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Alan Moore Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel
No full textEclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel , Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion of genre and pulp fiction, the interrogation of superhero tropes, the manipulation of space and time, the uses of magic and mythology, the instability of gender and ethnic identity, and the accumulation of imagery to create satire that comments on politics and art history. Examining Moore's use of comics to scrutinize contemporary culture, Di Liddo analyzes his best-known works-- Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, Promethea , and Lost Girls . The study also highlights Moore?s lesser-known output, such as Halo Jones, Skizz , and Big Numbers , and his prose novel Voice of the Fire. Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel reveals Moore to be one of the most significant and distinctly postmodern comics creators of the last quarter-century.Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Formal Considerations on Alan Moore's Writing -- CHAPTER 2. Chronotopes: Outer Space, the Cityscape, and the Space of Comics -- CHAPTER 3. Moore and the Crisis of English Identity -- CHAPTER 4. Finding a Way into Lost Girls -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZEclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel , Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion of genre and pulp fiction, the interrogation of superhero tropes, the manipulation of space and time, the uses of magic and mythology, the instability of gender and ethnic identity, and the accumulation of imagery to create satire that comments on politics and art history. Examining Moore's use of comics to scrutinize contemporary culture, Di Liddo analyzes his best-known works-- Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, Promethea , and Lost Girls . The study also highlights Moore?s lesser-known output, such as Halo Jones, Skizz , and Big Numbers , and his prose novel Voice of the Fire. Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel reveals Moore to be one of the most significant and distinctly postmodern comics creators of the last quarter-century.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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Alan R. Stowers writes Dr. Hector P. Garcia about the latter's recent visit to CCSU campus (correspondence)
No full textAlan R. Stowers, Director of the Corpus Christi State University Public Information Office, sends Dr. Hector P. Garcia copies of the campus newspaper's article about his latest talk on campus and informs him that his comments have been passed along to the author
Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar
No full textThis work develops a conception of grammar in which optimality with respect to a set of constraints defines well-formedness. The argument begins with a brief assessment of the promise of optimization-based approaches, focusing on issues of explanation from principle. The general lay-out of Optimality Theory is sketched, including the core notions of ranking & violability and the emphasis on universality in the constraint set.Part I shows how the ideas play out over a variety of phenomena and generalization patterns. The key distinction between Markedness and Faithfulness constraints is introduced. The analytical focus is on empirical phenomena ranging from epenthesis to infixation to a variety of sometimes-complex interactions between prominence, syllabification, stress, and word form. Part I concludes with a formal presentation of the theory.Part II investigates the theory of syllable structure. It begins with a study of the basic Jakobson typology and moves on to present an analysis of aspects of the Lardil phonological system which incorporates the results of the basic theory. The section concludes with a detailed exploration of a generalized theory based on multipolar scales of sonority-to-syllable-position affinity.Part III examines the derivation of universal and language particular inventories, provides discussion of foundational issues, and concludes with analysis of the relation between Optimality Theory and theories using a notion of repair.Essentially identical to the Tech Report (July 1993), with new pagination (but the samefootnote and example numbering); correction of typos, oversights & outright errors; improved typography; and occasional small-scale clarificatory rewordings. Citation should include reference to this version
Faithfulness and Reduplicative Identity
No full textThis paper proposes a revised view of faithfulness in Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993), relating it to reduplicative identity (McCarthy & Prince 1993). Faithfulness and identity are unified in a theory of Correspondence relations between structures. The theory is investigated by way of a study of over- and underapplication effects in reduplicated structures.The definitive version of this paper was published in Papers in Optimality Theory (1995)McCarthy, J. J., & Prince, A. S. (1995). Faithfulness and reduplicative identity. In J. N. Beckman, L. W. Dickey, & S. Urbanczyk (Eds.) Papers in optimality theory (pp. 249-384). Amherst, MA: GLSA (Graduate Linguistic Student Association), Dept. of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts.This work was supported in part by grant SBR-9420424 from the National Science Foundation and by research funds from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, at New Brunswic
