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The dissertation is the culminating project for the PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies. A formal proposal for a dissertation should be submitted for the endorsement of the Graduate Faculty. See the department's  Graduate Student Handbook  for proposal instructions. The Graduate Faculty will review the proposal. Sample proposals are on file in the department or by contacting the Director of Graduate Studies.

We welcome projects that include archival research, ethnography, critical theory, literary analysis, and performance studies. Dissertation work begins in the third year of the PhD program and is typically completed in a student's fourth or fifth year in the doctoral program.

Recent Dissertations and Theses

2023 – dissertations.

" Relajo y Joteria: Reimagining Family, Devotion, and Desire through the work of Teatro Alebrijes, 2011-2022 " ( Javier Hurtado )

"Who’s That Girl?”: Women Writing Women on the Broadway Stage " ( Jess Pearson-Bleyer )

2022 – Dissertations

" Americanizing Shakespeare in Print: Nineteeth Century American Illustrated Editions of Shakespeare as Representations of National Identity " ( Hesam Sharifian )

"New Game+: Memories Made in Virtual Worlds " (Peter Spearman)

2022 – Theses

"Balancing and Bending in Bling: The Aesthetics of the Acrobatic Latina Athlete" (Amelia Estrada)

“Perform Falling: Reframing Chinese Rural “Left-Behind” Children” (Wenxuan Xue)

2021 – Dissertations

"Cosmopolitan Performance and Its Ecologies in Interwar Shanghai" (Yizhou Huang)

"Defiant Acrobatic Bodies: Gender in the Performance of Ground Acrobatic Acts from the Inception of the Modern Anglo Circus" (Amy Meyer)

"Performing History in North Tulsa: Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre" (Tara Brook Watkins)

2021 – Theses

"Processing the Pain of Others: Witinessing Semana Santa Penitents in Taxco Through Procession" (Whitney Brady-Guzmán)

"[W]righting the Highway: Black Counter-Maps and American Interstates" (Jenny Henderson)

2020  –  Theses

"Theatre in the Time of Cholera: Health, Medicine, and The Physician's Role on the American Stage 1832-1883" (Mia Levenson)

"Phantacamp: Queer Temporal Ruptures in the Performance of Restaged Camp" (Jo Rezes)

2019 – Dissertations

"Beyond Dahomey: The Legacy and Afterlife of the Williams and Walker Company 1902-1921" (Beck Holden) (Pat King) "Directing btween the Lines: Iranian Theatre and the Aesthetics of Ambiguity" (Reza Mirsajadi) "Homing a Turkish Diaspora: Turkish-American Women's Creative Labor" (Irem Seçil Rell Sen) "Inspiration, Countercultural Aesthetics, and Dissent: The Ilklhom Theatre of Mark Weil" (Irina Yakubovskaya) "Theories for Corporate Theatre" (Michael Morris)

2019 – Theses

"'ENOUGH OF THIS I'M NOTE LATINO ENOUGH BULLSHIT' The Social Re-Evaluative Eroticisms of Afro-Latinx Identities in U.S. Pop Culture" (Stephanie Engel)

"In Solidarity: Queer Appalachia's Zine Activism and the Radical Aesthetics of Homemaking." (Harry Hoke)

2018 – Dissertations

"An obvious caricature: The Consequences of Scientific Discourse on Theatrical Madness, 1807-1895" (Katherine Swimm) Brief Deceptive Rainbows: Cultural Memory in Productions of Tennessee Williams's  The Glass Menagerie ,  A Streetcar Named Desire , and  A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  (Daniel Ciba)

2018 – Theses

"But What if Instead We Imagine Black Life" Femininity, Performance, and the Black Lives Movement (Teri Incampo) The Man Within: Depictions of Blackness in Superhero Adaptations” (Peter Spearman)

