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Fifteen questions asked by the Providence, R.I., Visitor: Representing the Roman Catholic political machine
Title
Fifteen questions asked by the Providence, R.I., Visitor: Representing the Roman Catholic political machine.
Creator
De Leon, Daniel, Socialist Labor Party
Date Issued
1917
Identifier
332900, CFDT332900, ucf:5177
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/332900
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CATHOLIC INQUISITION IN TWO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GOTHIC NOVELS: PUNISHMENT AND REHABILITATION IN MATTHEW LEWIS' THE MONK AND ANN RADCLIFFE'S THE ITALIAN
Title
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CATHOLIC INQUISITION IN TWO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GOTHIC NOVELS: PUNISHMENT AND REHABILITATION IN MATTHEW LEWIS' THE MONK AND ANN RADCLIFFE'S THE ITALIAN.
Creator
Fennell, Jarad, Oliver, Kathleen, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The purpose of this thesis is to determine how guilt and shame act as engines of social control in two Gothic narratives of the 1790s, how they tie into the terror and horror modes of the genre, and how they give rise to two distinct narrative models, one centered on punishment and the other on rehabilitation. The premise of the paper is that both Matthew G. Lewis's The Monk and Ann Radcliffe's The Italian harness radically different emotional responses, one that demands the...
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to determine how guilt and shame act as engines of social control in two Gothic narratives of the 1790s, how they tie into the terror and horror modes of the genre, and how they give rise to two distinct narrative models, one centered on punishment and the other on rehabilitation. The premise of the paper is that both Matthew G. Lewis's The Monk and Ann Radcliffe's The Italian harness radically different emotional responses, one that demands the punishment of the aberrant individual and the other that reveres the reformative power of domestic felicity. The purposes of both responses are to civilize readers and their respective representations of the Holy Office of the Inquisition are central to this process. I examine the role of the Inquisition in The Monk and contrast it with the depiction of the same institution in The Italian. Lewis's book subordinates the ecclesiastical world to the authority of the aristocracy and uses graphic scenes of torture to support conservative forms of social control based on shame. The Italian, on the other hand, depicted the Inquisition as a conspiratorial body that causes Radcliffe's protagonists, and by extension her readers, to question their complicity in oppressive systems of social control and look for alternative means to punishment. The result is a push toward rehabilitation that is socially progressive but questions the English Enlightenment's promotion of the carceral.
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Date Issued
2007
Identifier
CFE0001654, ucf:47227
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001654
HOW DOES THE USE OF PICTURE BOOKS DURING INSTRUCTION IMPROVE STUDENT WORD CHOICE IN WRITING?
Title
HOW DOES THE USE OF PICTURE BOOKS DURING INSTRUCTION IMPROVE STUDENT WORD CHOICE IN WRITING?.
Creator
McAdams, Laurie, Camp, Donna, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The purpose of my research was to determine how the use of picture books during instruction would improve student word choice in writing. Donald Graves (2003), a renowned researcher in the teaching of writing, states, "All children need . . . to be surrounded with poetry, stories, information books, biography, science and history, imaginative and factual books." Graves' research presents successful classroom instruction when teachers incorporate literature as a fundamental part of their...
Show moreThe purpose of my research was to determine how the use of picture books during instruction would improve student word choice in writing. Donald Graves (2003), a renowned researcher in the teaching of writing, states, "All children need . . . to be surrounded with poetry, stories, information books, biography, science and history, imaginative and factual books." Graves' research presents successful classroom instruction when teachers incorporate literature as a fundamental part of their reading and writing instruction. Likewise, Susan Anderson McElveen and Connie Campbell Dierking (2000) conducted a study with their students using picture books as "precise examples" to teach writing. Their analysis of data showed that using children's literature, or picture books, served as a "bridge that linked the target skill with the reason for thinking, speaking, and writing like a writer" with their students. The subjects of my study were my fourth-grade students. I obtained data for this study from student writing samples, anecdotal records of my students, my daily reflections, class discussions, debriefings, and writing activities. I assessed students' writing samples using criteria for assessing word choice in the 6-Point Writing Guide in Vicki Spandel's (2005) Creating Young Writers. This study found that the majority of my students demonstrated improved word choice in their writing. Limitations of this study are discussed, as well as implications for future use of picture books during instruction.
