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11	The postwar novel as postmodern : revisiting Catch-22 & Slaughterhouse-five / Spreitzer, Peter January 1900 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Also available on the World Wide Web.
12	The Concept of Dignity in the Early Science Fiction Novels of Kurt Vonnegut. Dye, Scott Allen 05 1900 (has links) Kurt Vonnegut's early science fiction novels depict societies and characters that, as in the real world, have become callous and downtrodden. These works use supercomputers, aliens, and space travel, often in a comical manner, to demonstrate that the future, unless people change their concepts of humanity, will not be the paradise of advanced technology and human harmony that some may expect. In fact, Vonnegut suggests that the human condition may gradually worsen if people continue to look further and further into the universe for happiness and purpose. To Vonnegut, the key to happiness is dignity, and this key is to be found within ourselves, not without. Dignity. Vonnegut dignity fiction
13	Absurd America in the novels of Vonnegut, Pynchon, and Boyle / Hardin, Miriam. January 2001 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2001. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-137).
14	A study of Camus' notion of the absurd and its mythology in "Catch-22" and "Slaughterhouse-Five" Keegan, Diana Morna Gerrard Dickson. January 2008 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Elaine B. Safer, Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references.
15	SNAFU reconsidered the evolution of writing a true war story from Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse five" to Tim O'Brien's "How to tell a true war story", and the blogs of "The sandbox" / Doherty, John E. January 2009 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--Villanova University, 2009. / English Dept. Includes bibliographical references. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
16	"Beauty, enlightenment, and comfort at top speed" : cognitive spaces and blending in the fictional universes of Kurt Vonnegut and Gabriel García Márquez / Gertzog, James Michael. January 2008 (has links) Thesis (Honors)--College of William and Mary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-96). Also available via the World Wide Web.
17	The role of science fiction : Asimov & Vonnegut - a comparison / Weisshampel, Stefan. January 1900 (has links) Zugl.: Halle, University, Staatsexamensarbeit, 2007.
18	Navigating through "a nightmare of meaninglessness without end" a semi-structural reading of Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan / Cook, Joshua D. January 2009 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2009. / Title from screen (viewed on August 26, 2009). Department of English, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Jonathan Eller, John Rudy, Thomas Marvin. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).
19	Interrogating history or making history? : Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, DeLillo's Libra, and the shaping of collective memory / Mills, Mark Spencer. January 2006 (has links) (PDF) Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of English, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89).
20	A fools' parade through three modern American novels : Catch-22, Slaughterhouse-five, and the World according to Garp / Conklin, Robert Brian, January 1986 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-88). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

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