Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p.75-77). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

<p> The <i>Brown v. Board of Education</i> decision marks a crucial moment, not only in United States civil rights history, but also in educational reform, as it presumed that national reform would follow the success of changes in the educational system. Surprisingly, within the vast body of <i>Brown</i> scholarship, little attention has been paid to the narratives that are taught to contemporary schoolchildren about desegregation, which presumably would help them to develop a framework for understanding their own racially fraught classroom experiences. Conversely, within children's literature scholarship, narratives of desegregation have not received attention as stories that are also about school. This dissertation examines the archive of children's novels about desegregation and makes the case that they can provide insights both for scholars of desegregation and for scholars of the school story genre. I argue that the often-discussed failures to realize the <i>Brown</i> decision's utopian vision can be traced to the underlying assumptions about individual success, failure, and ability that are built into the institution of the school, assumptions which come into focus when these novels are read as generic school stories. Nevertheless, I also suggest that children's novels highlight the potential agency of children, and suggest utopian methods of education, racial integration, and citizenship, in ways that policy discourse cannot do.</p>

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of French and Italian Studies, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 13, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 3145. Adviser: H. Wayne Storey.

Based on the author's Thesis (doctoral--Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 1995). / Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-240).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of English, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 20, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3962. Adviser: Patrick Brantlinger.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2003. / Thesis directed by Stephen Fredman for the Department of English. "December 2003." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 263-270).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-44). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, 1914. / Vita. "Die Form der historischen Novelle bei Ludwig Tieck " is the first part (2 chapters) of "Die historische Novelle Ludwig Tiecks" to be published in "Bonner Forschungen" edited by Berthold Litzmann. Berlin : G. Grote. Cf. T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [v-vi]).

Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexander-Universität zu Erlangen-Nürnberg. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, September 2007.