. Its central thesis is that North American missionaries gradually adapted Christianity to Korean culture and religions over the period of one generation…

As the world continues to move away from rural forms of living, so too do Native Americans struggle with this transition, both within the realm of literature and in the real world around us. The plight of modern Native Americans involves not only a transition from reservation to…

This dissertation discusses the three film operas by the Isango Ensemble, taking into account both Isango’s process of adaptation as well as their finished artistic product. In Chapter 1, I discuss the process of adaptation by tracking the ensemble’s journey from its first two p…

The dissertation examines the relationship between the emergence of Protestantism in Korea and the issue of indigenization. One of the most common explanations for the dramatic growth of Protestantism in Korea is indigenization--the process by which the religion shed its foreign…