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Date Issued
2005
Identifier
CFE0000592, ucf:46473
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000592
"TRULY AN AWESOME SPECTACLE": GENDER PERFORMATIVITY AND THE ALIENATION EFFECT IN ANGELS IN AMERICA
Title
"TRULY AN AWESOME SPECTACLE": GENDER PERFORMATIVITY AND THE ALIENATION EFFECT IN ANGELS IN AMERICA.
Creator
Gorney, Allen, Campbell, James, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Tony Kushner's two-part play Angels in America uses stereotypical depictions of gay men to deconstruct traditional gender dichotomies. In this thesis, I argue that Kushner has created a continuum of gender performativity to deconstruct these traditional gender dichotomies, thereby empowering the effeminate and disempowering the masculine. I closely examine Kushner's use of Brechtian and Aristotelian tenets in the first Broadway production of the play to demonstrate that Kushner sought to...
Show moreTony Kushner's two-part play Angels in America uses stereotypical depictions of gay men to deconstruct traditional gender dichotomies. In this thesis, I argue that Kushner has created a continuum of gender performativity to deconstruct these traditional gender dichotomies, thereby empowering the effeminate and disempowering the masculine. I closely examine Kushner's use of Brechtian and Aristotelian tenets in the first Broadway production of the play to demonstrate that Kushner sought to induce social awareness of gay male oppression, contingent on the audience's perception of Kushner's deconstruction of the traditional gender dichotomy. I also scrutinize the role of the closet and its implications in the play, primarily analyzed with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's theoretical framework, suggesting Kushner's partiality to openly gay men who can actively participate in the cessation of gay male oppression.
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Date Issued
2005
Identifier
CFE0000901, ucf:46731
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000901
THE USAGE OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AS A VEHICLE TO TEACH CULTURAL EMPATHY
Title
THE USAGE OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AS A VEHICLE TO TEACH CULTURAL EMPATHY.
Creator
Voltaire, Samuelle, Wharton, Tracy, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Social Work education is focused on helping students identify triggers and biases prior to entering the workforce, with an aim towards cultural competence. Class discussions and homework assignments are particularly intentional: through various assignments, students are urged to work on those issues before entering clinical practice. Young Adult (YA) literature has been successfully used in the field of Education to teach empathy and reflectivity regarding diversity to preservice teachers....
Show moreSocial Work education is focused on helping students identify triggers and biases prior to entering the workforce, with an aim towards cultural competence. Class discussions and homework assignments are particularly intentional: through various assignments, students are urged to work on those issues before entering clinical practice. Young Adult (YA) literature has been successfully used in the field of Education to teach empathy and reflectivity regarding diversity to preservice teachers. The use of YA literature may hold promise for Social Work education as a teaching tool, but the extent of current use in Social Work education is unknown. An anonymous survey of Social Work faculty at Florida universities was conducted using Qualtrics. The survey was sent to approximately 250 instructors of undergraduate and graduate courses. Eighteen surveys were completed, and 17 were used in data analysis. It was found that the majority of respondents used non-textbook and print material at least some of the time in their courses. Of those who used YA Literature in their courses, more than half the time it was used to facilitate cultural and diversity learning. Based on the data, YA literature holds promises for social work education in the area of development of cultural empathy. This study lays the groundwork for further research on how YA literature can be incorporated into cultural competency coursework.
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Date Issued
2016
Identifier
CFH2000006, ucf:45590
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000006
DE NERUDA A PARRA: UN ANALISIS DE LOS ASPECTOS ESTETICOS Y SOCIO-POLITICOS QUE CONSTRUYEN LA CHILENIDAD EN LA EPOCA CONTEMPORANEA
Title
DE NERUDA A PARRA: UN ANALISIS DE LOS ASPECTOS ESTETICOS Y SOCIO-POLITICOS QUE CONSTRUYEN LA CHILENIDAD EN LA EPOCA CONTEMPORANEA.
Creator
Lindberg, Julia M., Villanueva, C. Alberto, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Espanol: Esta investigacion tiene el proposito de buscar, identificar y resaltar caracteristicas esteticas y socio-politicas en la literatura chilena que unen o explican factores constituyentes de la chilenidad en la epoca contemporanea. Mas en concreto, comenzare por introducir un panorama actualizado del Chile de hoy, ahondando un poco en la historia del pais empezando con la Guerra del Pacifico en 1879, cuando se nota por primera vez que el caso chileno es fundamentalmente divergente de...
Show moreEspanol: Esta investigacion tiene el proposito de buscar, identificar y resaltar caracteristicas esteticas y socio-politicas en la literatura chilena que unen o explican factores constituyentes de la chilenidad en la epoca contemporanea. Mas en concreto, comenzare por introducir un panorama actualizado del Chile de hoy, ahondando un poco en la historia del pais empezando con la Guerra del Pacifico en 1879, cuando se nota por primera vez que el caso chileno es fundamentalmente divergente de los demas paises del continente. Este antecedente militar y politico germinal es suficiente para alcanzar la epoca en que me he de entrar en esta investigacion, en torno a los sucesos del 1973 donde se discutiran las circunstancias que rodeaban la dictadura de Pinochet y como estas marcaron profundamente la sociedad chilena, hasta la actualidad. Asi intentare fomentar una base para empezar a analizar cautelosamente fragmentos y similitudes que exhiben una naturaleza est�tica o socio-politica en la poesia de Pablo Neruda, Enrique Lihn y en la antipoesia de Nicanor Parra. English: The purpose of this investigation is to find, identify, and highlight aesthetic and socio-political characteristics in Chilean literature that unite or explain constituent factors of chilenidad in the contemporary era. More concretely, it will begin by introducing a current panorama of today�s Chile, delving into the history of the country starting with the War of the Pacific in 1879, when it first becomes apparent that the Chilean case is fundamentally divergent of that of the rest of the countries in South America. From there, it will jump to the year 1973 where the circumstances that surrounded the dictatorship of Pinochet will be discussed and examined in regards to how deeply it impacted Chilean society in the past and how it continuously affects Chile in the present. This will form the necessary base to initiate a careful analysis of fragments and similarities that exhibit an aesthetic or socio-political nature in the poetry of Pablo Neruda, Enrique Lihn, and the antipoetry of Nicanor Parra.
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Date Issued
2016
Identifier
CFH2000033, ucf:45596
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000033
EXPLORING THE PORTRAYALS OF MODERN FIRST LADIES IN CHILDREN'S PICTUREBOOK BIOGRAPHIES
Title
EXPLORING THE PORTRAYALS OF MODERN FIRST LADIES IN CHILDREN'S PICTUREBOOK BIOGRAPHIES.
Creator
Elmore, Kaitlin N, Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
No study to date has been uncovered in regard to the presence of First Ladies in children's biographies. However, related prior studies, such as a study on the effect of gender in scientific children's biographies (Owens, 2009) have stated that the portrayal of women in children's biographies has evolved over time. Therefore, I wondered how First ladies were portrayed in children's books, specifically biographies, for elementary aged students. Therefore, this study examined a collection of...
