Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2000. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 275-283). Electronic reproduction (pdf format) available from Proquest Digital Dissertations via World Wide Web.

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DNA is an intrinsic part of the working system of the body. These basic units of creation adhere to rules of operation, replication, organization, and are implicated in the maintenance of a delicate system. When cells mutate, when foreign agents such as viruses infiltrate or are introduced into the body, the assault is on the cellular level. It is from this point that we can trace the escalation of symptoms and effects.This project examined how the scientific language of genetics and epidemiology can be used to read a literary narrative as a body. Narrative is a system that replicates, moves and maintains itself much as cells and bodies do. Assaults upon and interventions into teleology, subjectivity and conventions of realism by the postmodern are seen in terms of mutations and viral invasions. Literature as a product of late twentieth century culture represents a physical emission of the reading subject's fear of infection, invasion, and the instability of the body. The project involved reading the inner narrative structure of a text as DNA and examining the exterior consumption of a cultural text in terms of its similarities to the transmission of a virus. This project enunciated a theoretical paradigm that used scientific language to examine the matrix of interaction between text, reader, and culture as it exists in a climate of threat, as bodies under siege. / Department of English

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 2008. / Title from title screen. Description based on contents viewed May 15, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-146).

Thesis (MFA)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2008. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Walter Metz. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-25).

Thesis--Auburn University, 2009. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of English Languages and Literature, December 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Paul Schmidt, committee chair; Wayne Erickson, George Pullman, committee members. Electronic text (287 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed October 4, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-287).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2457. Adviser: Chip Bruce. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 342-354) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.