2016 – Dissertations

"Black or Red? The Construction of Identity in Langston Hughes' Plays" (Katya Vrtis) "Forgotten Figures: The Rhetorical Function of Tecmessa, Chrysothemis, and Ismene in Tragedies of Sophocles and Selected Adaptations" (Tiffany Pounds-Williams) "Theatre of Common Sense: Ernie McClintock, Jazz Acting, and the Black Power Aesthetic (1965-2003)" (Ibby Cizmar)

2016 – Theses

"'Am I Not A Woman and A Sister?' Performance as Political Discourse in African American Women's Literary Societies" (Jenny Herron) "Staging as Youth Culture in Colonial-Modern Shanghai: Student Theatre from the 1890s-1920s" (Yizhou Huang)

2015 – Dissertations

"American Billing: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Shakespeare" (Danielle Rosvally) "The American Pipe Dream: Drug Addiction on Stage 1890-1940" (Max Shulman) "Arab and Muslim American Female Playwrights: Resistance and Revision through Solo Performance" (Megan Stahl) "Freaks, Beasts, and Gadgets: Performing Order and Disorder in Early America" (Matthew DiCintio) "Constructing the Sensorium: Neoliberalism and Aesthetic Practice in Neoliberal Theatre" (Paul Masters) "Cultural Improvisations: Luigi Riccoboni and the Nouveau Theatre Italien" (Matthew McMahan) "Documenting Rehearsal for Revolution: Theory, Practice, and Praxis in Theatre of the Oppressed" (Betsy Goldman)

2015 – Theses

"'Of Thee We Sing:' Microhistories of the Northeastern United States through the Lens of American Folkloric Opera" (Christian Krenek) "Spectrums of Truth: Transcribing Reality in the Documentary Musical" (Reza Mirsajadi)

