Master of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, 2017, Art

Within this document you will find the instructional artwork how to do it yourself, annotated with instructions. You will then encounter an account of the practice at large, and treatments of the two works shown in the 2017 Urban Arts Space Exhibition THESIS: me and my army and for now.

Committee: Roger Beebe Ph.D. (Advisor); Alison Crocetta M.F.A. (Committee Member); Ann Hamilton M.F.A. (Committee Member); Kris Paulsen Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Art Criticism; Film Studies; Fine Arts; Gender; Literature

Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, 2011, College of Arts and Sciences - English

Throughout his papacy, John Paul II delivered a series of 129 audiences about the body, sex, and the meaning of life; his exegesis was later published as the text titled Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body. His work is not only a reaction against the sexual revolution, but also against modernity's neo-Manichaean culture and ethics in general. At the core of his theological anthropology are the truths that the body is an expression of the person; that the human person is most fulfilled in the gift of self; and that together, in mutual self-giving, the male and female bodies constitute a spousal analogy through which we may come to an understanding of the Trinity on earth. This project aims to condense the text and apply it as a literary theory to elucidate three novels: The Handmaid's Tale, A Clockwork Orange, and Written on the Body.

Committee: Dr. Katharine Gillespie PhD (Advisor); Dr. Laura Mandell PhD (Committee Member); Dr. William H. Hardesty III PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: Divinity; Ethics; Gender; Language; Literature; Modern Literature; Philosophy; Spirituality; Theology; Womens Studies

Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, 2005, College of Arts and Sciences - English

This thesis is an examination of the historical contexts behind eight twentieth-century dystopian novels and one dystopian film derived from one of those novels. Dystopian fiction is inextricably linked to the context (that is to say, the time and place, as well as the circumstances of its author) in which it was written. A judicious reading of a piece of dystopian literature must include an examination of this context, since dystopian works are written by at particular historical moments and have particular messages that are being sent to particular audiences. This thesis will examine the moments, messages, and audiences behind these novels and show how a better understanding of the work is achieved through examining the art in its own context.

Committee: Laura Mandell (Advisor) Subjects: Literature, General

Master of Arts in English, Cleveland State University, 2011, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Anthony Burgess's novel is more than an exercise in the language of violence: A Clockwork Orange is a satiric testament to an era which recognized the need for social conformities and new scientific discourses as a means to control the revolting youth. The teenage angst and violent rebellion which encompasses the very essence of Burgess's protagonist, Alex, is attributed to the British “Angry Young Man” movement prevalent during the 1950's as a way to show how this literary “voice” ends with the arrival of A Clockwork Orange on the literary scene. By utilizing Alan Sillitoe's novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and three novellas from The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner as a way to lay the foundation for this prolific genre, I will focus on how these novels and their respective heroes gradually progress into A Clockwork Orange, the final “chapter” in this highly influential movement. I also wish to focus on how the anger expressed in Sillitoe's works reaches a pinnacle stance upon A Clockwork Orange's inception as Alex represents the horrific parody of the rebellious youth.

Committee: Jennifer M. Jeffers PhD (Committee Chair); Frederick J. Karem PhD (Committee Member); Gary Dyer PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: