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This dissertation offers a camp reading of five animated sitcoms from three sets of primary auteurs – Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad!), Matt Groening (The Simpsons, Futurama), and Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park). Chapter 1 provides an overview of the study, in…

The purpose of this public memory study is to gain insight into how previously excluded cultural circles have mediated their memories into the larger public sphere through popular media channels (Houdek, 2017). This thesis focuses on the life, death, and legacy of Black Panther …

This study investigates the metaphors embedded in President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo, delivered on June 4, 2009. Mr. Obama delivered his speech at a time when the dissonance between the Muslim world and the West expanded. The rhetor's motive was to arrest the increasingly …

The purpose of this study is to determine the rhetorical functions of citations of popular sayings in the book of Ezekiel. The study focuses specifically on the popular sayings quoted in 8:12; 9:9; 11:3,15; 12:22, 27; 18:2; 33:10, 17, 20, 24, 30, and 37:11. Chapter 2 reviews pre…

This dissertation investigates the role of the poor and marginal characters in the Elisha narratives. It follows the methodology of the Spanish Old Testament scholar, Luis Alonso Schökel (1920–1998). Accordingly, the biblical text is read in its three dimensions: literary, histo…