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• Representation of Land and the Female Body in Polish Dramatic Literature  Dulba-Barnett , Anna ( University of Oregon , 2024-03-25 ) In this dissertation, I map how the authors of canonical Polish dramas from Romanticism to the present construct and solidify the ideals of womanhood and its connection to land and nature. I analyze how the use of the ...
• Two Sides of Intelligibility: The Practice and Perception of Performed Accents Onstage  Kress, Ellen ( University of Oregon , 2022-02-18 ) The profession of voice and dialect is built upon the premise of maximum understanding for the audiences attending theatre. This maximum understanding, or intelligibility, has historically driven the practice and continues ...
• Durable Whiteness: Structural Settler Colonialism in California and Southern Oregon Theatre, 1849-1860 and 2018-2019  Lenk, Waylon ( University of Oregon , 2021-09-13 ) Theatre and Performance Studies have studied the ways in which theatre and performance act as auxiliaries of hegemonic state power at least since Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed explored the ways in which classical Greek ...
• Interpreting the Game of History: Synthesis and Shortcomings Between Reenactment, Living History, and Roleplaying  Pointer, Mica ( University of Oregon , 2021-09-13 ) Civil War reenactors claim to be educational through the nature of their bringing the past to life. Their claims place them among heritage and cultural interpreters in how they connect the past with the audience before ...
• A Fundamental Disagreement: Ongoing Discussions Concerning the Adaptation of Augusto Boal’s Practices  Evans, Joshua ( University of Oregon , 2021-09-13 ) After Augusto Boal passed away in 2009, a significant dispute developed within the Theatre of the Oppressed community concerning whether his methods should be reimagined to combat structural oppression more effectively. ...
• The Latinx Theatre Commons: Feminist Decolonization in the Early Years of a Movement to Transform the Narrative of the American Theatre  Sanchez Saltveit, Olga ( University of Oregon , 2020-02-27 ) The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) emerged in 2012 in response and resistance to years of misrepresentation and erasure of Latinx artistic work and presence by the American theatre field in practice and in scholarship. This ...
• “Sisters of the Pen”: Restoring Women to Early Modern Theatre History Pedagogy and Practice  Rogers, Jessica ( University of Oregon , 2020-02-27 ) This dissertation looks at current theatre historiography in terms of pedagogy and performance practices on the topic of early modern (seventeenth century) female dramatists, via select dramatic works of Elizabeth Cary, ...
• Traversing the Rift: Cultivating Climate Change Literacy Through Theatrical Performance  Borowicz, Lydia ( University of Oregon , 2019-04-30 ) Climate change is a persistent and growing threat to the well-being of both humans and nonhuman species, and little action has been taken to halt it. It is imperative the public gains a sufficient level of climate change ...
• The Nether Worlds of Jennifer Haley — A Case Study of Virtuality Theatre  Yeadon, Michelle ( University of Oregon , 2018-09-06 ) Studies exploring the first wave of digital performance foregrounded technology by cataloging experimentation and novel interactions between liveness, projections and code. As exercises in medium, these high tech spectacles ...
• Moises Kaufman: The Search for New Forms  Brown, Rich ( University of Oregon , 2003-08 ) This study identifies and examines Moises Kaufinan's theoretical questions and rehearsal techniques from their development in initial works at New York University to their specific application during the creation of Gross ...
• Roots in the Earth and a Flag in my Hand: Rural Gender Identity in American Musical Theatre  Cuskey, Lusie ( University of Oregon , 2016-10-27 ) The integrated musical is a vehicle for the creation and communication of a national identity, created through the use of coded performances of gender and, at times, rural settings conceptualized as essentially “American.” ...
• A Home You Can’t Live in: Performances of the Black Body and Domestic Space in Contemporary Drama  Gray, Leslie ( University of Oregon , 2015-08-18 ) Theatre is often an invitation to enter the black home subject to its violations and crisis; this thesis repositions the black home and body in contemporary American and British theatre as constructed by the narratives and ...
• Practical Dramaturgy for Actors: Applying Resources of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to the Challenges of Language and Preparation  Rodley, Patricia ( University of Oregon , 2015-01-14 ) This dissertation investigates the relationship between acting and dramaturgy. It proposes a change in the contemporary actor's work to more purposefully integrate practical dramaturgy as a preparation that parallels ...
• Amas Repertory Theatre: Passing as Black While Becoming White  Sidden, Jean ( University of Oregon , 2014-09-29 ) Amas Repertory Theatre was founded in 1969 by Rosetta LeNoire, an African American actress who pursued a mission of developing original musicals while practicing interracial casting. The company's most successful show was ...
• The Experience of Place in Performance: A Survey of Site-Specific Theatre  Rorem, Jacob ( University of Oregon , 2014-09-29 ) For practitioners and scholars of site-specific theatre, attempts to understand the relationship between a site and performance have often focused on performance. The many ways a site can inform and enhance the audience's ...
• Presenting Oregon: Formative Forces of the Oregon Unit of the Federal Theatre Project  Morris, Damond ( University of Oregon , 2013-10-03 ) During the Great Depression President Roosevelt's New Deal brought relief to Americans through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was formed in 1935 under the WPA to lift spirits, ...
• Bill Talen and Reverend Billy: A Shared Journey  Thomas, Kathleen ( University of Oregon , 2013-07-11 ) As the cultural upheaval of the `60s fought its way into the `70s, Bill Talen began his career first as a poet, hitchhiking the interstate highways from the Midwest to the Coasts eagerly engaging the literary, intellectual, ...
• Clowns Ex Machina: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Gender and Clown  Bates, Kimberly ( University of Oregon , 2012 ) Historically, women have been largely discounted from the public comedic arena, typically serving as the butt of the joke or other various comedic fodder. As a female comedian, I became interested in how gender played ...
• Sojourn Theatre Company: A Case Study in Community-Based Theatre  Madzik, Christine ( University of Oregon , 2012 ) This thesis examines contemporary community-based theatre processes and efficacy through a case study of Sojourn Theatre Company. Chapter II overviews Sojourn's production history and explores the company's style. Chapter ...
• (In)famous Angel: The Cherub Company and the Problem of Definition  Cook, Brian ( University of Oregon , 2012 ) This dissertation examines the effects of conventionally categorizing working artists and looks specifically at the Cherub Company, London, as a case study. Cherub was an alternative British theatre company whose work in ...