Show moreNo study to date has been uncovered in regard to the presence of First Ladies in children's biographies. However, related prior studies, such as a study on the effect of gender in scientific children's biographies (Owens, 2009) have stated that the portrayal of women in children's biographies has evolved over time. Therefore, I wondered how First ladies were portrayed in children's books, specifically biographies, for elementary aged students. Therefore, this study examined a collection of picturebook biographies written for children about First Ladies in order to explore how First Ladies are portrayed. For the purpose of this study, I chose to analyze how the roles of the First Lady was represented, both domestic and political. Across the 11 books analyzed, there were 57 mentions of political duties, including mentions of the First Lady being a political partner (15), champion of social causes (13), and a diplomat (7). Across the 11 books analyzed, there were 20 mentions of domestic duties, including wife, mother, and hostess. According to this research, the books, as a sample, have shown a bigger focus on the political achievements of the First Lady over their domestic life, including being a wife and mother while being First Lady.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000417, ucf:45772
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000417
USING PICTUREBOOKS TO ENHANCE THIRD GRADE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION AND MEET THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Title
USING PICTUREBOOKS TO ENHANCE THIRD GRADE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION AND MEET THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS.
Creator
Chippa, Onaiza, Hoffman, Elizabeth, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Teachers are constantly being asked to use innovative ways to teach core subjects, especially science. Teachers need to get students engaged and actively learning, at all times and that is not an easy task. The purpose of this project was to explore the use of quality children's literature in enhancing science instruction in the third grade curriculum while implementing and helping students meet the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (ELA CCSS). I researched how using children...
Show moreTeachers are constantly being asked to use innovative ways to teach core subjects, especially science. Teachers need to get students engaged and actively learning, at all times and that is not an easy task. The purpose of this project was to explore the use of quality children's literature in enhancing science instruction in the third grade curriculum while implementing and helping students meet the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (ELA CCSS). I researched how using children's literature in the science curriculum may be beneficial for students. I have created a handbook that third grade teachers can use as a resource to enhance their science curricula. This handbook breaks down the four bodies of knowledge (Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, and Nature of Science) and eleven big ideas for the third grade NGSSS. It includes titles and short descriptions of picturebooks that relate to those benchmarks. It also relates the third grade science benchmarks to the ELA CCSS through activities teachers can use to teach any given benchmark.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFH0004520, ucf:45182
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004520
REPRESENTATION AND IMAGINATION OF THE HOLOCAUST IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Title
REPRESENTATION AND IMAGINATION OF THE HOLOCAUST IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE.
Creator
mackarey , amelia, Campbell , James, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The intent of this thesis is to examine and interpret the representation of the Holocaust in young adult literature. The tone, style, and emotion used to convey the Holocaust experience, both in fiction and nonfiction stories, in eyewitness and indirect accounts, affects its representation to a young adult audience. I will study the effects of sentimentality, realism, and fun and their impact on our understanding and remembrance of the Holocaust. I will analyze several texts, including Island...
Show moreThe intent of this thesis is to examine and interpret the representation of the Holocaust in young adult literature. The tone, style, and emotion used to convey the Holocaust experience, both in fiction and nonfiction stories, in eyewitness and indirect accounts, affects its representation to a young adult audience. I will study the effects of sentimentality, realism, and fun and their impact on our understanding and remembrance of the Holocaust. I will analyze several texts, including Island on Bird Street, The Book Thief, and Night. The paradox of finding an appropriate balance between presenting a realistic portrayal of the Holocaust and understanding that we could never fathom the horrors of the Holocaust is one that plagues both writers and readers of this genre of literature and I plan to critique the ways in which different works discuss the subject. Ultimately, I will consider the conflict of how we negotiate between complete repression versus obsessive memorialization. What is the role of memory? What is the proper way to move on from the horrors of the past while still honoring the innocent people who lived and died? Through my analysis, I hope to attempt to answer these questions and, perhaps, provide suggestions for appropriate representation and memorialization.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFH0004575, ucf:45214
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004575
"A Laudable Ambition Fired Her Soul": Conduct Fiction Helps Define Republican Womanhood, Community, and Education in the Works of Judith Sargent Murray, Hannah Webster Foster, and Susanna Rowson
Title
"A Laudable Ambition Fired Her Soul": Conduct Fiction Helps Define Republican Womanhood, Community, and Education in the Works of Judith Sargent Murray, Hannah Webster Foster, and Susanna Rowson.
