The purposes of this study were: (1) to present a picture of the home-management aspect of a selected group of Farm Security families, {2) to picture in more detail the clothing and dietary problems of these families, (3) to determine whether family life is satisfying to this selected group of Farm Security women, (4) to ascertain the stability of the family members, and (5) on the basis of these findings, to make suggestions for helping Farm Security families to more satisfactory living. / Master of Science

O nome de Walter Scott é repetidamente mencionado na obra de Balzac, sobretudo em seus textos críticos. Esta dissertação visa expor, para além da admiração patente do escritor, a penetração analítica de Balzac acerca do romance scottiano, o que lhe sugeriu um fundamento essencial para a formulação de sua Comédia Humana. Tendo como objeto de estudo a leitura dos textos críticos de Walter Scott e Balzac - seus prefácios principalmente -, procuramos demonstrar como o uso da História pelo romance tornou-se o elemento fundamental na aproximação entre os autores. Nossa intenção é deslindar, na fatura do romance, como se articula o entrecruzamento entre História e literatura. / Walter Scotts name is repeatedly mentioned in the works of Balzac, mostly in his critical writings. This dissertation aims to show, beyond the writers patent admiration, Balzacs penetrating criticism of the Scottian novel which disclosed to him a sound basis for the composition of his Comédie Humaine. Having Scotts and Balzacs critical writings as our object of study mainly their prefaces - we intend to demonstrate how the incorporation of History by the novel became the essential element in this comparative study of the two writers. Our purpose is to elucidate how this intersection between history and literature is articulated in the narrative.

El cine siempre me hipnotiza. Desde pequeña tuve una enorme facilidad para entregarme a la convención y dejarme llevar por aquello que veo en la pantalla, sin mayores pretensiones. Tal vez es un hábito heredado de mi abuela, a quien le encantaban las películas del cine de oro mexicano, o heredado de mis padres, que eran asiduos al cine de desastre de los setenta y al cine de terror. En realidad, es difícil saber. Lo único seguro es que lo disfruto mucho. Mi gusto por el terror y la ciencia ficción empezó temprano. Cuando nació mi hermana menor, mi mamá me regaló un televisor de 9 pulgadas, pequeñísimo, en el que podía ver la programación hasta muy tarde. Siempre sintonizaba Última función del canal 2. Obviamente, no tenía permitido ver televisión hasta tarde, pero ¿Quién se iba a dar cuenta?. En teoría, yo estaba “bien dormida”. Mi mamá me acostaba a las 8 de la noche. Aquella Última función empezaba a la medianoche. La matemática en este caso es bastante simple. / Tesis

O nome de Walter Scott é repetidamente mencionado na obra de Balzac, sobretudo em seus textos críticos. Esta dissertação visa expor, para além da admiração patente do escritor, a penetração analítica de Balzac acerca do romance scottiano, o que lhe sugeriu um fundamento essencial para a formulação de sua Comédia Humana. Tendo como objeto de estudo a leitura dos textos críticos de Walter Scott e Balzac - seus prefácios principalmente -, procuramos demonstrar como o uso da História pelo romance tornou-se o elemento fundamental na aproximação entre os autores. Nossa intenção é deslindar, na fatura do romance, como se articula o entrecruzamento entre História e literatura. / Walter Scotts name is repeatedly mentioned in the works of Balzac, mostly in his critical writings. This dissertation aims to show, beyond the writers patent admiration, Balzacs penetrating criticism of the Scottian novel which disclosed to him a sound basis for the composition of his Comédie Humaine. Having Scotts and Balzacs critical writings as our object of study mainly their prefaces - we intend to demonstrate how the incorporation of History by the novel became the essential element in this comparative study of the two writers. Our purpose is to elucidate how this intersection between history and literature is articulated in the narrative.

