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Posted by Mahore (Member # 11632) on :
 
Hello everyone!

I have finally finished my dissertation on "Enchantment". "The Feminist, the Witch and the Princess: Female Characterisation in O. S. Card's Enchantment". I'll defend it in two weeks.
It can be read here: MA Memoir Blog

All commentaries are welcome, but I'm not an English native speaker, so don't expect a nice, fluent style; it is academic (some would say "pedantic", but well, it had to be written that way). I hope it is not reserved to the overbold.

[ June 11, 2008, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: Mahore ]
 

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Posted by Steve_G (Member # 10101) on :
 
Hmm I don't have a myspacae accoun, but would be interested in reading it, any possibility of putting it in a place that doesn't require myspace registration?
 

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Posted by Wonder Dog (Member # 5691) on :
 
I'd also love to read it, but am unwilling to register with myspace. Can you post it somewhere public? (Like a blogger blog?)
 

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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
I must say, having a list with 'Witch' in the middle, you missed a really excellent opportunity to put 'Wardrobe' on the end.
 

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Posted by Mahore (Member # 11632) on :
 
Oops, I didn't know you had to have a myspace account to read it. That's blackmail.
Since I created my account specifically to post my dissertation I guess it was pointless. I must be too naive.
Anyway, I created a new blog, and now it should work. Hopefully.
The Feminist, the Witch, and the Princess
 

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Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
 
"I must say, having a list with 'Witch' in the middle, you missed a really excellent opportunity to put 'Wardrobe' on the end."

That sort of thing might not be good for one's doctoral candidacy. LOL
 

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Posted by Wonder Dog (Member # 5691) on :
 
Thank you for posting that! Have you presented it yet? Will you have to do an oral defense? What did your adviser think of your topic?
 

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Posted by Mahore (Member # 11632) on :
 
I am defending it in about ten days, on Tuesday 24 June. My adviser thought I'd rather focus on something more "serious" (she had Sir Mallory's "Le morte d'Arhtur" in mind), but she was kind enough to let me keep this subject. She is (not so) secretly wishing that I'll come to my senses before the beginning of the second year of MA...

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"I must say, having a list with 'Witch' in the middle, you missed a really excellent opportunity to put 'Wardrobe' on the end."

That sort of thing might not be good for one's doctoral candidacy. LOL

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Well, studying Fantasy is not good for one's doctoral candidacy either.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I liked it, though didn't fully comprehend on my first read, obviously.

Make sure you submit it to the "Research" area of the site so people who don't come to the forums can read it too.
 

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Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :
 
I'd love to post your dissertation on Hatrack in the teacher/student section. Would you allow us to do that, and send us a copy?
 

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Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
 
Right off the bat my criticism is that it is The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints (bold mine). It is fine to abbreviate or shorten in second mentionings, but not in a title or for the first time. This is a sore spot that probably would bother Orson Scott Card if it was done in a less "innocent" manner.

I see you do that with source bibliography, but the above still stands.
 

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Posted by Mahore (Member # 11632) on :
 

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it is The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints (bold mine). It is fine to abbreviate or shorten in second mentionings, but not in a title or for the first time.

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