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As of 2014, all newly submitted Graduate Center dissertations and theses appear in Academic Works shortly after graduation. Some works are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author.

Dissertations and theses from before 2014 are generally accessible only to the CUNY community, but some authors have chosen to make theirs open access.

The Ph.D. Program in Theatre and Performance was formerly known as Theatre. Dissertations submitted prior to September 2018 reflect this earlier name.

Dissertations from 2024 2024

The Village on the Stage: Dramaturgies of Modernity in African Concert Dance , Margit N. Edwards

Epistemic Theatres: The Dramaturgy of Knowledge in Twenty-First Century Theatre , Amir Farjoun

US Theatre and Cosmopolitics: Imperfect Reimagining of US–Asia Relations on Stage Since 1945 , Kyungjin Jo

Beautiful Resistance: Nonfiction Theatre Rehearsal Processes, Politics, and Prefiguration in War , Ash Marinaccio

Working on Stage: Spectacularization of Labor in Contemporary US Theatre , Hansol Oh

Performing Ero Guro: Erotic-Grotesque Bodies and Normativity in Post-WWII Japanese and Korean Theatre , Dohyun Shin

Strike a Pose: Performing Gestures of Female Madness Across Media Circa 1900 , Elyse S. Singer

Dissertations from 2023 2023

Spectacle on the Fringe: Masks, Materiality, and Movement in South Asia , Deepsikha Chatterjee

“Here in America”: Broadway Musicals and the Making of Jewish Americans , Barrie Gelles

Political Theatre After Occupy: Participation, Interpellation, and the Search for New Subjectivities in the Theatre , Andrew J. Goldberg

“For ‘Their Own Good’”: Education, The Performing Arts, and Social Justice at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1915–2023 , Anna S. Harb

Transnational Ritual Poetics of Blackness in Performance , Nina A. Mercer

Indigenous Performances in Contemporary Indian Urban Public Theatres: Coloniality, Globalization, and the State , Mayurakshi Sen

Dissertations from 2022 2022

A Girl Is a Thing: Dramaturgies of Objects and Nature in Contemporary Choreography , Fidan Akinci

Staging Retro-Perspectives: Performing Age, Memory/loss, and Queer Desire in the Later Works of Split Britches (2009–2020) , Benjamin Gillespie

Banarasipan as Revelation: Immanent Utopias in the Performance of Everyday Life , Bhargav Rani

Primitivism, Performance Studies, and Modernist Time: Tracing an Alternative Genealogy of Performance Studies Through Case Studies in Modernist Cultural Appropriation , Stephanie Vella

Gay Boy and Playboy Revues: Constructing U.S. Queer Collectivities in Networks of Peripatetic Burlesque and Nightclub Drag Performers, 1933–1939 , Kalle Westerling

Dissertations from 2021 2021

Broadway in the Age of American Idol: Celebrity and the Broadway Musical, 2003–2018 , Emily E. Clark

Becoming Material: Devotional Encounters Between Humans and Objects in the European Middle Ages , Debra L. Hilborn-Davis

A Host of People in Detroit: Forging a Twenty-First Century Ensemble in the Deindustrial City , Jacob Hooker

Dramaturgies of Intellectual Property Law in Read-Write Theatre , Andrew Kircher

Baccio del Bianco at the Court of Spain: Early Modern Scenic Design in Context , Pamela Thielman

Countersexuality in Times of Neomachismo: Representations of Gender in Contemporary Spanish Performance (1988–2019) , Mara I. Valderrama

Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Argentines of Paris: Theatrical Networks and Assemblages , Stefano Boselli

Devising Complicité: Devised Theatre, Neoliberal Funding Pressures, and the Evolution of Théâtre de Complicité , Joseph Anthony Heissan Jr.

