title: Western Agrarian Revolt, The C.C.F., and The Social Gospel

contributor:
Coleman, William
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
The religious movement known as the Christian social gospel arose in Canada in the early years of the twentieth century, and stemmed primarily from the Methodist, Presbyterian and ,Anglican churches. Arguing that the word of Christ had to be applied to the economic and political environment, the social gospel strived to inject a secular meaning into christian teachings, and thereby do away with the traditional meaning of religion as strictly an individual, mysterious, and spititual phenonena. Such spokesmen as Salem Bland, William Ivens. William Irvine, and J.S. Woodsworth -- all part of what would later be known as the radical social gospel -- even went so far as to question the basis of the capitalist system, and in the process began their long and fruitful association with the farmers of Western Canada, and later the C. C. F. party.

Although the ideals of the social gospel influenced all aspects of reform in Canada, no where did it have a Dare profound effect than in the political protest of the western farmers' movement and the C.C.F. party. The social gospel lent a moral legitimacy to the economic and political demands of these groups and often placed their political protest in the light of a God-given duty, or moral crusade. This made it easier to arouse both the convictions and the passions of the rank and file membership, and in the process often served to deflect charges of being communists and "red agitators". In short, the social gospel stood at the forefront of both these political movements, influencing their ideology, parliamentary performance, and their overall view of both mankind and society.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "Heavenly Comforts of Despair": The Dark Elements in Shakespeare's Comedies

contributor:
Jackson, B.A.W.
English

subject: English Language and Literature

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Winter as Metaphor for Bondage and Release in Old English Elegiac Poetry

contributor:
Braswell, Laurel
English

subject:
English
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature

abstract: In this paper I intend to analyse the season of winter as a metaphor for bondage and release in Deor, The Finn Episode, The Ruin, The Wanderer and The Seafarer. The first three poems will be examined for the psychological and symbolic usages of winter as both cause of and mirror for the protagonists feelings. A delineation of the theme in The Ruin will subsequently illustrate whether the forms of release that the protagonists have adopted to describe their reinstatement into society, are satisfactory or not. The Wanderer will be examined by a concentration on the image of winter again in terms of bondage and release by this temporal season. The major focus, however, will be on The Seafarer in order to perceive how winter is used on an allegorical level as a means towards ultimate release. Here I shall conclude that the very factors which make the winter season an effe ctive metaphor for bondage make it, paradoxically , a perfect metaphor for release.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Role of Concreteness and Subjective Grouping in Organized Memory

contributor:
Begg, Ian M.
Psychology

subject: Psychology Psychology

abstract:
A considerable body of information exists which describes the structures of organized memory and the mechanisms which produce these structures. However, this information is based largely on the study of semantically or conceptually related information. The experiments in this thesis extend this work by investigating the subjective organization of groups of words differing in concreteness. Such studies of subjective organization are particularly interesting because they are more closely analogous to the organizational activities found in more naturalistic settings.

Evidence for subjective organization was found in the input-output consistencies of subjects' recall, and in the results obtained under conditions of cued recall. Both presentation grouping and concreteness were found to enhance organization, but did so differently. The contiguous presentation of groups of items appears to promote the formation of well integrated subjective units. Concreteness, on the other hand, appears to facilitate not only the formation of well integrated subjective units, but also the subsequent access to these units.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Procurement Maketh Policy: A Case Study of The CP-140 Aurora and The Leopard I

contributor:
Nossal, Kim Richard
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
The central purpose of the thesis is to explain that in Canada military procurement really maketh defence policy. The procurement of the CP-140 Aurora Long Range Patrol Aircraft and the Leopard I Main Battle Tank--employed in the thesis as a case study of two particular procurement decisions--signalled the re-emergence of NATO as Canada's first defence priority.

The paper suggests that Pierre Trudeau was committed to a rationalist approach to governmental decision-making in which government goals (policies) would be clearly defined and programs would be created to ensure that policies would be implemented. This led to an examination of the three-way relationship between policy, program, and procurement. The thesis contends that only policy, Defence in the 70s, was designed in a constraint free setting while both program and procurement--the second and third stages of the relationship-were largely determined by the setting within which Canadian defence policymakers must operate. The Canadian setting includes: the omnipresent position of the United States vis-a-vis Canada; alliance commitments (particularly NATO) and; economic constraints.

The case study shows that these three factors which are beyond specific Canadian military requirements determined the procurement choices of the Trudeau government. As a result it is maintained that the procurement of the Aurora and Leopard had the effect of ultimately changing the face of Canadian defence policy. This, it is concluded in the thesis, is not a situation particular to the" Trudeau government but a situation which would happen to any Canadian government.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: This Great stage of Fools

contributor:
Jackson, B.W.
English

subject: English Language and Literature

abstract: A study of the role and function of the Fool in Shakespeare's King Lear. This thesis attempts to explore the very personal nature of the relationship between the Fool and King Lear and to give reasons for the Fool's disappearance from the play at its climax. It explores the folly of the various characters in the play and points out the characteristic traits which some of them, notably Poor Tom and King Lear himself, share with the professional curt-jester. It also involves discussions of the general nature of tragedy in the light of the peculiarly incongruous figure of the Fool in the tragic world. It includes an Appendix which sets down some speculations on the deeps underlying psychological motivations of the King - Fool relationship.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Perception and Responsibility in The Ambassadors

contributor:
Berland, Alwyn
English

abstract:
In The Ambassadors Henry James proposes an equation between perception and experience. The novel tells the story of one man, Lambert Strether, as he perceives a world more complex than he had previously known. Strether comes from the New England society of fixed and absolute values to Paris where ethics are based on aesthetics, and relativity and variety are accepted and appreciated. Strether's appreciation of Parisian life changes his "terms of thought" and allows him to reconsider his past life from a new perspective.

Several conditions predetermine Strether's new perceptions. The scenic details of place -- especially his attention to rooms -- act as a framing device, predisposing him to certain attitudes towards the inhabitants and activities within these frames. Strether's expectations based on romantic fiction provide him with preconceived models of life. His consciousness of his dual role, using theatrical terms, as actor and auditor, affects his view both of others and of himself.

Coming from Woollett, Massachusetts, Lambert Strether is bewildered by life in Paris. The strict code of Woollett has not prepared him with viable terms to describe his perceptions. The bewildering relativity of Paris is most keenly felt in his observations of the intricacy of personal relationships, the ambiguity of language, and the seeming fluctuation in people's ages. Strether is educated to an appreciation of all these examples of relativity and to a recognition of their relevance to his own life.

The apprehension of truth itself appears to be a matter of relativity in Paris. Strether's dilemma is in evaluating contradictory facts: the definite facts of Woollett and the suggestive facts of Paris. However, Strether's evaluation is comprehensive and individual; he can rely neither upon Woollett's absolutism nor upon the easier acceptance of Paris. He finally realizes that an appreciation of beauty and variety is not of itself enough. He must act on his personal knowledge and with a moral judgment based upon that knowledge. His final decision. to return to Woollett is the testimony of his responsibility to his own perceptions.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A History and Index of Alphabet Magazine

contributor:
Lee, A.A.
English

subject:
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature

abstract: The thesis traces the physical and editorial history of James Reaney's periodical Alphabet from 1960 to 1971, places the magazine within the larger construct of Reaney's own imaginative output and provides an index for the contributors and contents of the nineteen issues of the journal.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Deadly Sins in the Castle of Perseverance and Mankind

abstract: The presentation of the sins of sloth and covetise is examined in Mankind and The Castle of Perseverance with some discussion of earlier concepts of the sins and the classifications and analyses of the confession books. The study attempts to show how the structure of the plays is based on the three parts of penitence and how the didactic method changes from illustration in the Castle to the demonstration of an audience trap in Mankind.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Journey as Metaphor in The House of Fame

abstract: This thesis deals with the structure and meaning of The House of Fame. The poem is a simple one with meaning embodied through a series of repeated images and devices. The narrator is presented with the possibility of growth and understanding based upon the model set by the journey of Aeneas as presented early in the poem. The narrator's inability to grasp the meanings, implicit and explicit, indicate that his "journey" is a complete failure. The poem attempts to teach its readers that life itself is a "journey" from this world to the next and that one must strive to emulate the "journey" of Aeneas and not of the narrator "Geffrey".

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Recurring Motifs in the Greek Biographies of Literary Men

contributor:
Slater, W.J.
Greek

subject: Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures

abstract: This thesis presents an attempt to classify the various types of fictional material commonly found in ancient Greek biographies, and to suggest to what extent the recognition of the recurrence of certain types of anecdote may provide a useful guideline for determining the historicity of biographical statements. After a discussion of the sources available to the biographers and the dangers inherent in the careless use of them, several types of recurring biographical motifs are isolated and particular instances of them are treated in detail. Among the factors seen to cause recurrence are: folk motifs underlying the material derived from popular tradition, topoi of invective present in the biographer's comic and rhetorical sources, the transference of general-purpose witty anecdotes, and recurring patterns of thought in the biographers' own minds due to their popularizing aims, preconceptions about history, and philosophical outlook.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Three Images: A Study of the Role of Nautical, Bird, and Fire Imagery in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

contributor:
Wood, Chauncey
English

abstract:
Chapter One is devoted to a survey of critical approaches to imagery, particularly as they apply to medieval literature. The primary focus centres on the exegetical tradition, and the work done by Robertson, Kaske and Huppé. The importance of this school is illustrated first through selections from general works on Chaucer by Beryl Rowland and Chauncey Wood, and then through articles by Van and Barney based specifically on Troilus and Criseyde.