Creator
Workman, Jessica, Logan, Lisa, Kamrath, Mark, Oliver, Kathleen, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This study examines the major works of Judith Sargent Murray, Hannah Webster Foster, and Susanna Haswell Rowson, three major writers of the 1790s whose writing responds to the ideologies of the early American Republic. I suggest that Murray, Foster, and Rowson write conduct fiction which responds to the changing attitudes toward women and education after the American Revolution. Using fiction, these authors comment on the republican woman, the need for women's education, and the necessity for...
Show moreThis study examines the major works of Judith Sargent Murray, Hannah Webster Foster, and Susanna Haswell Rowson, three major writers of the 1790s whose writing responds to the ideologies of the early American Republic. I suggest that Murray, Foster, and Rowson write conduct fiction which responds to the changing attitudes toward women and education after the American Revolution. Using fiction, these authors comment on the republican woman, the need for women's education, and the necessity for women to gather in communities for support. Despite the prevailing notion that reading too many novels would corrupt young women, Judith Sargent Murray's novella, The Story of Margaretta (1786), Hannah Webster Foster's novels, The Coquette (1797) and The Boarding School (1798), and Susanna Rowson's novels, Charlotte Temple (1794) and Reuben and Rachel; or, Tales of Old Times (1798), were some of the most popular books in the late eighteenth century. If these novels were not meant to be read by young women, who were the authors' primary audience, why were they so popular? This project situates these questions in the political environment the authors were writing in to show that a relationship exists between what women were reading and how authors of conduct fiction helped facilitate the changing roles of women in the early Republic.
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Date Issued
2011
Identifier
CFE0004180, ucf:49039
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004180
ADVENTURES OF KODY: A CHILDREN'S VISUALSTORYBOOK AND INTERACTIVE WEB SITE
Title
ADVENTURES OF KODY: A CHILDREN'S VISUALSTORYBOOK AND INTERACTIVE WEB SITE.
Creator
Walsh, Matthew, Adams, Jo Anne, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In order to experience unconditional love, prejudices must be exposed and overcome. People often meet others with a disability or handicap and unknowingly treat these individuals negatively. As a middle school teacher, I have often witnessed students behaving cruelly towards those that are different. When my dog became a paraplegic I was inspired to develop a project to assist young readers in the development of conscientious actions towards individuals with disabilities. This document...
Show moreIn order to experience unconditional love, prejudices must be exposed and overcome. People often meet others with a disability or handicap and unknowingly treat these individuals negatively. As a middle school teacher, I have often witnessed students behaving cruelly towards those that are different. When my dog became a paraplegic I was inspired to develop a project to assist young readers in the development of conscientious actions towards individuals with disabilities. This document chronicles the development, procedures, and outcomes of the process behind that artistic endeavor. The artistic elements of this thesis project are a written children's storybook and an educational interactive Web site to further teach inclusiveness to young readers. The images are real photos that have been manipulated to look like illustrations that enhance elements that are visually appealing to children in order to increase the images' communication value. The site has been designed to integrate the look and feel of the book, complementing and referencing it.
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Date Issued
2010
Identifier
CFE0003488, ucf:48951
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003488
Ballou's pictorial Vol. IX., No. 25, December 22, 1855
Title
Ballou's pictorial Vol. IX., No. 25, December 22, 1855.
Creator
Ballou, Maturin Murray, Austin C. Burdick
Date Created
1855
Identifier
DP0012649, AP2.A389 No. 233
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012649
Bluegrass, Blueprints, and Bildung: The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as an Appalachian Bildungsroman
Title
Bluegrass, Blueprints, and Bildung: The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as an Appalachian Bildungsroman.