Acting Objects: Staging New Materialism, Posthumanism and the Ecocritical Crisis in Contemporary Performance , Sarah Lucie

Reframing the Family Portrait: The Surrogate Mother in U.S. Theatre and Film 1939–1963 , Alison Walls

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Just a Buncha Clowns: Comedic-Anarchy and Racialized Performance in Black Vaudeville, the Chop Suey Circuit, and las Carpas , Michael Shane Breaux

Re-Defining Gender and Sexuality in West African Theatre: Women Artists, Feminist Representations, and Same-Sex Desire in the Twenty-First Century Theatre of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Togo , Heather J. Denyer

Broadway Bodies: Casting, Stigma, and Difference in Broadway Musicals Since "A Chorus Line" (1975) , Ryan Donovan

Madness and the Broadway Musical, 1940s–2000s , Aleksei Grinenko

Embodied Nostalgia: Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and U.S. Musical Theatre , Phoebe Rumsey

Dramaturgies of Democracy: Performance, Cultural Policy, and Citizenship in Chile, 1979–Present , Jennifer J. Thompson

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Under the Influence: Drinking and Immersion in New York City Theatre and Popular Entertainment, 1850 to Present , Chloë R. Edmonson

Being in Performance: A Philosophical Account of the Embodied Actor , Brad M. Krumholz

Wukongism: Monkey King, Kungfu/Jazz, and Asian/American Performance , Sissi Liu

The Theatrical King: Joseph Addison's Invention of Modern Sovereignty , Dan Poston

The Other at War: Performing the Spanish-Cuban-American War on U.S. and Cuban Stages , Juan R. Recondo

The Lines Between the Lines: Stage Directions as Fluid, Affective Collaborations Between Theatre Texts and Theatre Makers , Sarah Bess Rowen

African American Performers in Stalin’s Soviet Union: Between Political Promise and Racial Propaganda , Christopher E. Silsby

“Are They Supposed to Be Heugin ?": Negotiating Race, Nation, and Representation in Korean Musical Theatre , Ji Hyon Yuh

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Nervous Salomes: New York Salomania and the Neurological Condition of Modernité , Margaret K. Araneo

Fit for the Stage: Regency Actors and the Inspiration Behind Romantic Drama , James Armstrong

One Endless Dance: Tanaka Min's Experimental Practice , John (Zack) Fuller

Twenty-First-Century Transnational Theatre Development in the Cases of Théâtre du Soleil/Aftaab and Sundance Institute East Africa: Cultural Politics, Performance Aesthetics, and Global Circulation , Julia Goldstein

Acts of Provocation: Popular Antiracisms on/through the Twenty-First Century New York Commercial Stage , Stefanie A. Jones

The Interdependence of Theatricality, Gender, and Race in Cinematic and Performative Representations of New Orleans—From Jim Crow to Hurricane Katrina , Alexandra Just

Theatre Translation as Historiography: Projections of Greek Self-Identity Through English Translations During the European Crisis , Maria Mytilinaki

Performing Human Rights in Neoliberal Asia: Artistic and Activist Engagements in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore , Melissa Wansin Wong

Dissertations from 2016 2016

Straddling Feminisms: Post-Wave Pop Politics and Experimental Performance , Jessica Del Vecchio

Performing el Rap el ʿArabi 2005-2015: Feeling Politics amid Neoliberal Incursions in Ramallah, Amman, and Beirut , Rayya S. El Zein

Theatres of Reality, Fiction, and Temporality: Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller’s Ibsen-Saga (2006 - 2015) , Andrew L. Friedman

Professional Wrestling and/as Theatre: Bodies, Labor, and the Commercial Stage , Eero Laine

Shakespeare for the Volk : Shakespeare and the Development of the Idea of German Nationhood, 1817–1867 , Daniel Rockhill Siegel Venning

Occupy Citizenry: Participatory Performance in New York City: 2009-2015 , Kenn Dixon Watt

Animal Performance in Big-Time Vaudeville , Catherine M. Young

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Economies of Touring in American Theatre Culture, 1835-1861 , Nicole Berkin

