| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Orientalism and Western Fans: A Look at Fandom Surrounding Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto |
2013 |
16628 |
Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism has been influential in literary studies, allowing new methods of insight into cross-cultural interaction. Said posits that the western idea of an eastern “Orient” is an illusion, created by and distinguishing wes... |
| Edgar Wright As An Auteur |
2020 |
3874 |
This thesis is an interpretation of the work of film director Edgar Wright using auteur theory as the primary method. The first portion of the essay contextualizes and provides a brief summary of auteur theory before moving into an analysis of Wright... |
| “Speak About Destruction”: Representing 9/11 in The Sopranos |
2015 |
7695 |
Broadly definable as an interdisciplinary study of televisual texts, literature, and history, this thesis analyses David Chase’s The Sopranos (1999-2007) and its engagement of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Tracing the show’s narrative and ae... |
| The Female Gaze And Feminism In The Works Of Jane Campion |
2017 |
3903 |
NO ABSTRACT... |
| The Most Involved Form Of Story: How World Of Warcraft Is A Story-Plus Experience |
2019 |
253 |
In this thesis I define the term Story-Plus within the context of the popular video game World of Warcraft. The massively multiplayer online role playing game World of Warcraft has a magnificent story worthy of study, and I believe that the experienc... |