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History, Methods, And Psychology Of Illustrations In Children's Literature, Kelsi Coleman
History, Methods, And Psychology Of Illustrations In Children's Literature, Kelsi Coleman
Honors Theses
This honors thesis includes two parts. The first is a paper written on the history of illustration in children's literature, the ways in which illustrations are created, and the psychological reasoning and effect of illustration in children's literature. The second part is a book created for children to inspire an interest in illustration and give basic information about different kinds of illustration.
The Field: A Study In Illustration, Kacy Alaina Earnest Spears
The Field: A Study In Illustration, Kacy Alaina Earnest Spears
Honors Theses
Senior year of college, I enrolled in Issues of Communication, a class focused on pinpointing the issues of racism and the long-term effects of microaggressions, defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "a comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously of unintentionally expresses a prejudice attitude toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial minority}" ("microaggressions"}. One of our guest speakers, Dean Bryan McKinney of the Hickingbotham School of Business, came to present "The Field," a short story written by his father, JV McKinney, about living in the 1950's segregated Arkansas Delta. Dean McKinney played a recording of …
Death In Children's Literature: A User's Guide, Jennifer M. Collier
Death In Children's Literature: A User's Guide, Jennifer M. Collier
Honors Theses
My love for children's books led me to begin exploring the subject of death within the literature. While searching for children's books that dealt with death as a primary of secondary theme, I realized how useful a guide to these books would be to parents, physicians, teachers and anyone working with a child facing some kind of death. It is hard for us to explain to children about death because it is hard to understand and accept, and we do not want to upset the children. Children's books that deal with death provide a means for opening the lines of …