Browsing by Subject "Characters"

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    • Crane's concept of heroism : satire in the war stories of Stephen Crane 
      Shaw, Mary Ann (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)
      This study examines Stephen Crane's use of satire in The Little Regiment, "Death and the Child", "An Episode of War", Wounds in the Rain, "Spitzbergen Tales", and The Red Badge of Courage in order to understand more fully ...
    • Creating Crowd Characters Through Procedural Deformation 
      Lindig, Nathan M (2021-04-28)
      Crowd simulations are a popular narrative tool in the entertainment industry and rely heavily on crowd characters for their effectiveness. The traditional processes employed for modeling characters are expensive and ...
    • The fool : character as technique in the novels of William Faulkner 
      Ware, Cheryl Lynn (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)
      A close analysis of the fool characters in William Faulkner's novels clearly establishes the importance of this character type in Faulkner's work. Focusing on Benjy Compson in The Sound and the Fury, Ike Snopes in The ...
    • The significance of the child in selected works of Thomas Hardy 
      Gibson, Joanna Barnett (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)
      The child is an essential figure in Thomas Hardy's fiction, and Hardy's concept of childhood is intimately related to his vision of life. In the novels of character and environment-Under the Greenwood Tree, Far From the ...
    • A Southern writer's retrospective : betrayal, rage and survival in the reconstruction fiction of Grace King 
      Williams, Carol Anne (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)
      This study is an examination of the metaphors, motifs, and symbols in the fiction of Grace Elizabeth King, a Louisianian whose work spans the period 1888-1932. It analyzes the characterization of women in her novels and ...
    • Women in the novels of John Updike : a critical study 
      Deen, Carol Ann Stanley (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)
      Although a few of the women characters in John Updike's early novels have received some critical consideration, there has been no thorough study of the women in all of his novels. This dissertation analyzes and evaluates ...