Chapters Two, Three, and Four are based on an examination of three different images in Troilus and Criseyde. Nautical imagery is approached by means of a study of the traditional symbolic values attached to the various components of this category -- the sea, ships, voyages, and stars. Chapter Three investigates the classical and contemporary elements of bird imagery and the way in which this enhances the meaning of the poem. Chapter Four is concerned with Chaucer's use of fire imagery in the poem, primarily as an image of concupiscence. The thesis as a whole is designed to improve our understanding of Troilus and Criseyde through an examination of Chaucer's approach to imagery, and to re-emphasize the importance of an understanding of the poem drawn from contemporary medieval interpretations of symbolic elements.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A Group of Seven: A Critical Commentary on the Novellas of Patrick White

contributor:
Aziz, Maqbool
English

abstract:
During his thirty years as a writer of fiction, the Australian writer, Patrick White, has attempted all three narrative forms available to him -- the novel, the novella and the short story. In 1973, on the publication of his most ambitious work, The Eye of the Storm, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The public and critical recognition he has received since has been based almost entirely on his major novels. The fact remains, however, that, though rather limited in volume, his shorter fiction is as much a part of the world of his imagination as are his novels. The two collections of shorter fiction, The Burnt Ones and The Cockatoos, deal with themes similar to those explored by White in his major works.

This thesis deals with the central themes of suffering and illumination in White's works, as these appear in the seven novellas studied here. The thesis is divided into three sections. The determining pattern of these sections is the difference in focus. In the first main section which deals with the novellas, The Dead Roses, The Night The Prowler and A Cheery Soul, the focus is on individual characters. The second main chapter, which studies A Woman's Hand, Sicilian Vespers and The Cockatoos, deals with groups of characters rather than the individual. A brief Interchapter that examines the novella, The Woman who Wasn't Allowed To Keep Cats, which falls into neither of the two main groups, links the two sections together.

While the main focus of the study is on the novellas, attempt is also made to point out connections between these and White's major novels.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Sexuality, Suffering and the Self in D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow and Women in Love

contributor:
John, Brian
English

abstract:
We shall not look before and after.
We shall be, now.
 We shall know in full.
 We, the mystic NOW.
 D. H. Lawrence, "Manifesto"

The emphasis of this analysis of The Rainbow and Women in Love is upon Lawrence's recognition of sexuality as a motivating force in the metamorphosis of the individual self, of suffering as a sign of growth in spiritual awareness and self-transcendence and of conflict as the essential ambiance of the regenerative cycle in human relations. Special significance is given Lawrence's insistence on the balancing of the conscious and the unconscious selves in the accomplishment of total being, on the further balancing of unique selves in human relationship and on the final sense of achieved balance of the individual as a unit of the cosmic whole.

Chapter One traces, through The Rainbow, the melding of a conscious and unconscious self into a unified being. Chapter Two examines, in Women in Love, Lawrence's views of sexuality as the source of vitality and evolution in the realm of human relationships and his presentation of an achieved relationship as the alternative to self-destruction through physical and spiritual enervation. The conclusion considers the artistic contribution of these novels to a fuller understanding of the roles played by sexuality, suffering and self in viable human relationship. Page numbers within parentheses refer to that edition of the novel designated in the bibliography.

Links with "Kubla Khan" are elaborated to illustrate the tradition behind Lawrence's insistence on the greater significance of sensual and spiritual realities, as opposed to solely material ones, in the attainment of human happiness as well as to demonstrate his artistic fidelity to symbolic and structural pattern. Accordingly, it is hoped that this study will contribute to the appreciation of D. H. Lawrence as a student of the psychology of human relationships and as an artist of consummate skill.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Measurement of Cyclotron Masses in Re03

contributor:
Datars, W. R.
Physics

subject: Physics Physics

abstract:
The cyclotron masses in Re03 have been determined from the temperature dependence of the dHvA amplitude. Three frequency branches α, β, γ in the (110) plane were investigated. The dHvA effect was detected by the low-frequency field modulation technique, using field values of 35-55 k0e at temperatures below 2.172 K. The cyclotron masses for α, β, γ branches varied between (0.56-0.72) mo, (0.75-0.96) mo, and (0.6-1.0) mo, respectively.

Measured effective mass values for the extremal orbits of the three branches are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical prediction of Matthiess (1969) calculated by the augmented plane wave (APW) method. A frequency of 73.4 MG near the [110] direction with an effective mass of 1.07 mo was detected in addition to the six frequency branches which were previously reported. This is in agreement with Matthiess' prediction.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: The Preposition De. A Study in Late Latin and Old French Syntax

contributor:
Laurion, G.
Romance Languages

abstract: This work studies historically the preposition de, tracing the development of three important constructions with de from Latin to Old French. It also attempts to draw conclusions from the historical facts in accordance with modern synchronic linguistics, the aim being to promote the integration of synchronic and diachronic linguistics, particularly in the field of syntax.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Harmonious Thuderings: A Study of the Various Orderings of the Poems in the Copies of Songs of Innocence and of Experience

contributor:
Morton, Richard
English

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Studies in the Symposium

contributor:
Paul, G.M.
Shepherd, D.
Greek

abstract:
I wish to state here briefly something of the limits and aims of my study. Most importantly, it has not been possible to include within its scope any discussion concerning the origin and development of sympotic procedure. Nor have I examined social organizations, such as clubs or schools of philosophy, which regularly held symposia for their members. As a result, I have not attempted any evaluation of the institution in cultural or historical terms. Its social significance for the Greeks must therefore necessarily remain implicit, though in one or two places I have indicated the widespread nature of its appeal.

Instead, my main center of interest is with the functioning of the symposium, and the question which I have been chiefly concerned to answer in the first three chapters is simply, "What exactly happened when a symposium took place?" The bulk of the evidence is drawn from Greek rather than Roman sources, and it is to be understood that what I have to say is primarily with reference to Greek procedure. On the other hand, two of my principal sources, Athenaeus and Plutarch, are Roman antiquarians seeking to recover a lost tradition, with the result that it is not always wise to insist upon a firm dividing line between the two.

The final chapter, however, which forms a kind of appendix to the work as a whole, views the symposium in purely literary terms, as a setting for various poetic topoi, and draws from Greek and Roman verse without discrimination. It includes references from epic, tragic and comic sources, as well as lyric and elegiac.

All abbreviations have been taken from the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Artist in the work of Honry James

contributor:
Shrive, F. N.
English

abstract: A study of Henry James ts presentation of writers and artists in seven tales and in The Tragic Muse. The first chapter discusses James is belief in the artist's power of execution to embody his vision in form, as shown "The Madonna of the future". This tale is contrasted with Hawthorne's "The Artist of the Beautiful". Chapter II considers Jame's elaborate notion of art as imitation in the work of the actor. The three sections or chapter III analyse the artist in four relations: with Society, with scholarship, with the reading public, and with the critics.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Epic Wonder in Paradise Lost

contributor:
Roebuck, G.
English

abstract:
This thesis examines the evocation of wonder in the reader of Paradise Lost. The first chapter relates Paradise Lost to earlier epic in an attempt to explore the characteristic Features of the marvellous in epic poetry of all ages, whilst the second and third chapters concentrate upon the wonderful in Paradise Lost itself.

The first chapter is divided into three sections. In the first I shall look at marvels of achievement and action, in the second, I shall look at events, situations and proclamations which only have the arpearance of being marvellous, whilst in the third scr;tion I shall examine the way in which each epic poet's understanding of the marvellous is influenced by his world-view. from earlier epic, I shall argue that Paradise Lost differs in that Milton has a thesis to assert (the thesis of Eternal Providence) which the action of his poem (the disobedience and Fall of Man) would seem to deny. I shall argue that it is from the friction between the thesis and action of Paradise Lost that the reader's wonder primarily springs.

In the second chapter, I shall examine the way in which the Creation supports the thesis of Providence in Paradise Lost. I shall look first at Eden, then at the Creation of the universe in six days.

In the third and final chapter, I shall examine the collision between the action and thesis of Paradise Lost as they are reflected in the contrasting images or emblems of a labyrinth and a straight path. I shall look specifically at the lexical battle for the words "wander", "wonder", "maze", "amaze" and "way". I shall argue that Milton's justification of the ways of God to men consists of a revelation of the way of Providence.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Canadian Peacekeeping During the Trudeau Years: A Continuation of the "Helpful Fixer" Tradition

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
By actively seeking to act as a peacekeeper, mediator, or any other function necessary to either preserve peace or remove contentious problems between states, Canadian governments in the years since World War II have created the perception that Canada is a helpful fixer in international affairs. Used here as a codeword to describe a state that is actively prepared to find a means of containing or solving international crises, the term helpful fixer best describes the international policies of successive Canadian governments. The crucial role performed by Lester Pearson in ending the Suez Crisis in 1956, following upon numerous other helpful fixer roles, was very important in firmly establishing the perception amongst both Canadian and foreign observers, that the Canadian government actively sought ways of reducing international tensions. The image thus created has served to influence the value judgements of succeeding Canadian governments.