Creator
Shoemaker, Leona, Meehan, Kevin, Campbell, James, Jones, Donald, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come takes as its backdrop the American Civil War, as the author, John Fox, Jr., champions Kentucky's social development during the Progressive Era. Although often criticized for capitalizing on his propagation of regional stereotypes, I argue that the structure of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is much more problematic than that. Recognizing the Bildungsroman as a vehicle for cultural and social critique in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century...
Show moreThe Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come takes as its backdrop the American Civil War, as the author, John Fox, Jr., champions Kentucky's social development during the Progressive Era. Although often criticized for capitalizing on his propagation of regional stereotypes, I argue that the structure of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is much more problematic than that. Recognizing the Bildungsroman as a vehicle for cultural and social critique in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century writing, this project offers an in-depth literary analysis of John Fox, Jr.'s novel, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, in which I contend the story itself is, in fact, an impassioned account of human progress that juxtaposes civilized Bluegrass society and the degraded culture of the southern mountaineer. Indicative of the Progressive Era scientific attitude toward social and cultural evolution, Fox creates a narrative that advances his theory of southern evolution in which southern mountaineers are directed away from their own culturally inferior notions of development and towards a sense of duty to adapt to the civility of Bluegrass culture.This study focuses briefly on defining the Bildungsroman as a genre, from its eighteenth-century German origins to its influence on the American literary tradition. Beginning with Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, the Bildungsroman, in its most traditional form, narrates the development of the protagonist's mind and character from childhood to adulthood. Focus will be placed on how the Bildungsroman engages with literature's ability to facilitate the relationship between an individual and social development, as well as how easily the Bildungsroman lends itself to being appropriated and reconfigured. This study will then demonstrate how The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Fox's local-color narrative, in its focus on the growth of the protagonist, Chad, as an allegory of the development of an Appalachian identity during the Progressive Era, might usefully be understood as an Appalachian Bildungsroman. While Chad, ultimately acquires the polished savoir faire of a skilled Bluegrass gentleman, the tensions between the southern mountaineers and the Bluegrass bourgeois makes his socialization into any one culture impossible, a situation illustrative of the disparity between Appalachia and the rest of America during the Progressive Era. By adapting the Bildungsroman to represent this historical situation, Fox's novel demonstrates the kind of conflict that furthered Appalachian difference as point of contention for the problematic ideals of social and cultural evolution, thus, indicating the need for reconciling Appalachia's marginal position.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0006002, ucf:51021
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006002
Literature and Marxism
Title
Literature and Marxism: A controversy.
Creator
Flores, Angel
Date Issued
1938
Identifier
1927048, CFDT1927048, ucf:4801
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927048
Speech of Hon. Salmon P. Chase
Title
Speech of Hon. Salmon P. Chase.
Creator
Chase, Salmon P.
Date Created
1855-08-21
Identifier
DP0012825
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012825
ESTHER REED'S POLITICAL SENTIMENTS AND RHETORIC DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Title
ESTHER REED'S POLITICAL SENTIMENTS AND RHETORIC DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Creator
Harkins, Kennedy, Kamrath, Mark, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In 1780, during the final leg of the American Revolutionary War, Esther Reed penned the broadside "Sentiments of an American Woman." It circulated in Philadelphia, persuading citizens to turn over their last dollars to the cause. Reed's broadside called to action the women of Philadelphia; they knocked on doors, campaigned with words, and stepped firmly into the "man's world" of politics and revolution. Reed's words were so effective that women in cities across the colonies took to raising...