Selectivity for dimers in pentene oligomerization over acid zeolites
No full textThe reactions of 1-pentene over acid zeolites were investigated in the liquid phase at 473 K. The primary reactions were isomerization, dimerization, and subsequent cracking of dimers. Zeolites consisting of only 10-membered (MFI) or 12-membered rings (FAU, BEA) behaved similarly, with dimerization and subsequent cracking products observed. Zeolites possessing 8-membered ring pores (MOR, FER) showed very different selectivity from each other and from other zeolites. MOR showed almost complete conversion of C10 olefins, such that hexene and butene from cracking were the dominant products. FER showed high activity and selectivity for dimerization, with very small amounts of cracking products observed.Peer reviewe
Class of 2009
No full textGraduates:Lendon L. (Lendy) Bartlett, MDivBruce Eugene Bates, DMinGlen Alan Bowmen, MACMRusty J. Campbell, MACMDaniel Lee Cooper, MABarry J. Fowler, MDivJordan Patrick Guy, MABrian R. Hajicek, MDivT. Ryan Head, MACMPeter A. Horne, MDivAlan Byron Howell, MDivShelley L. Jacobs, MAWesley Sam Abe Kuryluk, MDivJustin Paul Lewis, MACThomas Hershell (Tom) McLemore, DMinYoung Ran Park, MADavid Pritchett, MADaniel Edsel Reese, MDivAaron Michael Roland, MADavid Benson Rubio, MDivMac S. Sandlin, MDivTerry D. Smalling, MDivRachel Ann Steele, MDivNathan Doyle Swanson, MDivJonathan Richard Teel, MAC, MDivRobert James (Bob) Turner, MDivChad Alan Westerholm, MDivEthelene Bruce White, MALeslie James Williams, DMin -- BenedictionJames Thomas Wood, MDivRussell Lyle (Rusty) Woods, MDiv -- President, Student Association
Administrators & Faculty:Robert Allen Black, Jr. -- Professor of New TestamentDave L. Bland -- Professor of Homiletics -- D.Min. DirectorDavid B. Burks -- President, Harding UniversityStanley Earl Granberg -- Adjunct Professor of Missiology -- InvocationEdward Alfred Gray -- Professor of CounselingEvertt W. Huffard -- Vice President/Dean and Professor of MissiologyJohn Fredrick Kennedy -- Adjunct Instructor of CounselingJack P. Lewis -- Professor of Bible Emeritus -- AddressBarry Stephen (Steve) McLeod -- RegistrarPhillip E. McMillion -- Professor of Old TestamentDon L. Meredith -- LibrarianRichard E. (Rick) Oster -- Professor of New TestamentSheila Ann Owen -- Associate LibrarianMark E. Powell -- Associate Professor of Theology
Guests:Leon B. Sanderson -- Associate Minister, Church of Christ at White Station -- Song leaderRonald D. Wade -- Chairman, HUGSR Advisory Boardhttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/hst-graduates/1050/thumbnail.jp
Class of 1984
No full textGraduates:James Murray (Jimmy) Adcox, Jr., MThJohn David Allen, MThDennis Craig Baugh, MARAlan S. Bergeron, MThClayton D. Bowers, Jr., MARJerry Lawrence Bowling, MARMichael Dean Brooks, MARDarrell W. Bruning, MThSteven W. Buck, MARDon Bynum, MThJoseph Troy Cannon, MARPaul Anthony Cathey, MABruce Lee Clayton, MThMurray Ross Cochran, MThDavid Coleman Cunningham, MThBruce Mathis Daugherty, MThCharles Cordell Dorsey, MARGlenn Edward Drysdale, MARThomas E. Elkins, MARDan E. Engle, MARJ. Thomas Esmon, MThGary Edgar Furlong, MARLonnie Sherrell Gentry, MThPaul J. Gerber, MThTimothy Lee Gillespie, MARWilliam Joseph Godley, MARGeorge Earl Goldman, MThLoyd Clay Harris, MARWayman D. Hatman, Jr., MThMark K. Hayes, MThMark Ray Hooper, MThCharles Ryan Howard, Jr., MThJoel Steven Inman, MARMichael Wayne Ireland, MThMichael Nevin Isenberg, MThDavid Bruce Jackson, MThDonald Edward Jackson, DMinJames Michael Matheny, MThBruce Duane Mentzer, MThReid Douglas Moon, MThMarlin Kem Moore, MThBruce LeRue Morton, MARKippy Lee Myers, MARonnie W. Newberry, MThRonald Franklin Parsley, MThVictor Lee Pierce, MARRonald Clyde Roberson, MARGary Steven Selby, MThTimothy Ray Sensing, MThP. Kent Smith, MARStephen G. Smith, MThClayton Devetori Soleyn, DMinJohn Phillip Stapp, MThThomas Alan Steed, MARBarry H. Stephens, MThEdgar Randy Stephens, MThThomas Lee Stewart, MARJoe C. Tate, MARThomas Clair Vail, MThWilliam Richmond Vance, Jr., MARD. Craig Ward, MThRonald Kay White, MARDon Glynn Williams, MARRonald Keith Wishum, MTh
Administrators & Faculty:James M. (Jim) Anders -- Director of Student Services -- InvocationBonnie Baker -- Assistant LibrarianRobert Allen Black, Jr. -- Instructor of New TestamentDouglas Eugene Brown, Jr. -- Assistant Professor of Christian DoctrineJim Chester -- Director, Harding Academy of Memphis A Cappella Chorus. Adjunct Instructor of Church MusicBill W. Flatt -- Registrar and Professor of CounselingClifton L. (Cliff) Ganus, Jr. -- President, Harding University -- AddressHarold H. Hazelip -- Dean and Professor of Christian DoctrineJoel Johnson -- Assistant Professor of CounselingJoe Mac Lynn -- Professor of MinistryDon L. Meredith -- LibrarianRichard E. (Rick) Oster -- Associate Professor of New TestamentJohn P. Simpson -- Adjunct Instructor of PreachingCarl Philip Slate -- Professor of Preaching and MissiologyWilliam Leake (Bill) Srygley -- Adjunct Instructor of Youth Ministry