The government of P.E. Trudeau has been unwilling to abandon the helpful fixer traditions established by its predecessors. In Foreign Policy for Canadians the Trudeau government attempted to warn Canadians that there would probably be few opportunities for peacekeeping in the 1970's, and that Canadians might not always be acceptable in such roles. However, as the 1970's unfolded it became obvious that the Canadian government not only supported the principle of peacekeeping, but was also concerned about protecting its image as an international helpful fixer. Indeed the positions adopted by the Trudeau government towards peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, Vietnam, the Middle East, and southern Africa support this contention. The image created by Pearson has persisted, and appears to have shaped the Canadian government's value judgement in the 1970's.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Shakespeare's Presentation of Evil in King Richard the Third, King Lear and Macbeth

contributor:
W., B .A.
English

abstract: In this thesis I have examined the principal ways in which Shakespeare presents evil in King Richard the Third, King Lear and Macbeth. I have devoted considerable attention to the dramatization of Richard III, Edmund, Goneril, Regan and Macbeth in an attempt to establish what their motives for evil are, how their evil deeds are accomplished, why they are perpetually involved in evil, what good comes from their evil, and how they are eventually overthrown. Since these plays end with the triumphant reaffirmation of good, I have examined how good is presented in order to stress its intrinsic attributes which allow it to subdue evil.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Use of HoIinshed's Chronicles in Three Tudor Historical Dramas

contributor:
Vince, R. W.
English

abstract:
The second edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England Scotland and Ireland has long been acknowledged as the primary source for Shakespeare's history play. Works like W. G. Boswell-Stone's Shakespeare's Holinshed (1896) and A. and J. Nicolls' Holinshed as Used in Shakespeare's Plays have made relevant passages from Holinshed easily available to the interested student. It seems to me, however, that the existing appraisals of the Chronicles are rather too cursory, in that they acknowledge the work's importance without discussing its exact nature and treat it from an exclusively literary rather than a historical view pointe Moreover, very little attention has been paid to its influence upon the non-Shakespearan historical drama of the early 1590's. Apart from Irving Ribner's influential book The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare (1956) recent published work on these plays bas concentrated on their role as interesting preludes to the greater work of Shakespeare, rather than as significant contributions in their own right. Work on the two anonymous plays Thomas of Woodstock and the Troublesome Raigne of King John has indeed been scant, aside from their inclusion in source studies of Shakespeare's Richard II and King John. Marlowe's Edward II has fared considerably better as the work of an outstanding dramatist, but the emphasis here has been on its significance to the Marlowe canon and to Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy. In all three cases discussion of the use of Holinshed has usually been confined to the statement that his work provided most of the necessary material.

In the following chapters I will attempt to redress the balance somewhat by offering a detailed comparison between Holinshed and the three plays I have mentioned. Chapter One places the Chronicles within the context of Tudor historical thought by way of a brief summary of the basic principles of sixteenth-century historiography and their influence upon Holinshed and his contemporaries. Chapters two through Four will compare each of the plays with the Chronicles in an attempt to determine the dramatist's approach to his source material and the degree to which Holinshed's interpretation may have influenced that approach. Finally, Chapter Five will offer my conclusions as to the existence of any common influence of Holinshed's work upon the plays I have discussed and the advantages or tho Chronicles as a source for the historical drama.

I have tried as far as possible to use facsimile editions of my primary texts. All quotations from the Chronicles are taken from Volume Two of the 1965 facsimile by AMS Press of an edition printed in London in 1807. For Thomas of Woodstock and Edward II I have used the Malone Society Reprints of 1929 and 1925 respectively, while for The Troublesome Raigne of King John I have u.sed Geoffrey Bullougb's 1962 edition in the fourth volume of his Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1962).

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: MILTON: The Emergence of Prophetic Destiny

abstract: William Blake's analysis of the influence of John Milton's beliefs led him to a spontaneous insight into the link between the origins of religion and poetry on the one hand, and human creativity on the other. The common thread of divinity which Blake discerned in mankind was what he called the Poetic Genius. Manifesting itself in various ways throughout history, this highest of human faculties was the source of man's bondage and liberty. In Milton Blake re-casts the cosmology of human existence as the story of the emergence of the Poetic Genius. His prophetic myth renders the most basic of physical limitations - space and time - as the embryonic substance from which mankind must eventually be reborn into Eternity.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Country Parson in the Eighteenth-Century Novel

abstract:
The occasion for this study was an awareness of a need for an isolated examination of the country parson figure in the English novel. Owing to the limits of time and space regulating this research, its scope has been limited to the seminal period of the novel in the eighteenth century, and even further limited to three novels whose publication spans the century. These novels are Joseph Andrews, The Vicar of Wakefield, and Pride and Prejudice. An attempt has been made to investigate the parsons in the other writings of these novelists. The country parson has always been a central character in English society; successors to the "types" of country parson in the eighteenth-century novels can be found in Victorian novels such as Samuel Butler's The Way of all Flesh, and twentieth-century fiction.

This study examines the nature of the relationship between the parson as portrayed in the eighteenth-century novel, the parson as portrayed in previous literature and the parson as a real figure in eighteenth-century society. The broad scope of this work has necessitated the use of a wide variety of historical, ecclesiastical and literary sources. It has been necessary to inquire into church history and social history of the eighteenth century, and also into the different theological factions of that age. The backgrounds of the country parson in English literature has been briefly summarized by looking at works of major importance. An attempt has been made to examine certain novels and novelists contemporary with and also succeeding the writers this work principally studies. Finally, this study utilizes the research of theorists who have written about the novel form, or about the relationship between history and literature.

The movement of this study proceeds chronologically from the beginning to the end of the eighteenth century, tracing the evolution of the country parson in the novel and society. Joseph Andrews was published in 1743 and represents the concern with Latitudinarian Christianity of that time and Fielding's specific devotion to social and church reform. The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) represents the sentimental interest in rural retirement of mid-century, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice (1813) is the secular country parson, who entered the church at the end of the century, when the value of church livings had risen. This study attempts to show that as a character, the country parson has unique qualities which are shared by no other "type" of character, and which render him especially valuable; as it were, a lighthouse from which can be more clearly viewed the very fabric of individual and social life rendered in the novel.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Allegpry and Symbol in the Novels of William Golding

abstract:
The thesis attempts by a chronological examination of the novels of William Garald Golding to demonstrate the existence a sequence of allegorical explanation of the basic nature of men. This, it will be argued, constitutes a unifying link between the novels of a type not noticed by other critics.

In addition, following a general consideration of the allegorical mode, it will be suggested that traditional conception of thenature of allegory limit unnecessarily the scope and function of the mode.

Finally, in the Appendix, the sixth novel, not a part of the sequence, will be briefly examined, and its relationship to the other five novels suggested.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Relationship between the Party System and Military Intervention in a Transitional Society: The Case of Post-War Greece

contributor:
Stein, Michael
Political Science

abstract:
Tile purpose of this work is. to attempt to demonstrate that the displacement of the civilian political authority in April 1967 by a segment of the Greek Military establishment was the result of the lack of legitimacy of the country's liberal Bourgeois political institutions--in particular the party system. Contemporary Greece is a product of the French Revolution, the Enlightenment and foreign intervention. The small segment of the Greek middle classes that spearheaded the Greek Revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman Turks lacked both ideological cohesion and socio-political legitimacy. The result was that the superimposition of liberal democratic institutions upon the newly "liberated" nation-state whose economic base was in constant fluctuation had adverse affects. Secondly, the inability of the middle classes to destroy or even subordinate the country's quasi-feudal relations, i.e., patronage system, prevented the entrenchment and legitimization of these institutions within the Greek polity. Throughout the country's history military revolts and foreign intervention further contributed to the loss of legitimacy of these institutions, in particular that of the party system. Thus their performance and functions in the political system were impaired. To put it in another way, no political parties were developing along corporate and associational ties capable of becoming the mechanism for the channelling or accommodating the various social groups that were coming into being due to changes in the economic base, i.e., industrialization and urbanization.

As these developments were coming into focus following world War II, the country's military apparatus was experiencing drastic and dramatic change--that is, it was being professionalized, as well as becoming more independent from the political authority. In other words the process of professionalism and the increased autonomy of the military structure contributed to the development of a structural disequilibrium within the Greek political system, hence the military structure acquired unprecedented dominance within Greek society. Furthermore, as this process took place, changes in the economic base allowed the development of new heterogeneous social groups, especially during the early sixties, whose demands could not be marshalled by the existing political parties in view of their patron-client nature. Therefore, the pressures and demands of these social groups led to the disintegration of the party system which in turn created a power vacuum within the political arena, thus facilitating the condition for a component of the Greek Officer Corps to displace the existing civilian political authority and take over the management of the state's affairs on April 21, 1967.

