Theses and dissertations

This collection includes both ASU Theses and Dissertations, submitted by graduate students, and the Barrett, Honors College theses submitted by undergraduate students. 

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Diagnosis: An Analysis of Human Behavior through Poetry

DescriptionDiagnosis is an analysis of human behavior, examined through several types of poetry. The project delves into how individuals act and re-act when put into stress-inducing situations, whether due to that situation, personality, traits, an interaction with another person, or mental illness.
ContributorsBreisblatt, Faith Wood (Author) / Hogue, Cynthia (Thesis director) / Humphrey, Ted (Committee member) / Goldberg, Beckian Fritz (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor)
Created2013-05
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We, in the Ages Lying: An Exploration of Monstrosity in "Beauty and the Beast"

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We, in the Ages Lying: An Exploration of Monstrosity in "Beauty and the Beast" examines the tropes and themes of traditional and non-traditional "Beauty and the Beast" adaptations with a focus on the question of what is and is not monstrous. This thesis contains an in-progress essay with detailed outline.…

We, in the Ages Lying: An Exploration of Monstrosity in "Beauty and the Beast" examines the tropes and themes of traditional and non-traditional "Beauty and the Beast" adaptations with a focus on the question of what is and is not monstrous. This thesis contains an in-progress essay with detailed outline. The focus of the project was one's own adaptation of the tale, "We, in the Ages Lying", which takes place in tribal Botswana, following the maturation of main character, Ntwadumela, and the interactions with the beast, the "phiritoo".
ContributorsBrigham, Dominique Claire (Author) / Cook, Paul (Thesis director) / Ellis, Lawrence (Committee member) / Humphrey, Ted (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor)
Created2013-05