Guests:Jack J. Goode -- Member, Board of TrusteesJames Edwin (Jim) Howard -- Minister, White Station Church of Christ -- BenedictionGlen Olree -- Song leaderhttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/hst-graduates/1025/thumbnail.jp
Prosodic Morphology: Constraint Interaction and Satisfaction
No full textProsodic Morphology (McCarthy and Prince 1986 et seq.) is a theory of how morphological and phonological determinants of linguistic form interact with one another in a grammatical system. More specifically, it is a theory of how prosodic structure impinges on templatic and circumscription morphology, such as reduplication and infixation. There are three essential claims:(1) Principles of Prosodic Morphologya. Prosodic Morphology HypothesisTemplates are defined in terms of the authentic units of prosody: mora (μ), syllable (σ), foot (Ft), prosodic word (PrWd).b. Template Satisfaction ConditionSatisfaction of templatic constraints is obligatory and is determined by the principles of prosody, both universal and language-specific.c. Prosodic CircumscriptionThe domain to which morphological operations apply may be circumscribed by prosodic criteria as well as by the more familiar morphological ones.In short, the theory of Prosodic Morphology says that templates and circumscription must be formulated in terms of the vocabulary of prosody and must respect the well-formedness requirements of prosody.But this picture is incomplete in various crucial respects. With most work in contemporary phonological theory, it underarticulates the role of well-formedness constraints; knowing that they are obeyed is not the same as knowing how they are obeyed and why they may be violated under other conditions. A more local problem, which we will document extensivelybelow, is that the vocabulary and constraints of prosody can be active in morphology that is neither templatic nor circumscriptional, where the principles of Prosodic Morphology are without force. Thus, the standard theory is incomplete in a significant way. Finally, there are cases, also discussed below, where the standard theory is empirically wrong — cases where, for example, templatic constraints are not satisfied obligatorily or infixation cannot be analyzed by the circumscription of prosodic constituents.This document was originally circulated in April 1993 and has been available as Technical Report #3 of the Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science. The current version is essentially identical to RuCCS-TR-3, with a few minor corrections and with the addition of a preface and bibliography situating it in relation to more recent developments. The most significant themes of this work include correspondence theory, reduplication, alignment, stratal OT, and the theory of templates.McCarthy, J. J., & Prince, A. (2001). Prosodic morphology: constraint interaction and satisfaction. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Post-war British working-class fiction with special reference to the novels of John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, Stan Barstow, David Storey and Barry Hines
No full textThis study is about British working-class fiction in the post-war period.
It covers various authors such as Robert Tressell, George Orwell, Walter Greenwood, Lewis Grassic Gibbon and DH Lawrence from the early twentieth century; writers traditionally classified as 'Angry Young Men' like John Osborne, Arnold Wesker, Shelagh Delaney, John Wain and
Kingsley Amis; and working-class novelists like John Braine, Stan Barstow, David Storey, Alan Sillitoe and Barry Hines from the 1950s and 1960s.
Some of the main issues dealt with in the course of this study are language, form, community, self/identity/autobiography, sexuality and relationship with bourgeois art. The major argument centres on two questions: representation of working-class life, and the
relationship between working-class literary tradition and dominant ideologies.
We will be arguing that while working-class fiction succeeded in challenging and rupturing bourgeois literary tradition, on the level of language and linguistic medium of expression for example, it utterly failed to break away from dominant, bourgeois modes of literary production in relation to form, for instance.
Our argument is situated within Marxist approaches to literature, a political and aesthetic position from which we attempt an analysis and an evaluation of this working-class literary tradition. These critical approaches provide us also with the theoretical tool to define the political perspective of this tradition, and to judge whether it was confined to a descriptive mode of representation or
located in a radical, political outlook
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