Performing (Non)Profit, Race, and American Identity in the Nation's Capital: Arena Stage, 1950-2010 , Donatella Galella

The Pulitzer Prize and Women: An Investigation into Three Decades of Winning Plays by Female Dramatists (1981-2009) , Kathleen Potts

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Cologne Carnival's "Alternative" Stunksitzung: Carnivalization? Meta-Carnival? Or Bakhtinian Restoration? , Erik Abbott

Ridiculous Geographies: Mapping the Theatre of the Ridiculous as Radical Aesthetic , Kelly Aliano

Dissertations from 2010 2010

Synesthetic Landscapes in Harold Pinter’s Theatre: A Symbolist Legacy , Graça Corrêa

Dissertations from 2003 2003

Art or Propaganda: A Historical and Critical Analysis of African-American Approaches to Dramatic Theory, 1900–1965 , Henry D. Miller

Dissertations from 2001 2001

Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass-Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915 , Andrew L. Erdman

Dissertations from 1999 1999

Contemporary Romanian Theatre: Artistry, Honesty, and Adaptation in the Plays of Iosif Naghiu, Dumitru Radu Popescu and Marin Sorescu , Eric Pourchot

John Brougham: The American Performance Career of an Irish Comedian, 1842–1880 , Dana Rahm Sutton

The Women of the Ten, Twent', Thirt': Popular Melodrama Theatre in Turn-of-the-Century New York , Barbara Meredith Waldinger

Dissertations from 1992 1992

Acting Hysteria: An Analysis of the Actress and Her Part , Lydia Stryk

Dissertations from 1990 1990

Improvisation for Actor Training and Performance in 20th Century America (with Special Emphasis on the Spolin and Sills Tradition) , Jeff David Brone

Influences of the Post-World War II Era on the American Political Theater, 1968–1972 , Lydia Alix Gerson

Dissertations from 1989 1989

The Theatre of Adrian Hall , Jeannie Marlin Woods

Dissertations from 1988 1988

Feminist Theory and Postwar American Drama , Gayle Austin

Dissertations from 1987 1987

Revolutions Off Off Broadway, 1959-1969: A Critical Study of Changes in Structure, Character, Language, and Theme in Experimental Drama in New York City , Alexis Greene

Dissertations from 1983 1983

The Principles of Acting According to Stella Adler , Joanna Helen Rotte

Dissertations from 1978 1978

Theatre and Drama and the Nazi Concentration Camps , Alvin Goldfarb

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How to Write a Thesis or Dissertation Introduction

Published on September 7, 2022 by Tegan George and Shona McCombes. Revised on November 21, 2023.

The introduction is the first section of your thesis or dissertation , appearing right after the table of contents . Your introduction draws your reader in, setting the stage for your research with a clear focus, purpose, and direction on a relevant topic .

Your introduction should include:

• Your topic, in context: what does your reader need to know to understand your thesis dissertation?
• Your focus and scope: what specific aspect of the topic will you address?
• The relevance of your research: how does your work fit into existing studies on your topic?
• Your questions and objectives: what does your research aim to find out, and how?
• An overview of your structure: what does each section contribute to the overall aim?

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How to start your introduction, topic and context, focus and scope, relevance and importance, questions and objectives, overview of the structure, thesis introduction example, introduction checklist, other interesting articles, frequently asked questions about introductions.

Although your introduction kicks off your dissertation, it doesn’t have to be the first thing you write — in fact, it’s often one of the very last parts to be completed (just before your abstract ).

It’s a good idea to write a rough draft of your introduction as you begin your research, to help guide you. If you wrote a research proposal , consider using this as a template, as it contains many of the same elements. However, be sure to revise your introduction throughout the writing process, making sure it matches the content of your ensuing sections.

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Begin by introducing your dissertation topic and giving any necessary background information. It’s important to contextualize your research and generate interest. Aim to show why your topic is timely or important. You may want to mention a relevant news item, academic debate, or practical problem.

