Ruhr-Univ., Diss.--Bochum, 2004.

This thesis studies the meaning and importance of fantasy and dream in the work of Sinclair Ross. By first reviewing existing criticism on Ross's work and then illustrating how this criticism may act as the basis for further investigation, I will show the manner in which fantasy and dream help order theme and figurative language in his fiction. Criticism has concerned itself mainly with Ross as a realistic prairie writer; his short stories and novels have won recognition for their accurate portrayals of Canadian rural life during the Great Depression. The vivid descriptions of the environment, with its sun, dust and wind, are often the critical context for an evaluation of theme or characterization. While this approach correctly identifies an important aspect of Ross's work, it has not gone on to other equally important areas. The manner in which this critical emphasis grew to be, and still remains, the accepted approach to Ross's work will be the subject of discussion for the first part of this study. After the critical background has been established, specific matters of technique and theme will be examined. Alienation, the process which acts as the catalyst for behavior for so many of Ross's characters, is dealt with in detail because of its.importance to plot and theme. Three distinct kinds or levels of alienation are identified in so far as they represent Ross's portrayal of man's perception of himself. Symbolism is studied as a unifying force in the writer's work. His symbols fall into two general groups which represent the basic conflicting forces within man in regard to an imaginative restructuring of the environment. Symbols of life, movement, and action are shown as being balanced by the author with symbols of enclosure and stagnation. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

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A phytoplankton bloom dominated by the pennate diatom Nitzschia curta (Van Heurck) Hasle was observed during January-February 1983 at a receding ice-edge in the Western Ross Sea, Antarctica. The core of the bloom was found between 100-150 Km from the ice-edge. Nitzschia curta cell densities up to 22 x 10⁶ cells/1 were observed. The nanoplankton contributed to 18% (average) of the total biomass. The contribution of another pennate diatom, Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) W. Smith, was significant in two offshore stations (22% and 90%). Other diatom species, dinoflagellates and other phytoplankton groups were very few in number. A wind-driven upwelling event occurred along the ice-edge. The presence of off-shore species (e.g. Nitzschia kerguelensis) close to the ice suggests the existence of an eddy circulation. Results of elemental composition experiments with 10 Antarctic diatoms showed that the C:Si:N ratio for Antarctic diatoms, when compared to the Redfield-Richards ratio for diatoms of other environments, have less carbon and more silicon per unit nitrogen. Comparison of laboratory results with the field data confirms the anomalous elemental composition of the major bloom species observed in the Ross Sea. Blooms like the one observed in this study seem to be restricted to the Western part of the Ross Sea and appear to be produced in inshore waters late in the austral summer. / Graduation date: 1985

A new high-resolution climatology and volumetric θ-S census (Δθ = 0.1°C, ΔS = 0.01) is constructed for the Ross Sea. Property maps (potential temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen) along 40 depth levels and 21 neutral density (γn) surfaces are analyzed. A major inflow of Antarctic Surface Water (AASW) is observed branching off the westward-flowing coastal current near Cape Colbeck. One portion continues poleward hugging the coast while the other follows the shelf break to the west. The characteristic “V” shape of the Antarctic Slope Front over the western Ross Sea is indicated by a narrow stream of thickened AASW. The entire AASW layer shoals from east to west. Two major shoreward inflows of Lower Circumpolar Deep Water (LCDW) are inferred. A warm and salty tongue from the Balleny Gyre enters the Drygalski and Joides troughs. A similar tongue is exported from the Ross Gyre and enters the Glomar Challenger Trough. No significant LCDW inflow is observed over the eastern slope of the Ross Sea. The thickest outflows of Shelf Water (SW: θ ≤ -1.85°C, S > 34.5) and new Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW: θ > -1.85°C, γn > 28.27 kg m-3) are found along the Drygalski and Joides troughs. Their saltiest (S > 34.7) components are concentrated in the western Ross Sea, whereas the low-salinity varieties are found throughout the Ross Sea shelf. The most voluminous water mass in the Ross Sea is LCDW. The least abundant is AABW found primarily over the western slope. Modified CDW (MCDW) in the western Ross is inferred to be a mixture of 30% AASW and 70% LCDW; whereas central (eastern) MCDW is 40% (60%) AASW and 60% (40%) LCDW. The same water mass composition is inferred for new AABW in the western and central Ross Sea: 25% SW and 75% MCDW. A 40-year freshening trend is detected at different sites along the coastal transit of AASW from Cape Colbeck to Ross Island. In addition to a freshening, the MCDW and high-salinity SW also reveal a cooling trend. Conversely, a warming and salinification is indicated at the main inflows of LCDW.

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Lincoln University, 2010. / Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (PhD) - University of Canberra, 2007. / Includes bibliography (p.129-153).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1919. / "Private edition, distributed by the University of Chicago libraries, Chicago, Illinois, 1921." Bibliography: p. [151]-153.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1919. / "Private edition, distributed by the University of Chicago libraries, Chicago, Illinois, 1921." Bibliography: p. [151]-153.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: l. 91-97.