Show moreIn 1780, during the final leg of the American Revolutionary War, Esther Reed penned the broadside "Sentiments of an American Woman." It circulated in Philadelphia, persuading citizens to turn over their last dollars to the cause. Reed's broadside called to action the women of Philadelphia; they knocked on doors, campaigned with words, and stepped firmly into the "man's world" of politics and revolution. Reed's words were so effective that women in cities across the colonies took to raising money as well. Using New Historicist and feminist reading strategies, this study compares and contrasts Reed's rhetoric to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, another revolutionary propaganda piece of the era. I argue that the two pieces differ in key aspects due to Paine's existence in the public sphere and Reed's in the private. From her position in the private sphere, Reed was able to produce a provocative piece of rhetoric that stands out against other female literature at the time.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000323, ucf:45712
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000323
REVIEW OF INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE BREASTFEEDING BELIEFS AND INTENT AMONG NULLIPAROUS BLACK COLLEGE WOMEN
Title
REVIEW OF INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE BREASTFEEDING BELIEFS AND INTENT AMONG NULLIPAROUS BLACK COLLEGE WOMEN.
Creator
Eunice, Jaime, Waldrop, Julee, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
United States breastfeeding rates are below Healthy People 2020 national goals, with African American women at the lowest rates. According to the theory of planned behavior, intention is a strong determinant of actual behavior. The purpose of this review is to uncover how researchers can best measure attributes that influence the intention to breast feed in the African American college aged population of nulliparous women. Tools to measure breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, cultural...
Show moreUnited States breastfeeding rates are below Healthy People 2020 national goals, with African American women at the lowest rates. According to the theory of planned behavior, intention is a strong determinant of actual behavior. The purpose of this review is to uncover how researchers can best measure attributes that influence the intention to breast feed in the African American college aged population of nulliparous women. Tools to measure breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, cultural and social norms will be identified. Searches of health databases and Google Scholar located peer-reviewed journals using keywords such as Black, African American, instrument, female and student. The literature was searched and this review found that there are no published sources that specifically study the Black female college student population. However, numerous tools that have been used in research with other modern, Western university students groups may also be used with this population. Factors determined to be important to intention included exposure, knowledge, individual attitudes toward breastfeeding, with a focus on psychosocial embarrassment and social norms. The findingssupport researchers by suggesting future interventions, and development of tools that can be used to measure effectiveness.
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Date Issued
2011
Identifier
CFH0004074, ucf:44800
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004074
AN EXAMINATION OF RELATIONAL BULLYING IN AWARD WINNING NEWBERY BOOKS, 1996-2016
Title
AN EXAMINATION OF RELATIONAL BULLYING IN AWARD WINNING NEWBERY BOOKS, 1996-2016.
Creator
Wann, Kaysey N, Hoffman, Elizabeth, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Relational bullying, although covert in nature and difficult for adults to notice and identify, is becoming increasingly prevalent among young children and teens. The success of bibliotherapy as preventative and intervention practices for bullying shows that portrayals of relational bullying in quality children's literature would be effective in reducing and preventing it. However, relational bullying is rarely portrayed in children's literature. My goal was to find quality children's...
Show moreRelational bullying, although covert in nature and difficult for adults to notice and identify, is becoming increasingly prevalent among young children and teens. The success of bibliotherapy as preventative and intervention practices for bullying shows that portrayals of relational bullying in quality children's literature would be effective in reducing and preventing it. However, relational bullying is rarely portrayed in children's literature. My goal was to find quality children's realistic fiction literature that portrays relational bullying in Newbery award-winning books, and to bring them to the attention of teachers. After creating a table to determine what types of bullying, if any, were portrayed in the 21 Newbery Medal and Honor realistic fiction children's literature (1996-2016), the books were read in their totality, and analyzed for any portrayals of relational bullying, including the experience of bullying from the eyes of the bully, victim, and bystander. The bullying portrayed in the literature was described, as well as the characteristics of the bully and victim. Only 10 out of the 21 books read contained portrayals of bullying in the plot. Using this information, future research will include creating a website for teachers, other educational professionals, and parents, to help bring quality children's literature portrayals of relational bullying to their attention. The hope is that teachers will begin to use the findings of this study as a resource with their students, to prevent or address relational bullying in their classrooms, and to recommend it to school psychologists, counselors, and parents, as needed.