In conclusion, then, this work argues that the Greek political elite should have made some efforts to create viable and legitimate political institutions, i.e., political parties, capable of accommodating new social groups without breaking up and causing political instability for the political system. It is the opinion of this author, that a viable
party system is, at this juncture, a suitable and effective means of developing the Greek political system, as well as preventing future military intrusions.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Cicero's Experience of the Tragic: a Study of His Political and Philosophical Views in the Light of the Equilibrium Theory of Tragedy

contributor:
Hoey, T. F.
Classics

subject: Classics Classics

abstract: Based on a reading of the Epistulae, the De Natura Deorum, the De Re Publica and the De Legibus, this study formulates an hypothesis, In the light of the equilibrium theory of tragedy, concerning Cicero's political and philosophical position. It is contended that in his experience of the tragic -- in terms of the conflicts with which his age confronted him, the response which his nature and training led him to make to these conflicts, and the suffering which he endured as a result of that response -- he acquired an awareness of the ultimate questions of tragedy and a perception peculiar to the tragic experience.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Canadian Political Economy and Constitutional Review: A Case Study of Ontario and British Columbia

contributor:
Atkinson, Michael
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis examines the growing aggressiveness of the provincial governments in developing their own constitutional proposals by analyzing the interconnection between the economies of the provinces and the provincial government's subsequent proposals. The development of advanced monopoly capitalism has required government intervention into more areas of social and economic planning and this growth of government intervention has occurred in large part at the provincial government level, causing provincial bureaucracies to grow in size and expertise and to more readily challenge federal government policies and initiatives. As well, the regional segmentation of the Canadian economy has caused fractions of the bourgeoisie within each of the provinces to turn to the provincial governments to aid them in capitalist development. This in turn has led provincial governments to seek more power in aiding their particular segment of the economy by asking for revisions in the constitution. This thesis attempts to draw conclusions about this general trend in Canada today by examining two specific case studies, Ontario and British Columbia. These case studies indicate why provincial governments have become so interested in constitutional review and why provincial governments have developed distinct constitutional proposals.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Traditions in Production of The winter's Tale

contributor:
Jackson, Berners A.W.
English

abstract: This thesis concerns the traditions in production of The winter's Tale that have emerged since 1750. To find these traditions, and to understand the nature of each one, the major productions of The winter's Tale that have been given in England since 1750, and in North America since 1900, are considered. Also, to clarify the nature of each tradition, the general conditions during the period of a tradition are outlined. This involved outlining the state of Shakespeare production in general, or outlining the trends in literary criticism that influenced production of The winter's Tale.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Stage and Division of Roman Education: A Study of the Relationship between the Teaching of the Ludi Magister and the Grammaticus

contributor:
Faul, G. M.
Clinard, J. B.
Classics

subject: Classics Classics

abstract: From a survey of evidence from the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. it is contended that Roman education was divided into technical training for the lower-classes in the ludus litterarius, and liberal teaching for the upper-classes which Was regarded as beginning with the grammaticus.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Shakespeare's Annus Mirabilis: Some Structural Aspects of Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Pericles

contributor:
Hammond, A.D.
English

subject: English Language and Literature

abstract:
An investigation of seven aspects of the structure of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Pericles, as a means to understanding the dramatic unity and coherence of the plays. The study is essentially the prolegomena to a more detailed discussion both of those three plays and of those which followed them, and whose structure developed out of theirs. Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Pericles are seen as the products of an eighteen-month period circa 1607-8, possessed in each case of an effective, integral dramatic structure. The topics selected for consideration to prove that thesis are as follows:

The relationship between the hero and fortune, with particular attention to the patterning of events within the play. This central topic forms the bulk of the first half of the study.

The hero's language: rhetoric and a public mode of address.

The soliloquy of self-delusion.

The use of "sets" of characters, or actions seemingly distinct from the main action.

Narrator and observer figures.

Formal movement (a): pageants, masques, feasts and songs.

Formal movement (b): speeches which give moments of stasis within scenes.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Heroic Reverie: The Nietzschean Voice in Yeats's Last Poems

abstract: The thesis is an attempt to illuminate some of the philosophic and thematic connections that exist between Yeats and Nietzsche, particularly as they are found in Yeats's Last Poems. While Yeats has certainly not suffered from lack of critical attention, it is my view that the Yeats/Nietzsche connection has not been dealt with fully, and that Yeats's later work especially is more accurately read and understood in the light of Nietzsche's role in the development of Yeats's thought. Where the Nietzschean element in Yeats has been dealt with, the focus has been primarily on the plays, and the more important links between the two writers have been passed over quickly, misconstrued, or ignored altogether. By examining three themes common to both writers, the thesis tries to show that Yeats's connection with Nietzsche is not simply a matter of literary influence, but that Yeats and Nietzsche are united by a common philosophic temperament and way of understanding the world. First and foremost, Yeats and Nietzsche approach life and the world on aesthetic terms. Second, they share a similar tragic world-view. Finally, their conceptions of art, morality and human stature are based on an ideal of strength or power. After the Introduction, which delineates Yeats's reading and acceptance of Nietzsche's work, Chapter One elaborates on these three themes. Chapter Two attempts to snow how these themes form the philosophic basis of Yeats's Last Poems.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Roman Epicureanism and Lucretius

contributor:
Cunningham, J.S.A.
Latin

subject: Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity

abstract:
This thesis argues that the Epicureans did not simply repeat the ipsa dicta of Epicurus, but developed new areas of study - (e.g., logic, rhetoric) of which Epicurus did not approve. This transmuted Epicureanism influenced the Romans of the late Republic and some of its ideas appear in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura.

Chapter 1 offers a brief historical sketch of some Epicureans of the late Republic and suggests that there was a peculiarly Roman Epicureanism as evidenced by their lives and actions. Chapter 2 discusses changes in Epicurean attitudes due to the influence of other schools, and the desire to "popularize" Epicureanism among the Romans. Chapter 3 outlines the evidence for the existence of Epicurean works in Latin other than the De Rerum Natura. Chapter 4 deals with Lucretius' debt to the early Epicureans, the later Epicureans and his Roman milieu.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Dramatic Function of the Supernatural in Shakespeare

contributor:
Jackson, B.
English

abstract: A discussion of the supernatural in The Tempest, Hamlet and Macbeth in so far as it contributes to the dramatic quality of the plays. My concern comes to rest particularly on characterisation of Prospero, Hamlet and Macbeth and the extent to which this is dependent on various supernatural agencies. I also consider the main themes in each play as they are defined by the supernatural.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Changes in the Content of Polyphosphates of Saccharomyces Cells During Growth and Sporulation

contributor:
Miller, J. J.
Biology

subject: Biology Biology

abstract:
The abundance and molecular size of polyphosphates in yeast are known to be influences by nutrient conditions, but there has been no previous study of changes in polyphosphate content during the growth and sporulation cycle of yeast.

Experiments were performed to determine the quantitative and qualitative changes which occur during the life cycle of a strain of Saccharomyces chevalieri with respect to polyphosphates. The concomitant changes in other phosphorus-containing substances were monitored in an attempt to assess the functional significance of polyphosphates in the overall (phosphorus-) metabolism of yeast cell. The relationship of the changes in the polyphosphates to the concomitant successive stages of culture growth and spore development in discussed.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Political Socialization in North America, Mainly the United States, but with some reference to Canada, research studies permitting.

contributor:
Truman, T. C.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: The thesis attempts to construct a theory on how attitudes are developed through the political socialization process. The forces of the paper will be on the principal agents of socialization (family, school, peer groups, and social milieu) and their impact on political attitude acquisition. The central hypothesis of this paper is that the family does not play the most influential role in the political socialization paper. The thesis will attempt to present an over-all picture of the process of political socialization and analyze the role each agent plays in the creation of political man.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Style and Structure in The Lord of the Rings

contributor:
Petrie, Graham
English

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Prose Elements in the Vocabulary of Aeschylus' Oresteia: an Exploratory Study

contributor:
C., D. C.
Classics

subject: Classics Classics

abstract: This work is an attempt to determine, in some preliminary fashion at least, the extent to which Aeschylus made use of the same words that a prose author writing at about the same time would have employed. The Oresteia trilogy alone is considered, due to the shortness of the time available. The usage of those authors of Greek prose previous to the fourth century B.C. (and, to some extent, those previous to the third century as well) is used as a criterion of "prosaicness". A trial is made at correlating prosaicness of vocabulary with character and type of speech, the t-ratio being employed as a statistical test; certain other points are also discussed.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Beowulf and Typological Symbolism

contributor:
Lee, A. A.
English

abstract:
In view of the prevalence of Christianity in England throughout what we can consider the age of the Beowulf poet, an exploration of the influence of typological symbolism would seem to be especially useful in the study of Beowulf. In the Old English period any Christian influence on a poem would perforce be of a patristic and typological nature. I propose to give evidence that this statement applies also to Beowulf, and to bring this information to bear particularly on the inter-pretation of the two dominant symbols, Heorot and the dragon's hoard. To date, no attempt has been made to look at the poem as a whole in a purely typological perspective.

According to the typological exegesis of Scripture, the realities of the Old Testament prefigure those of the new dispensation. The Hebrew prophets and also the New Testament apostles consciously made reference to "types" or "figures", but it was left for the Fathers of the Church to develop typology as a science. They did so to prove to such heretics as the Mani-cheans that both Testaments form a unity, and to convince the Jews that the Old was fulfilled in the New. In this thesis we are concerned mainly with the sacramental typology which, being derived from Scripture, shows an essential consistency that is not affected by the whims of allegorizing exegetes. Since the typological symbolism of the baptismal rite is commonplace in the hexameral and paschal writings of the early Church, the extent to which typology was influenced by extra-biblical allegory as well as the complexity· of the variations in the early liturgy both lie beyond the scope of our present investigation.

