Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English Composition

Department

English

First Advisor

Glascott, Brenda

Second Advisor

Paegle, Julie

Third Advisor

Rushing, DeShea

Abstract

This paper explroes the notion that the human body plays a predominant role in the act of writing, and examines how Gloria Anzaldua's concept of writing from the body, which she calls conocimiento (Spanish term for consciousmess), is manifested in Alanis Morissette's lyrics.

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