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Date Issued
2017
Identifier
CFH0000231, ucf:44684
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0000231
TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE PAIRING OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE WITH CLASSIC LITERATURE IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT OR HONORS TWELFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS
Title
TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE PAIRING OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE WITH CLASSIC LITERATURE IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT OR HONORS TWELFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS.
Creator
Kopp, Julie, Kaplan, Jeffrey, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Classics remain important to high school curriculum; however, they are also not palatable to today's students. This problem can be addressed by the use of young adult literature to help engagement and comprehension when paired with classic literature. By connecting the two, a student has the chance to learn something they will enjoy before moving on to what would be seen as efferent reading This thesis contains a review of literature on integrating young adult literature in the classroom in...
Show moreClassics remain important to high school curriculum; however, they are also not palatable to today's students. This problem can be addressed by the use of young adult literature to help engagement and comprehension when paired with classic literature. By connecting the two, a student has the chance to learn something they will enjoy before moving on to what would be seen as efferent reading This thesis contains a review of literature on integrating young adult literature in the classroom in order to view its effects on the students' engagement and comprehension. This study focuses on twelfth grade students taking Advanced Placement and Honors courses. Much of the research covers from the middle grades up to ninth grade. No direct research has been found for the twelfth grade level to have students become more avid readers past graduation. The thesis contains sample unit schedules with at least three sample lesson plans within each unit. There are explanations of how these lessons can used in conjunction with young adult literature and classical literature. Each unit covers a different classic novel list and provides the best way to engage students with increased comprehension when put into practice in any twelfth grade Advanced Placement and Honors classroom.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFH0004465, ucf:45099
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004465
"BLOUDY TYGRISSES": MURDEROUS WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA AND POPULAR LITERATURE
Title
"BLOUDY TYGRISSES": MURDEROUS WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA AND POPULAR LITERATURE.
Creator
Hill, Alexandra, Larson, Peter, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis examines artistic and literary images of murderous women in popular print published in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. The construction of murderous women in criminal narratives, published between 1558 and 1625 in pamphlet, ballad, and play form, is examined in the context of contemporary historical records and cultural discourse. Chapter One features a literature review of the topic in recent scholarship. Chapter Two, comprised of two subsections, discusses...
Show moreThis thesis examines artistic and literary images of murderous women in popular print published in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. The construction of murderous women in criminal narratives, published between 1558 and 1625 in pamphlet, ballad, and play form, is examined in the context of contemporary historical records and cultural discourse. Chapter One features a literature review of the topic in recent scholarship. Chapter Two, comprised of two subsections, discusses representations of early modern women in contemporary literature and criminal archives. The subsections in Chapter Two examine early modern treatises, sermons, and essays concerning the nature of women, the roles and responsibilities of wives and mothers, and debates about marriage, as well as a review of women tried for murder in the Middlesex assize courts between 1558 and 1625. Chapter Three, comprised of four subsections, engages in critical readings of approximately 52 pamphlets, ballads, and plays published in the same period. Individual subsections discuss how traitorous wives, murderous mothers, women who murder in their communities, and punishment and redemption are represented in the narratives. Woodcut illustrations printed in these texts are also examined, and their iconographic contributions to the construction of bad women is discussed. Women who murder in these texts are represented as consummately evil creatures capable of inflicting terrible harm to their families and communities, and are consistently discovered, captured, and executed by their communities for their heinous crimes. Murderous women in early modern popular literature also provided a means for contemporary men and women to explore, confront, and share in the depths of sin, while anticipating their own spiritual salvation. Pamphlets, plays, and broadsides related bawdy, graphic, and violent stories that allow modern readers a glimpse of the popular culture and mental world of Renaissance England.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
CFE0002727, ucf:48160
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002727

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