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Parts of Women

Description: Parts of Women contains a scholarly preface that discusses the woman's body both in fiction and in the experience of being a woman writer. The preface is followed by five original short stories. "Parts of Women" is a three-part story composed of three first-person monologues. "Controlled Burn" involves a woman anthropologist who discovers asbestos in her office. "Tango Lessons" is about a middle-aged woman who's always in search of her true self. "Expatriates" concerns a man who enters the live… more
Date: May 2001
Creator: Murphy, Maria Christine
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Reflections of Other/Reflections of Self

Description: This Thesis collection contains a critical preface and five stories. The preface, “Reflejos y Reflexiones” (translated: Images and Thoughts), addresses the issues of writing the cultural or gendered Other; these issues include methodology, literary colonialism, a dialogue between works, and creating distance through defamiliarizing the self. “Perennials” is the story of Noemi Tellez, an immigrant to the U.S. who must choose between working and taking care of her family. In “Load Bearing” Lui… more
Date: August 2002
Creator: Bebout, Lee
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When shape becomes a sign: narrative design in creative nonfiction.

Description: This thesis consists of a preface and three original short stories. The preface explores the idea that narrative designthe shape or structureof a story may become a literary motif in its own right. The three stories included are creative nonfiction and each employs a distinct modular design. The themes of the stories revolve around personal identity and values; families and marriage; and creative empowerment.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Hale, Bonnie
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A Drop of Oil

Description: Many Christian writers point to God through their fiction without openly evangelizing. The images their words evoke lift their secular and religious readers' heads, for God is reflected in their use of language, the emotions they describe, and the actions of their characters. The preface and short stories in this collection aim to show that God's presence can be felt even when people are suffering due to human decisions and mistakes. He is with His creations in the midst of their pain to impart… more
Date: May 2005
Creator: Bullman, Carol
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Language and the Art of Writing

Description: I start writing by conjuring up an image in my mind. Sometimes it will be something that I have thought about for a while, sometimes it will be something that I sit around attempting to create. Either way, it is simply the idea that I need in order to get started. People will say, "Just sit down and write" which I can do, but it does not mean I will end up anywhere worthwhile. In my writing I need a focus. I need an idea or just one image to get me writing and I can base an entire story of… more
Date: May 2006
Creator: Damask, Tarah
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Art Criticism and the Gendering of Lee Bontecou's Art, ca. 1959 - 1964

Description: This thesis identifies and analyzes gendering in the art writing devoted to Lee Bontecou's metal and canvas sculptures made from the 1959 - 1964. Through a careful reading of reviews and articles written about Bontecou's constructions, this thesis reconstructs the context of the art world in the United States at mid-century and investigates how cultural expectations regarding gender directed the reception of Bontecou's art, beginning in 1959 and continuing through mid-1960s. Incorporating a des… more
Date: December 2005
Creator: Estrada-Berg, Victoria
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Souvenir (20e siècle)

Description: Recording of Rainer Boesch's Souvenir (20e siècle). The composer describes this work as "prophetic" and gives reference to his own memories.
Date: 1999
Duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Boesch, Rainer, 1938-2014
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Partner: UNT Music Library

Chrysalithe

Description: Recording of Eric La Casa's Chrysalithe. This work is comprised of various concrete sound materials that have been manipulated and assembled together to create a triptych. The composer has titled the three sections as: "L'inspir", "La traversée", and "L'expir". The composition represents a rebirth as well as the "everlasting motion of the self".
Date: 1997
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: La Casa, Éric, 1968-
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Partner: UNT Music Library
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