Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info
From: [c--ve--s] at [menudo.uh.edu] (Chris M. Cavers)
Subject: comic related ms/phd thesis
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1993 03:05:58 GMT

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Here is a list of thesis and dissertation abstracts that mention
comic books and appear to have information related to comic books.
The descriptions of the abstracts may not be totally correct but
if you want more information, consult the abstract or the thesis.


Toward a Literary Treatment of Comic Books
	by Scott Marshall
	Acadia University (in ???, Canada)
	Master of Arts Degree 1992
	ISBN 0-315-71205-8
	Abstract of the abstract: He talks about how comics shoule
	be treated as literature and art.  He breaks down comics
	'structurally' and 'textually' in his analysis.  He also
	shows how the components of a comic book contribute
	to the story in the book.  A glossary of comic related terms
	and further reading list is provided.  
	NOTE: This thesis may contain many good references to 
	comic book information/analysis.

Art, Artists, and Artistry in Science Fiction
	by Jefferson Marlowe Peters
	University of Michigan
	Ph.D. degree 1992
	Abstract of the abstract: This appears to be an analysis
	of art used in science fiction.  It also appears that
	comic books are only a tiny part of this dissertation.

Insidious Foes: The Axis Fifth Column and the American Home Front
	by Francis Michael Macdonnell
	Harvard University
	Ph.d 1991
	Abstract of the abstract: This dissertation covers the 
	effects the fear of axis subversives (in the US) had on the US
	during world war 2. It studies popular media that added to those
	fears (comic books included)

The Resistance to Telivesion: Gender, Genre, and Contemporary Media
	by Alexandra Clarke Torres
	Cornell University
	Phd 1991
	Abstract on the abstract: This dissertation is concerned with
	how television is regarded as a 'feminine' medium (see the
	dissertation abstract for a better explanation).
	Has one chapter devoted to Batman.

Humanizing Mass Media: Alternative Approaches to Comic Books During Allende's
	Chile (1970-1973)
	by Robert Anthony Vergara.
	Northern Illinois Univerity
	Edd 1990
	Abstract of the Abstract: This deals with how comic books were
	used to influence the people of Chile politically and 
	ideologically.

Panel Analysis: A Critical Method for Analyzing the Rhetoric of Comic Book Form
	by Ralph Randolph Duncan
	Louiiana State University and Agricultural and MEchanical College
	Phd 1990
	Abstract of the abstract: This work studies comic panels and how`		information is communicated to the comic book reader.
	I wonder if this is along the same lines as Scott McCloud's 
	Understanding Comics but with a different approach.


A Rejection of Order, the Development of the Newspaper Comic Strip in America
	1830-1920
	by Elsa Ann Mystrom
	Phd 1989
	Loyola University of Chicago
	Abstract of the abstract: This dissertation is concerned with
	the forces behind the birth and the early years of the comic strip.
	It also gives a history of the comic strip from 1830 until the
	present along with something on comic books (I guess).


Reinventing the Wheel: A Multi-perspective Analysis of Alan More and Dave 
	Gibbons' Graphic Nivel 'Watchmen'
	by Curtis Lehner Holman
	University of Georgia
	Master of Arts 1989
	Abstract of the abstract: Analysis of the comic 'Watchmen.'
	Also has some information on a 'computer network' (could it bbe
	rec.arts.comics.misc?) conference on Watchmen. Gives some information
	on the evoloution of the graphic novel.







The Evolution of Social Norms and the Life of Lois Lane: A Rhetorical Analysis
	of Popular Culture
	by jeanne Pauline Williams
	Ohio State University
	phd 1986
	Abstract of the abstract: This deals with how women are portrayed
	in popular media and examines changes from the 1940's until 1986.

Defenders of Childhood Innocence: Reformer Responses to Children's Culture in
	America, 1878-1954 
	by Mark Irwin West
	Bolwing Green State Univesity
	phd 1983
	Abstract of the abstract: This is concerned with the various attempts
	of censorship of media that children were exposed to.  It may include
	information on the birth of the CCA and the congressional hearings
	on comic books.



Personality Profiles of American Comic Art Professionals
	by jeffrey Steven Cohen
	Phd 1981
	United States International University
	Abstract of the abstract: This is a study of the personalities
	of comic book professionals.  It is psychologically oriented.
	The abstract does give some basic results from the study (about
	3 paragraphs worth).

Comic Book Creativity as Displaced Aggression
	by Ronald Levitt Lanyi
	University of California at Davis
	phd 1977
	there was no abstract available

The Pictorial and Liguistic Features of Comic Book Formulas
	by William Albert Neff
	University of Denver
	Phd 1977
	there was no abstract available

The Comic Book Hero, A Cultural Fantasy
	by Sharon Yarian
	Aldelphi University
	phd 1974
	there was no abstract available

A Content Analysis to Determine the Presence of Selected American Values Found
	in Comic Books During Two Time Periods, 1946-1950, 1966-1970
	John Sebastian Di Fazio
	phd 1973
	There was no abstract available

Crime Comic Book Role Preferences
	by Etta E. Karp
	New York University
	phd 1954
	There was no abstract available