The purpose of this study was to examine how adult students in a reading class offered in a college-affiliated ESL program responded to The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, 1925; GG, afterwards) in small group book discussion sessions over eight weeks, and how they perceived their reading and discussing experiences. Analysis of students' literary responses demonstrated students' strategies in constructing textual meaning and transformation of their meaning-making strategies across time. Students in this study made sense of the text by making connections between the textual world and the text, themselves, and the world around them. Students also brought into discussion their reading experiences and a critical approach to the text. The percentage of comments devoted to each response category illustrated the changes in the focus of discussion and meaning making strategies across time. Taking up the novel, initially students spent more time discussing the historical context of the text and formulating connections with themselves and the world. Students were self-conscious about their reading difficulties. Further along in their reading, as they derived more information from the text, their discussion became more text-centered. Inferential comments and emotional reactions became more frequent elements in discussion, and talk about the reading experience itself and contextual information about the text diminished. Perceptions expressed about their reading experience of the literary text in their second language were predominantly about the enjoyment of reading and challenges and rewards in terms of: 1) language challenges, 2) culture challenges, and 3) literary challenges. Analysis of students' perceptions of their experiences in literary discussion as they read GG revealed their enjoyment of discussions and appreciation of how literary discussion had enriched their interpretation of the novel by providing opportunities for: 1) checking up on the textual information, 2) exchanging opinions, and 3) building a sense of learning community. / text

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1939. / Typescript; in 178 and 4 leaves. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-178).

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2010. / Title from screen (viewed on July 29, 2010). Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): John R. Kaufman-McKivigan, Robert G. Barrows, Kevin C. Robbins. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-151).

Après avoir distingué trois aspects explicatifs propres au roman (aspects psychologique, social ou romanesque) et défini, grâce à eux, trois types de romans (romans de caractères, de mœurs ou d’intrigue), ce travail s’intéresse plus particulièrement au roman de mœurs à l’époque de la Restauration et de la Monarchie de Juillet. Héritant de toute une tradition, ce genre s’illustre particulièrement dans le roman historique à la Walter Scott, puis dans le roman contemporain des physiologies. Balzac, d’abord influencé par le roman de mœurs en tant que tel, développe dans La Comédie humaine une forme hybride (mêlant aspects social et psychologique, roman de caractères et roman de mœurs), que l’on peut appeler roman réaliste (on y note un surinvestissement du vraisemblable romanesque). Cette définition du réalisme n’aplanit en rien les différences entre tel ou tel auteur ; elle permet, au contraire, de prendre la mesure des poétiques bien particulières développées par des romanciers comme Stendhal, George Sand ou Champfleury. / After having distinguished three explicative aspects of the novel (the psychological, social and plot-driven aspects) and defined three corresponding types of novels (novels of characters, manners and plot), this work focuses on the novel of manners during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy. Heir to quite an old tradition, this genre is at its peak with the Scottian historical novel and the novel of contemporary manners of the 1820’s. Balzac, first influenced by the novel of manners, develops in The Human Comedy a hybrid form (combining social and psychological aspects, novel of characters and novel of manners), which we may call the realistic novel (characterized by an overloading of verisimilitude). This definition of realism does not erase the differences between the authors; it allows, on the contrary, to appreciate the specific poetics developed by Stendhal, George Sand or Champfleury.

This study analyzes the procedures and operations of the Quartermaster, Ordnance, Commissary, and Medical Departments during Scott's campaign to determine the efficiency of the prevailing logistical system. Unpublished and published government documents, official records, manuscript collections, memoirs, diaries, and newspapers provide the data. The first chapter describes the logistical departments interworkings; the remaining chapters detail the operations of the bureaus during the expedition's assembly and campaign against Mexico City. The evidence revealed organizational deficiencies which caused severe shortages, particularly in transportation, for Scott's army. The shortages severely hampered the expedition. Because of .the numerous victories over 'Mexican forces, however,. American leaders ignored the organizational deficiencies, These shortcomings reappeared to .impede operations during the Civil War.

Cette recherche a pour but d’identifier une personnalité féminine révisionniste dans le modernisme littéraire américain. Cette personnalité révisionniste a pour nom «American Eve» et défie le «American Adam» qui est un personnage mythique patriarcal de R.W.B. Lewis provenant du dix-neuvième siècle. Cette conceptualisation est accomplie à l’aide d’une analyse socio-critique et comparative des trois protagonistes féminins dans les romans modernes The Awakening (1899) de Kate Chopin, The Sun Also Rises (1926) d’Ernest Hemingway, et The Great Gatsby (1925) de F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ma construction de cette personnalité féminine est divisée en trois chapitres, chacun étant dédié à un protagoniste en particulier. En comparant ces personnages littéraires sur un plan socio-critique et féministe, je permets à mon étude d’établir en quoi les personnages en question contribuent ou ne contribuent pas à la personnalité de «American Eve». Cette approche comparative est un excellent moyen d’évaluer l’évolution du potentiel révisionniste de la femme au vingtième siècle et les différentes façons par lesquelles elle emploie ce pouvoir.