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An Edition of Marian Devotional Texts Extant in English Manuscripts of the Fifteenth and Early-Sixteenth Centuries

Towl, Elizabeth May (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

In this study I edit eight texts extant in manuscripts from the fifteenth and early-sixteenth century. Their similarity lies not only in their historical moment; they are all connected to the cult of the Virgin Mary, and ...
Flourishing as Productive Paradox in Mary Oliver's Poetry

Macdonald, Neale Katherine (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

This thesis provides a new way of reading the Romantic inheritance and spiritual themes in Mary Oliver’s poetry, through a framework that accommodates her paradoxical poetical and spiritual subjectivities. Existing scholarship ...
"Dream not of Other Worlds": C.S. Lewis, Philip Pullman and the Ghost of Milton

Scherer, Ulrike (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

This thesis examines how two authors of fantasy fiction attempt to re-imagine Paradise Lost in their works and analyses how they each deal with Miltonic influence in a markedly different way. The two works that are the ...
Listening Needs of Distance Learners: A Case Study of EAP Learners at the University of the South Pacific

Chand, Rajni Kaushal (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)

This study focuses on student listening needs in the context of the English for Academic Purposes program taught by distance education at the University of the South Pacific. It explores the relationship between learners’ ...
Feedback and revision: A protocol analysis

Rajoo, Margaret (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009)

Written feedback is a widespread practice and has garnered considerable positive and negative attention. The responses that teachers provide on students’ writing are essential to encourage and develop students’ writing. ...
Temptation, Fall, Decline and Death: The Representation of the Fallen Woman in Adam Bede and David Copperfield

Crawford, Maria Joy (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2010)

In the nineteenth century a specifically Victorian narrative of fallenness was constructed which reflected many of the anxieties of the age; consequently the fallen woman became a Victorian obsession. The narrative was ...
A Time for Ethics: Janet Frame and W. G. Sebald

Carter, Josephine (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

'A Time for Ethics: Janet Frame and W. G. Sebald' identifies how literary texts which both respond to a traumatic past and adopt an openness towards the future enact an ethical stance. The recent "ethical turn" in a range ...
Modelling the emergence of speech sound categories in evolving connectionist systems

Taylor, John; Kasabov, Nikola; Kilgour, Richard (Discussion Paper, 2000)

We report on the clustering of nodes in internally represented acoustic space. Learners of different languages partition perceptual space distinctly. Here, an Evolving Connectionist-Based System (ECOS) is used to model the ...
"Am I a Clowne?": Clowning in Shakespeare

Stone, Alison (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)

This study considers the importance of clowning in Shakespeare’s drama. In order to establish the foundations of my study I analyse the clown roles in three anonymous plays: Dericke in The Famous Victories of Henry the ...
Spiral Reading Strategies: Re/citing Māori and Aboriginal Stories in Relation to the Nation

Rodenburg, Linda Michelle (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

Stories, as discourses, act on the world by creating systems of representation. Along with other discourses, they sanction and limit what can be conceived as reality. The stories of Thomas King and Patricia Grace are a ...