The following technical points should be noted. All quotations from Latin authors are given first in the original and then in English; wherever no indebtedness is indicated, the translations are my own. Greek writers are quoted only in English translation. All Scripture passages are from the Vulgate; the Authorized or King James Version is the usual source of the English text because it provides the most familiar rendering. Significant divergences are pointed out, and on occasion the Revised Standard Version is used to supply a closer parallel. In the references to the Psalms, the numbering of the Vulgate precedes that of other translations; the latter is shown in parentheses. Old English quotations are taken from The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, unless otherwise acknowledged.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Nicholas Rowe and his Noglected Tragedies

contributor:
Morton, R.E.
English

abstract: The introductory chapter outlines Rowe's Biography and place in early eighteenth-century society, and makes brief reference to the whole of his literary output, Although not basically an innovator, Rowe heralds many of the changes to be made in serious drama during the early part of the century. The final two chapters analyse his two most neglected. plays in an attempt to appreciate his dramatic techniques and skill, Rowe's particular manipulation of strength and character, and unusually deft handling of variations of tempo and tension.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A Language for Thought: Irony in A Room with a View, Where Angels Fear to Tread, and The Longest Journey.

contributor:
Aziz, M.
English

abstract: A study of irony in E.M. Forster's early novels, Where Angels Fear to Tread, The Longest Journey, and A Room with a View. Irony is seen as an aspect of thought, whose character is one of complex balance which is yet passionate. While Forster does use irony to undermine, he uses it more importantly as a piece of intellectual rhetoric which urges the essential merit of the idea whose weakness is explored.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Quebec Question and the Parti Québécois: A Class Perspective

contributor:
Stein, Michael B.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
The initial objective of this thesis was to provide an understanding of tile Quebec question. It begins by postulating that it is primarily a national question in that it involves the historical struggle of Quebecers towards achieving their own independent nation-state. It goes on to analyze the various social, political, economic, cultural and ideological forces which affect the Quebec case, from the perspective of class analysis.

The second major objective of the thesis was to provide an understanding of the nature of the Parti Québécois, and its role in the present conjuncture of relations in Quebec. On a theoretical level we addressed the "new petite bourgeoisie problematic" in neo-Marxist literature, asking: "What is the nature of the new petite bourgeoisie in contemporary capitalist society, and specifically in Quebec?"

We argued that the P.Q. is a party of the new petite bourgeoisie in Quebec and its program -- sovereignty-association-is primarily designed to satisfy the interests of this class, and not the interests of the Quebec collectivity. The implication is that the significance of its programme can only be conjunctural. Sovereignty-association, if successfully achieved, would bring about an ephemeral, symbolic independence for the Quebec nation; at best an incomplete solution to the Quebec national question.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Evolution of the Canada Development Corporation

contributor:
Stein, M.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
This study has been divided into two levels of analysis. The first and most important level is concerned with examining the evolution of the Canada Development Corporation, hereafter referred to as the CDC. The emphasis of the thesis is on the factors which shaped the Corporation's form and functions. These include national and international economic variables, the personalities and political orientations of decision-makers, specific political circumstances and the decision-making process itself.

The most significant contribution that this thesis makes to knowledge is that it has developed an elite model for explaining the evolution of the CDC. It is argued that Canada's indigenous economic elite had the greatest input into the policy process which created the CDC. This is considered to be the most important factor which shaped the CDC's evolution. As a result of this elite's influence, the federal government structured the CDC so that its primary functions were buttress and promote elitism and capitalism in Canada.

The second level of analysis is of a macroscopic nature. Here the focus has been on four questions. What does the CDC as a case study say about the role the state has played in the development of the Canadian economy since 1960? is the CDC a defensive of offensive policy response to the problems of foreign investment, capital formation and economic growth in Canada? What have been the implications of using an elite model to analyze the Corporation and its evolution? And finally, what does the CDC's evolution say about the study of public policy?

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Doctrinal and Stylistic Elements in the Sermons of John Donne, Richard Hooker and Lancelot Andrewes

contributor:
Roebuck, G.
English Literature

abstract:
This thesis focuses upon doctrinal and trinitarian elements. and their influence on style, in selected sermons of Richard Hooker, John Donne and Lancelot Andrewes. The thesis concentrates upon the rational aspects of each man's doctrine and the rhetorical aspects of their style, as these emerge from the sermons.

Hooker's notion of reason tends to locate itself within the Thomistic traditions of Scholastic thought.. Consequently, Hooker, a radically conservative thinker, fastens upon the image of God the Father, the God of generative reason and Logos, in his approaches to the Trinity. It is argued that Hooker does this in order to confound the increasingly fideistic and pyrrhonistic notions of many of his contemporaries. Thus, he seeks to counteract a rising tide of Augustinian thought in English letters.

Andrewes identifies his rhetoric, and his trinitarian emphases, with Patristic thought. Thus the concerns and practices of the first Christians determine his rhetorical style and doctrinal emphases. He focuses upon the Holy Spirit, as made manifest by Pentecostlal fire, in his best sermons. His major metaphor is the coming of God's Grace in full measure at a specific time to specific people. It is argued that Andrewes' concerns are purely pastoral, so that his homiletic style and doctrinal emphases are designed mostly to guide the congregation to salvation, and to a far lesser extent, to clarify and propound doctrine. Andrewes' notion of reason, then, is a practical, rational approach to rhetorical method.

John Donne, the most complex preacher under consideration, presents a synthesis of style and doctrine that stems from a relatively traditional homiletic school. The major influence on both Donne's doctrinal peculiarities and his trinitarian emphases is Augustine. Thus, he focuses upon, at times seems fascinated by, the Incarnation, Atonement and Resurrection of Christ. The importance of experience, both for Christ and for the Christian seeking salvation, is constantly stressed by Donne. Consequently, his rhetoric is intuitive, rhapsodic, and rooted in worldly concerns. As well, his notion of reason is pragmatic and rather non-intellectual, de-emphasizing doctrine in favour of passion and emotional commitment.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A Critical Study of Major Themes in the Fiction of Angus Wilson

contributor:
Bishop, Alan
English

abstract: In this thesis I have examined some important themes in Wilson's fiction. These themes have been selected primarily because they figure significantly in all of Wilson's writing, from the earliest short stories (1946) to his latest novel No Laughing Matter (1967), and also because they have been recognised and frequently mentioned by him in his non-fictional works. I have attempted to assess these themes or patterns mainly from the point of view of Wilson's achievement as a moral satirist. Wilson's fiction has been studied particularly in the light of his own evaluation of them in The wild Garden and with reference to his other critical essays, in order to ascertain his objectives and achievements as a literary artist. I have looked rather closely at the biographical/psychological aspects of the themes because Wilson himself has placed a great emphasis on them. Due to the limited scope of the thesis, and also because Wilson is against experimentalist tradition in modern fiction, I have not attempted any stylistic evaluation of Wilson's works. Nor does this thesis aim at 'placing' Wilson in the history of English fiction.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Dynamic and Steady State Behaviour of an Extractive Distillation Column

contributor:
Wright, J.D.
Chemical Engineering

subject:
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering

abstract: This project was the second part of a long-term study into the control of an extractive distillation unit. A fifteen stage extractive distillation column was re-built and operated over a range of operating levels. Overhead product acetone composition was limited to approximately 0.94 mole fraction acetone due to tray liquid priming. A steady state simulation was developed to aid in a better understanding of the process. Murphree vapour tray efficiencies were adjusted within the simulation to match experimental and simulated product composition results. The simulation was used to accurately predict unfitted experimental results. Dynamic behaviour of the column was studied by relating product composition responses to changes in disturbance and manipulated variables. Dynamic behaviour was analysed by frequency response and real time response fitting. Experimental data was relatively noisy. First order transfer function models with dead time, fitted in the real time domain, were satisfactory.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: The Theme of Self-denial in the Writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins

contributor:
Ferns, H. J.
English

abstract: A close study of the poetic canon of Gerard Manley Hopkins reveals the recurring theme of self-denial, which manifests itself not only as Hopkins' denial of his personal desires, but also as the abasement of his image of himself. A reading of Hopkins' correspondence, journals, sermons and devotional writings supports the poetry's suggestion that Hopkins' practice of self-denial (and self-deprecation) reflects his concern over the nature of his relationship with God. Only gradually does he come to accept his complete dependence on his Creator. In my thesis I comment on the poems in the light of the evidence for self-denial in the other primary sources. Concentrating on the poetry, I chart both the ebb and flow of self-denial as Hopkins passes through stages of optimism and desolation to a more tranquil and self-tolerant state of mind due to religious conviction.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Strikes as a Political Weapon of the Proletariat: The Canadian Case

contributor:
Goldstein, Marshall
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
Within the confines of this thesis a theory of capitalism and the state apparatus is related to the class struggle by an analysis and scientific investigation of work stoppages. The intensity as well as the geographic, industrial, and historical context of strikes is examined in the bi-national political economy of Canada. The overall patterns of strikes, the economic and political settings in which they are generated and resolved, are examined, as are the effects of strikes on society in Canada.