After a brief introduction to your general area of interest, narrow your focus and define the scope of your research.

You can narrow this down in many ways, such as by:

• Geographical area
• Time period
• Demographics or communities
• Themes or aspects of the topic

It’s essential to share your motivation for doing this research, as well as how it relates to existing work on your topic. Further, you should also mention what new insights you expect it will contribute.

Start by giving a brief overview of the current state of research. You should definitely cite the most relevant literature, but remember that you will conduct a more in-depth survey of relevant sources in the literature review section, so there’s no need to go too in-depth in the introduction.

Depending on your field, the importance of your research might focus on its practical application (e.g., in policy or management) or on advancing scholarly understanding of the topic (e.g., by developing theories or adding new empirical data). In many cases, it will do both.

Ultimately, your introduction should explain how your thesis or dissertation:

• Helps solve a practical or theoretical problem
• Addresses a gap in the literature
• Builds on existing research
• Proposes a new understanding of your topic

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Perhaps the most important part of your introduction is your questions and objectives, as it sets up the expectations for the rest of your thesis or dissertation. How you formulate your research questions and research objectives will depend on your discipline, topic, and focus, but you should always clearly state the central aim of your research.

If your research aims to test hypotheses , you can formulate them here. Your introduction is also a good place for a conceptual framework that suggests relationships between variables .

• Conduct surveys to collect data on students’ levels of knowledge, understanding, and positive/negative perceptions of government policy.
• Determine whether attitudes to climate policy are associated with variables such as age, gender, region, and social class.
• Conduct interviews to gain qualitative insights into students’ perspectives and actions in relation to climate policy.

To help guide your reader, end your introduction with an outline  of the structure of the thesis or dissertation to follow. Share a brief summary of each chapter, clearly showing how each contributes to your central aims. However, be careful to keep this overview concise: 1-2 sentences should be enough.

I. Introduction

Human language consists of a set of vowels and consonants which are combined to form words. During the speech production process, thoughts are converted into spoken utterances to convey a message. The appropriate words and their meanings are selected in the mental lexicon (Dell & Burger, 1997). This pre-verbal message is then grammatically coded, during which a syntactic representation of the utterance is built.

Speech, language, and voice disorders affect the vocal cords, nerves, muscles, and brain structures, which result in a distorted language reception or speech production (Sataloff & Hawkshaw, 2014). The symptoms vary from adding superfluous words and taking pauses to hoarseness of the voice, depending on the type of disorder (Dodd, 2005). However, distortions of the speech may also occur as a result of a disease that seems unrelated to speech, such as multiple sclerosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

This study aims to determine which acoustic parameters are suitable for the automatic detection of exacerbations in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by investigating which aspects of speech differ between COPD patients and healthy speakers and which aspects differ between COPD patients in exacerbation and stable COPD patients.

Checklist: Introduction

I have introduced my research topic in an engaging way.

I have provided necessary context to help the reader understand my topic.

I have clearly specified the focus of my research.

I have shown the relevance and importance of the dissertation topic .

I have clearly stated the problem or question that my research addresses.

I have outlined the specific objectives of the research .

I have provided an overview of the dissertation’s structure .

You've written a strong introduction for your thesis or dissertation. Use the other checklists to continue improving your dissertation.

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The introduction of a research paper includes several key elements:

• A hook to catch the reader’s interest
• Relevant background on the topic
• Details of your research problem

and your problem statement

• A thesis statement or research question
• Sometimes an overview of the paper

Don’t feel that you have to write the introduction first. The introduction is often one of the last parts of the research paper you’ll write, along with the conclusion.

This is because it can be easier to introduce your paper once you’ve already written the body ; you may not have the clearest idea of your arguments until you’ve written them, and things can change during the writing process .

Research objectives describe what you intend your research project to accomplish.

They summarize the approach and purpose of the project and help to focus your research.

Your objectives should appear in the introduction of your research paper , at the end of your problem statement .

