Browsing by Subject "Characters and characteristics in literature"
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Item An historical survey of literary portraiture(Texas Tech University, 1931-08) Watkins, GraceNot availableItem Harlequin goes abroad: commedia dell'arte resonances in twentieth century spanish theater(Texas Tech University, 1996-12) Wood, Laurie AnneNot availableItem Mixing the modern and the postmodern: Judge Holden and the kid in Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"(Texas Tech University, 1998-05) McClenagan, Cindy MarlowNOT AVAILABLEItem Myth, preference, and processing(Texas Tech University, 1998-05) Brant, LindaThe objective of this investigation was to explore the cognitive representation, aesthetic appreciation, and on-line processing of the hero motif in short stories. The overall goals were to determine if participants had a schema for the hero motif, and to examine the effects of variations in episode content and sequence on preference ratings, recall of story ideas, and reading rate for specific sentences. These goals were pursued in one pilot study, and two experiments. Results from the pilot study indicated that undergraduate students had a schema for the hero motif, and that they were able to predict events in typical hero stories with high levels of accuracy and confidence. Results from Experiments 1 and 2 indicated that variations in episode content and sequence had virtually no effect on preference ratings. However, these variations did influence recall of story information. The most memorable hero stories contained (1)episodes that were presented in a logical, temporal sequence, (2) typical beginning episodes, and (3) typical middle episodes. In contrast, story endings were best remembered if they contained atypical information. In both Experiments 1 and 2, a positive correlation emerged between ratings of story preference and ratings of empathy with the main character. Implications for the field of empirical aesthetics were discussed.Item The evolution of the fictional Western hero(Texas Tech University, 1999-05) Untiedt, Kenneth LeeThe foUowing chapters will explore the characteristics of the character as they appeared in Wister's Virginian, and show how the character has been transposed into numerous other genre. The second chapter will look specifically at how the cowboy hero character and westem formula have been mimicked in other literary genre. The third chapter will examine the transformation of all of the genre into television and film. The fourth chapter will explore reasons for the universal interest in the cowboy hero character and the westem formula. First, however, the character and formula must be defined.Item The grotesque in the novels of Charles Dickens(Texas Tech University, 1929-08) Wallace, Alva DayleNot availableItem The relationship between adult personality characteristics and exposure to fairy tales during childhood(Texas Tech University, 1979-05) Delfeld, Margaret FrantzNot availableItem Welsh characters in Renaissance drama(Texas Tech University, 2000-12) Brown, Sarah AnnThe Welsh character in Renaissance drama reflects and/or promulgates a stereotype, reflects English discomfort with their Welsh neighbors and the ambivalence that the English felt for the Welsh, and shows the changing status of Wales and the Welsh in England during the late years of Elizabeth Tudor's reign (1557-1603) and the reigns of James I (1603-1625) and Charies I. The Acts of Union,' integrafing Wales into England, initiated a transition of the status of the Welsh in Renaissance England from foreigners to legally recognized English subjects. The Acts created a new situation, calling for new reacfions: the ambiguity of the new Welsh position in English society created a more complicated set of possible reactions than had been necessary before the Acts of Union. The Acts of Union can be compared to the Renaissance marital union: Wales is cast as the wife, who is legally bound to her husband, England, but who does not have equal voice or rights and who must always recognize the superordination of her husband. This analogy fits the evidence of the English attitudes as shown in the dramas.