In all this thesis is the presentation of a theory of the bi-national political economy of Canada. It is a theory of capital accumulation as class struggle.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Art of Logic and Paradise Lost: An Argument, Milton's Own Theory of Logic Put Into Actual Practice In His Epic Poem

contributor:
Dale, James
English

abstract:
The idea that there is a connection between Milton's theory of logic and his writings is not a new one. However, an investigation into this idea in regard to Milton's most renowned work, Paradise Lost, has been sadly neglected. Some scholars do refer to the epic poem, but either superficially or unsystematically. This thesis is intended as a corrective for this neglect.

My thesis treats the first part of logic, "invention", in rather extensive detail in connection with Paradise Lost. The second part of logic, "disposition", is treated in only minor detail -- a treatment of "disposition", in itself, could generate a thesis. Nevertheless, my thesis should be a concrete demonstration that the elements in John Milton's Art of Logic, for both "invention" and "disposition", were applied by Milton, wisely and with careful detail, to his greatest work of poetry.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Robert Fergusson: The Dilemma of the Poet in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

contributor:
Duncan, D.J.M.
English

abstract: This thesis is concerned with the English and Scots poems of Robert Fergusson. As a result of the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the Union of the Parliaments in 1707, Scotland found itself stripped of a vernacular literature and sovereign powers. The vernacular revival of the eighteenth century compensated for these losses to some extent, but a poet writing in Scotland at the time had to face problems and situations which his predecessors before 1603 had not known. The thesis analyses the problems and discusses how Fergusson overcame them.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as "crystemas gomen"

contributor:
Braswell, Laurel
English

abstract: The thesis attempts an elucidation of the meaning of the poem when considered as a Christmas piece - that is, an element in the festivities of this season. It tries to show that the author is endulging in a game with his audience, and that this game is of a multi-faceted and ultimately serious nature.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Christopher Marlowe and His Use of the Morality Tradition

contributor:
Vince, R. W.
English

abstract: By focusing on Marlowe's borrowings from the tradition of the morality play, the study endeavours to form a picture of this playwright as neither a teacher nor an iconoclast, but as a continuer of a debate. The debate involves the morality form of his dram as and their non-morality content. It remains unresolved as an indication of Marlowe's own irresolution Tamburlaine dramatizes the debate between accepting or rejecting a world conqueror; The Jew of Malta vacillates between pitying and condemning its villain-hero, Barabas; Edward the Second has the curious appeal of a study in weakness; Doctor Faustus exposes the double culpability of its rebellious scholar-hero and of the restricting Christian system which Faustus discards. The study analyzes these four plays to show that Marlow uses the morality tradition in furthering his debate; by submitting this tradition to manipulation, perversion, debilitation and violation, the playwright remains clearly in control of the morality structures he uses. Two discoveries result from an examination of such control: Marlowe's artistry in being unresolved continues to be an area of fascination and his deliberate irresolution militates against calling him a morality playwright.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Figure of the Poet in the Poems of Spenser

contributor:
Cain, T.H.
English

abstract: This thesis explores the function of the poet in four of Spenser's major poems: The Shepheardes Calender, The Faerie Queene, Epithalamion, and Prothalamion. In Chapter One, The Shepheardes Calender is discussed in terms of the poet Colin Clout who is Spenser's surrogate throughout this poem. Chapter Two of the thesis explores Books I-IV of The Faerie Queene in terms of its demonic enchanters who create social disharmony and function in opposition to the poet figure. Chapter Three focuses on Book VI of The Faerie Queene and Calidore's quest for courtesy is discussed in relation to the developing poetics of the poet. Epithalamion and Prothalamion are examined in the final chapter of this thesis, and the poet's effectiveness is evaluated.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: SCRIBLERIAN SATIRE. A STUDY OF FORM, METHOD, AND PURPOSE.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "THE HERALDIC ASPECT OF REALITY" A CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN IMAGES AND SYNBOLS IN THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Effects of Orientation and Separation on Stabilized Images

contributor:
Heron, W.
Psychology

subject: Psychology Psychology

abstract: Pairs of parallel lines, varied according to orientation and interline separation, were monocularly viewed under stabilized conditions for ten-minute periods and Ss reported the disappearances of one or both lines. The number of single line fades increased linearly with separation, but double line fades remained constant. Orientation had no effect. These results suggest that the underlying processes in stabilized viewing involve both receptive field organization and attentional factors.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Understanding the Concept of Successful Aging Using Data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

contributor:
Raina, Parminder
Health Research Methodology

abstract:
There is a lack of consensus on the definition and measurement of successful aging. The objectives of this thesis were: (1) to conduct a systematic scoping review of the literature to identify indicators of successful aging; (2) to understand the underlying latent constructs of indicators identified in objective 1 using data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA); and (3) to examine the split-half reliability and stability of the constructs identified in objective 2.

Six databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, Sociological Abstracts, AgeLine) were searched for English language primary studies that included an operational definition of successful aging and were published between January 2000 and September 2010. Indicators were extracted from 63 studies and used to guide the selection of variables from the CSHA. Exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were used to develop and evaluate a measurement model in 1,347 community-dwelling adults aged 75 to 102 from the CSHA. The reliability and stability of the model was assessed in an independent sample of 1,337 CSHA participants.

A four-factor solution of Perceived Well-being, Physical Ability, General Health Status and Social Functioning constructs fit the data adequately. Evaluation of the model using an independent sample revealed comparable parameter estimates and fit statistics, therefore suggesting reliability and stability of the constructs.

This thesis presents a unique contribution by suggesting and testing a theoretically meaningful four-factor model of successful aging in a large population-based sample. The findings contribute to our understanding of how indicators operate together to define successful aging in a cohort of Canadian seniors.

abstract: Master of Science (MSc)


title: Magnetic Resonance Elastography

contributor:
Moran, Gerald R
Michael Patterson, Cecile Fradin
Michael Patterson, Cecile Fradin
Biomedical Engineering

subject: MRE

subject: Elastography

subject: Elasticity

subject: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

abstract:
This thesis is composed of six chapters. First MRE is briefly introduced together with some relevant literature in Chapter one. The second chapter is about the principles and theory of magnetic resonance imaging, with the MRE theory, software and hardware addressed in Chapter 3. Chapters 4 and 5 describe the hardware design, software programming, experimental setup and elasticity reconstruction. Chapter 6 is a general discussion, introducing challenges and future directions.

A vibration actuator and coil was designed and constructed, then combined with the necessary hardware required to induce the motion in the actuator. A Gradient Echo pulse sequence was modified using the Siemens IDEA environment for MRE application. A phantom was made with concentrations of 1%, 2%, and 3% agar gel.

The phantom was scanned using the MRE sequence while inducing the propagating waves. Waves were selected to have frequencies of 125 Hz and 250 Hz. Magnitude and phase images acquired at these frequencies were used to construct the elasticity map using the MRE/Wave reconstruction software. Mean Shear Modulus measured in 1% gel cylinder is 10 kPa and standard deviation (SD) is 6 kPa. Mean elasticity value measured in 3% gel is 49 kPa and SD is 9 kPa. Mean value measured in the background which is 2% gel is 28 kPa and SD is 6 kPa. The results obtained are comparable to the values calculated in literature.

abstract: Master of Applied Science (MASc)


title: A Re-interpretation of Matthew Arnold's Empedocles on Etna and a Critical Discussion of His 1853 Preface

contributor:
Ferns, H.J.
English

abstract: Matthew Arnold's Empedocles on Etna is a profound poem which touches on the fundamental problems of human experience. This study attempts to re-interpret the particular solutions to these problems advanced in the poem. A consideration of other works of literature which explore the same questions of life and death suggests that the suicide of Arnold's Empedocles is not an act of despair but a symbolic ritual of purification. In this light, a new reading of the poem discovers much internal evidence to support this view of it as a celebration of visionary calm. Arnold himself, however, repudiated Empedocles in the Preface to his next volume of poems, and he did not reprint it until fifteen years later. This study attempts to prove that Arnold's repudiation 1vas not based on any intrinsic defects in Empedocles or on the objections and complaints made against the poem by critics and re-viewers, but that it was rather the result of his intensely personal and painfully ambiguous relationship to the poem.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A Study of Lancelot in The Works of Sir Thomas Malory

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Theme of Alienation in Some Tales of D. H. Lawrence

contributor:
Aziz, Maqbool
English

abstract: An examination of the theme of alienation in the selected tales of D. H. Lawrence. The thesis is divided into two main parts. In the first section this theme is treated with specific regard to militarism which is linked with each of the tales. In the second section the theme is examined and focused in its relation to death as it confronts the chief protagonists. The concluding chapter moves to a consideration of this theme in Lawrence's later work.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Three Varieties of Time in Poetry and Drama of T.S. Eliot

abstract: This thesis explores the expression of certain time-notions in the creative work of T.S. Eliot. Attention is devoted to Eliot's transmutation of the philosophies of such thinkers as Hulme, Bergson, Heraclitus and Plato into poetic and dramatic art. But the emphasis falls on the nature of the artistic product and its context, rather than on specific identification of sources.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "The Notorious Colonel Charteris"

contributor:
Cameron, W. J.
English

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Theme of Pride in Old English Poetry

contributor:
Lee, A. A.
English

abstract: The examination of the theme of pride in Old English poetry begins with a detailed linguistic analysis of the various words for pride, ofermod, oferygd and wlenco in particular. Once conclusions have been drawn as to the precise meanings of the words in their poetic context and this linguistic information used to elucidate certain passages in Old English poetry, there follows an investigation of the origins of the theme and the reasons why it should have so fascinated the early medieval poet. In the second half of the thesis is an analysis of the Junius Manuscript, beginning with a detailed textual analysis of Daniel, in an attempt to show that the poetry is largely thematic and didactic. The theme of the manuscript is largely a warning against pride, conveyed to the audience by the use of the highly associative stock epithets and imaginative patterns which give the poetry a structural unity, rather that the faithful rendering in verse of the individual biblical narratives.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Imitative Design and Secret Design in The Faerie Queene, 2.12

abstract:
This thesis examines two aspects of The Faerie Queene, 2.12: its use of Tasso and its structural patterns.

