Browsing by Author "Margolf, Diane, committee member"

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Caricature et censure du dessin politique en France: ou le rôle de la liberté d'expression au sein des médias français de la révolution à l'affaire des caricatures de Mahomet
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012) Henry, Nicolas Christian, author; Malpezzi Price, Paola, advisor; Grim, Frédérique, committee member; Margolf, Diane, committee member
The goal of this thesis is to analyze the various changes that led France to become a true democracy by allowing its citizens to express themselves freely. Through social, political, and judicial battles, France successfully gained the right to self-expression without fearing the consequences of potential censorship. However, the war for freedom was never completely acquired. I will emphasize the most notorious cases in which the press was silenced by the censors. I will especially insist on the most modern example with defied French justice. I will provide a historical analysis to understand what led to a unique trial that ignited so much controversy. I will conclude that the legislative and democratic solution reflects the very principles of an independent and egalitarian society.
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Dangerous expectations: uncovering what triggered the hunt for witches in seventeenth-century New England
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) Franklin, Alaina R., author; Orsi, Jared, advisor; Margolf, Diane, committee member; Jordan, Erin, committee member; Hutchins, Zach, committee member
In voyaging to the New World, European colonists found a world that was unlike anything they believed they would experience, and they struggled to implement their familiar political, social, and religious structures in their new colonies. The gap between colonists' expectations and the New World they actually found sparked the occurrence of witch hunts in colonial New England during the seventeenth century. This thesis works to reinterpret and bridge the gap between two well-developed historiographies of witchcraft. Although historians tend to study witchcraft in the Old World and in New England separately and depict them differently, they are closely related. Witchcraft in the Old World changed and evolved into what we recognize as witchcraft in New England. They provide a continuous narrative.
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Haunting rhetoric: Ghost Adventures and the evolution of the ghost hunting genre
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014) Dale, Shannon, author; Kiefer, Kathleen, advisor; Sebek, Barbara, committee member; Margolf, Diane, committee member
This thesis examines the rhetorical and generic conventions of the popular ghost hunting television show, Ghost Adventures. By first exploring the introduction of this hybrid genre in the work of 17th-century author, Joseph Glanvill, I will reveal how genre conventions are created and morph over time through a genre analysis influenced by the theory of Amy Devitt. As the genre evolves over time, so does the rhetorical purpose of Ghost Adventures. Initially, Ghost Adventures sought to prove the existence of ghosts to a skeptical audience. In more recent seasons, the show has shifted their rhetoric to achieve Glanvill's original purpose to use belief in ghosts to prove the existence of God.
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Motifs, l'art et les moyens, Les: la reussite des contes de fee de Perrault et des freres Grimm
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rose, Elizabeth, author; Vogl, Mary, advisor; Malpezzi-Price, Paola, committee member; Margolf, Diane, committee member
Although many French and German authors have produced fairy tale collections, those of Charles Perrault and Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm are the best-selling non-religious literary works of all time in these two countries. In an attempt to understand the underlying reasons for the popularity of the fairy tale genre in general, scholars have explored the social, cultural, psychological and feminist context in which they were collected. However, an important question that has not been addressed, is why the collections of Perrault and the Grimm brothers, in particular, had such a resounding impact when they were first collected, and why they have maintained their popularity over time. This research directly addresses the above question by looking at three different socio-political areas in XVIIth century France and XIXth century Germany – the periods in which the Perrault and Grimm fairy tale collections first appeared. First, the study examines the level of literacy and access to free, public education for males. Second, the study explores the social attitudes of the French nobility toward the absolutist regime of Louis XIV and of the German populace toward the French occupation of Germany by Napoleon I. Third, this study looks at the methods of distribution that facilitated the dissemination of the Perrault and the Grimm brothers fairy tales to a large reading public. Additionally, the study highlights the importance of the specific literary contributions made by these authors to the fairy tale genre that contributed significantly to the success of their collections. By limiting the study of fairy tales to the two most important collections in Western Europe, it becomes clear that their popularity is due to a complex mixture of social and political reasons, as well as to the literary skill of the authors.