Scope of research is determined at the beginning of your research process , prior to the data collection stage. Sometimes called “scope of study,” your scope delineates what will and will not be covered in your project. It helps you focus your work and your time, ensuring that you’ll be able to achieve your goals and outcomes.

Defining a scope can be very useful in any research project, from a research proposal to a thesis or dissertation . A scope is needed for all types of research: quantitative , qualitative , and mixed methods .

To define your scope of research, consider the following:

• Budget constraints or any specifics of grant funding
• Your proposed timeline and duration
• Specifics about your population of study, your proposed sample size , and the research methodology you’ll pursue
• Any inclusion and exclusion criteria
• Any anticipated control , extraneous , or confounding variables that could bias your research if not accounted for properly.

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FICHE RÉSUMÉ SUR LE THÉÂTRE

1 : Introduction : Le genre théâtral compose une grande partie de la Littérature, et ce, depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Le théâtre, qu'il soit lu ou représenté présente une spécificité : il peut être argumentatif ou polémique entre autres. Le théâtre est une forme vivante de littérature, qui se prête à défendre des idées, de par ses dialogues qui peuvent adopter une forme argumentative, et par sa double énonciation. Il permet ainsi une opposition à certaines idées de façon plus ou moins détournée et est accessible à tous. Mais le théâtre n'est pas lu ou écouté de façon assez attentive, tournée vers les arguments de l'auteur. En effet, le théâtre se présente comme un divertissement. De plus l'auteur doit faire face à la censure et aux malentendus avec les spectateurs. Les pièces mettent souvent en scène des conflits : les conflits comiques se révoltent en rires, les conflits tragiques exigent le plus souvent la mort du personnage principal.

2 : Un support idéal pour défendre des idées : Pour l'auteur le théâtre se présente comme un support idéal pour présenter et défendre ses idées par sa forme propre permettant d'utiliser le registre polémique, et la double-énonciation ( le personnage ou acteur s'adresse non seulement aux autres personnages présents sur scène, faisant avancer l'intrigue, mais aussi au spectateur ) ; à travers cette forme, il peut se permettre une opposition plus ou moins importante face à la société puisqu'il parle parle à travers un personnage. Enfin, le théâtre est accessible à tous, et permet une spectaculaire propagation des idées, par support écrit et surtout oral.

La double énonciation permet à l'auteur de s'impliquer d'avantage dans ses propos : une opposition plus ou moins importante à la société lui est permise. Il emploie un moyen détourné en impliquant ses idées dans la tirade d'un de ses personnages. Les monologues notamment permettent une réflexion plus profonde sur la société, puisque le personnage est face à lui-même ( et au spectateur ) : Longue tirade de Figaro dans le Mariage de Figaro qui conteste l'ordre sociale.

Un autre avantage du théâtre semble être sa facilité d'accès à la majorité de la population : se propageant par deux modes, et principalement par celui qui consiste à être représenté. Le théâtre s'ouvre à un public plus large. Les idées de l'auteur peuvent ainsi être mieux répandues. L'observation des pièces de Molière confirme cet aspect. Molière – grand dramaturge et comédien – a crée un grand nombre de comédies-critiques où il montre les défauts de la société. L'Avare de par son genre, une comédie classique, se rend accessible aisément et les spectateurs ont ainsi accès aux idées de Molière, à ses critiques.

3 : Un support peut être pas si idéal ? : Le théâtre n'est peut être pas un support si idéal pour exposer des idées : le spectateur peut ne pas les prendre au sérieux voire pire, ne pas les comprendre : les pièces peuvent être censurées : Les pièces de Molière comiques sont sensibles vis-à-vis du lecteur. Les rires

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Marivaux Le Jeu de L’amour et du hasard II, 11 En quoi cette scène est-elle révélatrice du trouble du personnage ?

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Beaumarchais, "Le Mariage de Figaro" / parcours : La comédie du valet. EAF 2020 7

Molière, "L'École des femmes" / parcours : Comédie et satire. EAF 2020 4

Cours sur le théâtre : les fonctions du monologue

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