Chapter I re-examines the dependence of the Bower of Bliss episode on Tasso's account of Armida's Palace. Unmistakably modelled on Tasso, Spenser's canto takes a distinctly different direction, subjecting its Italian source to a generally ironic treatment. Spenser's subtle changes, simultaneously reminiscent of Tasso and indicative of his own originality and superiority, suggest that the total meaning of the canto can only be apprehended by knowing the passage it imitates.

The remaining chapters show that The Faerie Queene, 2.12, sets up demonstrable symmetries not yet discussed in Spenser scholarship. Chapter II demonstrates two distinct pieces of structural symmetry within canto 12 itself, the first converging from stanzas 1 and 34, the second from stanzas 35 and 87. In each of these patterns, the stanzas are symmetrically aligned through verbal, imagistic, and thematic correspondences, so that the matched stanzas converge upon a central stanza or stanzas. Chapter III reveals that canto 12 simultaneously sets up at least eleven demonstrable symmetries with other parts of the poem. Such architectural patterns, so hidden that they cannot be readily discerned, augment and confirm familiar critical positions (e.g. the Bower of Bliss is a perverted Garden of Adonis) and operate to engrain the poem's meanings into its secret design. These discoveries, providing insight into Spenser's conception of composition and of his role as a poet, present striking examples of the Renaissance poet's intense concern with complex structures.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Search for Self-Knowledge in the Three Major Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough

contributor:
Ferns, John H.
English

abstract: This thesis examines the theme of the search for self-knowledge as it is developed through Clough's three major long poems, The Bothie of Tober-na-vuolich (1848), the Amours de Voyage (1849), and Dipsychus (1850). Through the process of stating a thesis, its antithesis, and a final synthesis, Clough reaches the end of his search for a positive sense of identity in his poem Dipsychus.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Re-Claiming Justice and Community: The Community Council Project of Toronto

contributor:
Warry, W.
Anthropology

subject: Philosophy Philosophy

abstract: Aboriginal peoples, particularly urban Aboriginal peoples, are discriminated against and over-represented throughout the Canadian Criminal justice system. I review specific colonial and postcolonial actions that lead to Aboriginal over-representation and explore how the diversion program of the Community Council Project (CCP) provides justice for the Aboriginal peoples of Toronto. This research aims to investigate the under-researched intersection between alternative justice practive, individual and community healing, and identity in an urban Aboriginal community. The CCP appropriates a non-Aboriginal diversion format and combines it with culture-specific Aboriginal restorative justice traditions, and pan-Aboriginal discourse, to assist clients in the process of healing. This research illustrates how community based justice restores and/or transforms the identity of Aboriginal clients. I indicate how individuals are healed, and how they are reintegrated into the Aboriginal community of Toronto. Subsequently, I discuss how healthy individual and community identities can be fostered through CCP justice philosophy and practice. Finally, I delineate the role of the CCP in how Aboriginal "community" is conceived of and practiced in Toronto. In so doing I offer a new perspective on the concept of community creation in Toronto. This ethnography encompasses issues of crime causation, indigenous justice knowledge and practice; healing; tradition and culture change; personal and community ownership and empowerment; self-government and community constitution, and legal pluralism. Therefore, it contributes to, and expands the boundaries of current Aboriginal, anthropological and criminological knowledge about alternative justice.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Malory's Treatment of the Holy Grail in Morte Darthur

contributor:
Halsall, Maureen P.
English

abstract: This discussion proposes to deal with one of the sections of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur: the Tale of the Sankgreal. It will begin with a sketch of its place in the whole work , followed by an outline of the origin of the Grail legend, with especial reference to Malory's sources; then it will focus upon Malory's reshaping of the Grail legend in terms of his own concept of Arthurian chivalry , stressing the special role which he assigns to Launcelot. The goal of the investigation is to attempt to define Malory's methods and the extent of his success in fitting seemingly intransigent subject matter into his overall theme.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Sacred Fury: Suggestions Towards an Interpretation of The Faerie Queene

contributor:
Jackson, B.A.W.
English

abstract:
This study of The Faerie Queene has developed from work undertaken at McMaster University in the Session 1962-63. I found a curious lack of balance in the approaches taken by many writers on the poem. There were exceptions, notably Professor Millar Maclure, but the over-all tendency seemed to be neglected the poetry, while bringing an enormous scholarly apparatus to bear on matters which, to me, were of lesser importance.

As the interpretation I sugget and the points upon which I disagree with Spenser scholars are discussed at length in the essay, there is no need to attempt any pith statement of my conclusion here, even if such a statement were possible. I do not pretend to have produced a complete analysis of The Faerie Queene; that would be the work of many lives. What I have attempted is to suggest fruitful directions for reexamination of the poem, to indicate ways in which critical balance may be restored, rather than restore it myself.

I have tried to acknowledge such critical debts as I am aware of, in the course of the essay. Footnote references are inadequate; a critic influences us not only when we quote him, not even only hen we are conscious of his influence. The ideas of a good critic become so much a part of our own consciousness that we present them, in all honesty, as original. I have stood upon the shoulders of giants, and if at times I have failed to acknowledge their assistance, it has not been for want of will. One critical influence, however, is so all-pervading as to demand special thanks. Professor C. S. Lewis has from the beginning conditioned all my thinking about Spenser. Practically the whole essay is, I suspect, to found, in embryonic form, in The Allegory of Love.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Relationship Between Han and His Environment as Seen by Thomas Hardy in his Leading Novels

contributor:
Ross, M.
English

abstract: This thesis explores the relationship that Hardy establishes between the environment in Wessex and the people who lived there during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. It attempts to show the extent to which the environment influenced these people and the changes that occur in Hardy's attitude towards them as he developed as a novelist.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Japanese Canadians; Symbolic Politics In Action

contributor:
Lewis, T. J.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
In this thesis, the interaction between different participants is examined to determine how a particular political event was shaped . Canadian Japanese were discriminated against in an extremely severe fashion. In this thesis, the role of three major relationships is examined to determine the effect that they had on shaping end maintaining racial tensions. The three relationships are as follows; the relationship between the Japanese and their white competitors , the relationship between Canada and Japan, and the relationship between British Columbia and the rest of Canada. Using the work of Murray Edelman and Joseph Gusfield as a theoretical framework these three relationships are examined to see how they came to have effects far beyond their instrumental value.

Concern about the success of Japanese competition, fear of Japan's growing military power and anger a bout Canada's lack of concern about British Columbia's problems led to racial attacks and the eventual internment of the Japanese Canadian population.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: SAUSON AGONISTES AND RPOMETHEUS BOUND A COMPARISON

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Northern Novel in Canadian Fiction

contributor:
Ballstadt, Carl
English

abstract:
Leslie Fiedler formulates the genre of the northern novel for the fiction of the United states, and his ideas of north are basically satisfactory for a consideration of the northern novel in Canadian fiction. Canada is, geographically, a more northern country than the United States, however, and the physical and psychological influences of the north upon man are more intense in Canada. The northern experience in Canada requires special consideration from a Canadian point of view.

In Chapter One, I bring together the ideas of north proposed by Fiedler, W. L. Morton, Frederick Philip Grove, and certain members of the Group of Seven in an attempt to define "north" in Canada as a "way of thought" as well as a place. Out of the discussions of these selected critics emerge both a composite "idea of north", and a broad definition of the northern novel in Canada. The northern novel seems to possess, fairly consistently, the following qualities of the northern experience: a hostile natural environment, threatening man physically with death or psychologically with fear and repression, or both, a sense of the cyclical rhythm of existence--through both the seasons and the relationship between the city and the wilderness--and a response to the wildernesses through either stoic endurance or warm affirmation of the human community. Only those who strive, through love and selfless action, towards this latter, unitive sense of community achieve justification for their pain and their struggles.

Chapter Two involves the application of this theory of the northern novel to fiction set in a domestic scene. Central characters may be apparent, but the community and the family are the human forces engaged in the struggles with the hostile environment and, sometimes, within the social group itself. Since the novels are domestic, they understandably conclude with some affirmation of the community.

In Chapter Three, I apply the theory of the northern novel to fiction concerned with the individual's struggle) with the north. This chapter, more particularly than Chapter Two, reveals the pain of living alone in the north, and emphasizes the necessity of outgoing love and selflessness for survival.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Henry James : A Critical Study of the Supernatural Tales

contributor:
Aziz, M.
English

abstract: This study of Henry James's supernatural tales attempts to examine the development of James's attitude to the supernatural, and his technical handling of these attitude in nineteen of his shorter works, commonly called the supernatural or ghostly tales. For James, the supernatural aspect of life was an extra reality as viable as empirical events. My view is that, although these particular fictions deal with extraordinary apparitions and situations, they are, nevertheless, not significantly different in intention from the rest of James's novels and tales. For James, the extraordinary aspect of life was equally, sometimes more, important that the ordinary. Therefore these tales should be considered an integral and essential part of the James canon.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Retrospective Hypothesis: A Study of the Pursuit of Identity in Samuel Beckett's Trilogy

contributor:
Murphy, C. W.
English

abstract: The subject is the theme of Personal Identity as examined by Samuel Beckett in the three novels: Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Distribution of Gold in an Archean Greenstone Belt as Exemplified by the Kakagi Lake area, Northwestern Ontario

contributor:
Crocket, HJ. H.
Geology

subject: Geology Geology

abstract: Aiming to explore into the background gold content of various rock types of a typical Archean greenstone assemblage, an area of about 180 sq. mi. (460 km²) centered on Kakagi Lake in the western tip of the Wabigoon plutonic-volcanic belt has been carefully sample. 166 analyses by neutron activation on the various rock types exposed in the area show that none of the major rock groups, namely, the mafic volcanics, felsic volcanics, the metasediments, mafic-ultramafic intrusives and felsic plutonic stocks, is characterized by anomalous gold. The gold distribution in each of them, however, is highly skewed. Little correlation of gold with bulk rock composition has been detected for the major rock groups but there are indications of some possible correlation of gold with water in basaltic rocks reflecting remobilization of the metal during high rank metamorphism. A carbonate zone of 30-100 feet wide underlying a well-differentiated mafic-ultramafic still approximately in the centre of the area is the only rock type which is obviously richer in gold than all the other rock types of the area. Field evidences and the mineralogy of the carbonate rocks suggest that it is the shearing occurring in the contact zones of the overlying ultramafics and the underlying felic pyroclastics that acts as a key factor allowing the percolation of aqueous, CO2 rich fluids which presumably has caused the formation of carbonates and which has also transported the gold. Detailed studies of gold across quartz veins, shear zones and felsic dikes/sills and lithologic associations of known occurrences in the area further illustrate the overwhelming importance of process-related factors e.g. the availability of suitable structures and physiochemical conditions, the precipitation mechanisms of gold, etc. towards the formation of potential ore bodies. Apparently, for the numerous, small gold occurrences scattered throughout the area, volcanism is like to have provided the appropriate conditions for the initial localization of gold. Subsequent concentration(s) may have been effected from remobilization over short distances under the thermal effect of intrusions or by regional metamorphism.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Time and knowledge in the Later Works of William Golding

contributor:
Roebuck, W. G.
English

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Canadian Socialism and the Origin of the Communist Party of Canada, 1900-1922

contributor:
Coleman, William D.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis examines the relationship between early Canadian socialist parties and the genesis of the Communist Party of Canada. It presents the argument that the Communist Party of Canada was formed by and therefore was the unity of the socialists of three socialist parties the Socialist Party of Canada, the Social Democratic Party of Canada and the Socialist Party of North America. The histories of these parties will be discussed, along with the One Big Union and various labour parties, to see how their ideologies and praxis were unable to mobilize workers and how this led to the acceptance of Bolshevism by Canadian socialists and workers.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENT IN THE SONGS AND SONETS OF JOHN DONNE

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Evolution of Yeats's Poetic Theory, 1886-1917

contributor:
John, Brian
English

abstract: The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that Yeats's articles, reviews, and essays, spanning the years 1185-1911, accurately describe the evolution of his theory of Unity. The Image,which he stressed in his critical work, was one that he forged for Ireland as an national ideal, and in his poetry, it was a symbol of Unity. On both national and poetic levels, it represented passion, tragic , gaiety, the heroic anti-self, "perfection of personality" and self-fulfilment, all of which are aspects fundamental to his Doctrine of the Mask, outlined in Per Amica Silentia Lunae(1917). Moreover, we cannot fully understand the metamorphosis of the Image without considering various influences: Blake, Shelley, the Rhymers, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and Mythology. These influences, combined with the cultural situation in Ireland, thus gave rise to the matrix of ideas premised in his essays, reviews, and articles, with clear effects on his poetry and drama. Furthermore, what evolves from these premises is a literary tradition in Ireland, a cyclic theory of history (Unity of Era and Culture being correlative to Unity of Being), a key to interpreting the universe, a psychology of self, and a metaphysics.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Voltaire's Portrayal of the Reformation in his Essai sur les moeurs

contributor:
Conlon, P. M.
Romance Languages

abstract: The purpose of this dissertation is to study Voltaire's portrayal of the Reformation in his Essai sur les moeurs. The p articular aim is to determine the degree of understanding that Voltaire shows in dealing not only with the nature of the theological reforms themselves, but also with the many and varied influences these theological reforms exerted upon society in sixteenth-century Europe. A few general observations will be made on Voltaire's concept of history and of historiography as it is revealed in his account of the Reformation.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Picaresque Novel: a Study of the Confessions, books I to VI

abstract: A study of the Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, books I to VI, in relation to picaresque fiction; with particular reference to Rousseau's knowledge of the fiction of his day, and to the nature of imaginative embellishment in his work.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Iris Murdoch: Her Philosophy in Two Novels

contributor:
McK., D. J.
English

abstract: The aim of the thesis is to examine two novels written by Iris Murdoch, The Flight from the Enchanter and A Severed Head, to see how the author put into practice her philosophical theories of literature as explained in several philosophical papers written prior to the novels. The thesis begins by outlining Murdoch's philosophical views and theory of literature, then proceeds to examine the two novels in order to find out how she applied her views to literature. The concluding chapter reviews some of the critics of Murdoch's novels, as well as updating her progress in applying her literary theory and philosopby to her more recent novels.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Milton's Similes

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Aspects of Zola's L'Assommoir

contributor:
Morgan, Owen
Romance Languages

abstract: Genesis and background of L'Assommoir and a study of various techniques employed by Zola in the novel. Particular emphasis on his evocation of the physical environment (including people) and its relationship to, and effects upon, the character of Gervaise.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A Study of the use of Allusion in the War Literature of Frederic Manning, David Jones and Edmund Blunden

contributor:
Bishop, Alan
English

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to show the diverse ways in which these authors use the allusions which pervade their First World War literature. Frederic Manning, in The Middle Parts of Fortune, uses Shakespearian allusions which are external to the main text; David Jones, in In Parenthesis, uses a variety of allusions which are organic to the text; the allusions of Edmund Blunden, in Undertones of War, are predominantly from eighteenth-century literature and are found in the text and structure of the work. Although each work, in itself, is complex because of the associations evoked by the allusions, the method of presenting the allusions varies in complexity from one to the other. Taken together, the allusions and the method of presenting them broaden the scope of the works, and elevate them to a position where their significance is universal.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Far-Infrared Absorption in Cubic ZnS

contributor:
Datars, W. R.
Physics

subject: Physics Physics

abstract: The shapes, frequencies and intensities of far-infrared absorptions in cubic ZnS, measured by a high-resolution, low-noise far-infrared Fourier transform spectrometer system, and attributable to two-phonon processes, were found to compare favourably with a theoretical two-phonon density of states curve calculated with a program supplied by G. Dolling (1974). The parameters used in the theory were derived from inelastic neutron scattering experiments by Vagelatos et. al. (1974). Two-phonon combinations and their locations in the Brillouin zone which give rise to strong features in the two-phonon density of states were identified by comparing theory and experiment. Important critical points were discovered on or near the zone boundary and not only at the symmetry points P, X, L and W as previously suggested.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Queen Guinevere: Her Lovers and Suitors as Portrayed in the Mediaeval French Verse and Prose Romances

contributor:
West, G. D.
French

subject: French and Francophone Language and Literature

abstract:
Except in her relationships with Lancelot, Guinevere has hitherto been comparatively neglected by Arthurian scholarship, with the result that many links between extant romances, and many suggestions of links with earlier, now lost, romances, have remained uncommented upon. These links are important to the establishment of the extent of the various romances' dependence on their antecedents; whether extant or postulated, as well as the extent of their borrowings from older tradition, Classical or Celtic. While it seems as if rather too much emphasis has been placed (by the Celticist school of thought in particular ) on the dependence of the Lancelot legend upon ancient Celtic tradition rather than upon the contemporary mores which it so vividly reflects, certain other liaisons involving Guinevere, which have been neglected (her almost-certain one-time dalliance with Gauvain, and her abduction by Brun de Morois for example), are shown in the present study to have greater dependence on anterior tradition than has been allowed by some scholars.

Guinevere's relationship with her husband Arthur is also discussed; as are the various other dalliances and abductions in which she is involved . Brief mention has had to be made of the non-French abductions and suits of Guinevere, as they demonstrate intricate links with the French versions and also suggest the one-time existence of a written and oral Arthurian tradition widespread before Chrétien de Troyes and of which we now possess but a small proportion.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)