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“No Happy Woman Writes”: An Analysis Of Novels Of Seduction And Domestic Fiction In Early American Literature, Janene Johnson
“No Happy Woman Writes”: An Analysis Of Novels Of Seduction And Domestic Fiction In Early American Literature, Janene Johnson
Honors Program Theses and Projects
American novelists writing in the new Republic contributed to a collective cultural effort to create a new written voice. Writers in the new nation aimed to develop a style of writing distinct from the contemporary European conventions, one that would reflect American ideals and society. Though increasing in popularity during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, novels and fictional works received an inauspicious stigma that marked the works, authors, and often even readers of the genre. Twentieth-century scholars of the early American novel denounced the genre as simply melodramatic romantic work that would not improve the intellect of the …
It’S Kind Of A Curious Incident In The Bell Jar: Using Literature And Discussion To Advocate For Mental Health Education In The High School English Classroom, Margaret Keefe
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Literature has served as an outlet for those who have both written and read it, powerfully describing all aspects of the human condition—even the mental disorders we suffer from. Language Arts classrooms provide students with the ability to access and critically analyze this unique outlet for expression and understanding. Given the high rate of mental disorders among young adults and students, this often stigmatized issue cannot be ignored inside or outside the classroom. The purpose of this project is to analyze how texts which discuss mental disorders might be taught in the high school English classroom. This will include not …
“Racial Repercussions Of The British Imperial Curriculum:” Misperceptions Of The Natives In George Orwell’S Burmese Days, Cyi Gyi Paradis
“Racial Repercussions Of The British Imperial Curriculum:” Misperceptions Of The Natives In George Orwell’S Burmese Days, Cyi Gyi Paradis
Honors Program Theses and Projects
This study explores how English writers falsely portray the indigenous people of the British colonies in novels. During the first two decades of the twentieth century, in particular, authors of Imperialist fiction often misrepresent natives in the British colonies as deviant, detestable, deplorable beings that lack moral compasses. By researching the fields of literature, history, education, and cultural studies, I will examine how George Orwell’s novel Burmese Days distorts descriptions of the Burmese people. Previous studies on Burmese Days focus mainly on misrepresentations of the Burmese as a homogenous race; however, my research will encompass how literary distortions target multiple …
Fighting For Their Lives: Why The Marginalized Irish From The 1840s-1910 Dominated American Prizefighting, Owen Marshall
Fighting For Their Lives: Why The Marginalized Irish From The 1840s-1910 Dominated American Prizefighting, Owen Marshall
Honors Program Theses and Projects
One of the most recognizable figures in the world during his lifetime, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, previously Cassius Clay and Cassius X, put his self-esteem on display with the simple declaration “I am the greatest.” This was a phrase he told himself long before he truly was the greatest, but he proved it to the world in 1964 when he defeated defending champion Sonny Liston. Upon knocking out his dangerous, violent, and cheating opponent, Ali whipped himself into a frenzy, as onlookers saw him fall over the ropes, scream at the ringside reporters who had previously doubted him, and …
“Only A Passing Idiocy”: The Ku Klux Klan In Maine State Politics, Erin Best
“Only A Passing Idiocy”: The Ku Klux Klan In Maine State Politics, Erin Best
Honors Program Theses and Projects
During the late the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, French Canadians migrated to the United States to fill existing labor gaps in New England’s textile mills. By the 1920s, French Canadians and Franco-Americans dominated textile labor in Maine. Despite its general rural cultural landscape, the modernism of the 1920s did come to influence the lived-experience of Maine’s French-speaking population. Urban centers like Lewiston-Auburn, Portland, and Bangor were urban-industrial towns that tended to be oppositional to the state’s more rural and conservative demographic. This sparked a general counter-movement among Maine’s conservative Protestant population. Similar to other rural regions in the United …
Searching For Identity: Connecting Students To Young Adult Literature In The Classroom Through Language, Samantha Correia
Searching For Identity: Connecting Students To Young Adult Literature In The Classroom Through Language, Samantha Correia
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Young adult literature largely influences the cultures and the lives of young people; often these popular young adult novels become well-known as they are made into movies and are in high demand. These novels are not just for young adults; these texts can be read at any age and have accessible themes that many people can relate to. However, in this research, young adult literature will be discussed in terms of how these novels affect children, mostly from ages ten to eighteen, as many of the characters in these texts are a similar age to them. Young adult literature (YA …
Marriage In Victorian England, Cheryl Ann Mcdonnell
Marriage In Victorian England, Cheryl Ann Mcdonnell
Honors Program Theses and Projects
When most people consider the lives of women in the Victorian age in Great Britain, a period which covers the years of Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901, they have a pretty rigid idea of what women were like in that era. Most see Victorian women as stifled and restricted, happy in their domestic role, both before and after their marriage. This stereotype is not accurate in reality to the women of the Victorian era. In this essay, I plan to explore what the reality of daily life was for Victorian women. More specifically I plan to examine what …
Cultural Combinations In Japanese Art: The False Dichotomy Of Buddhism And Shintō, Danae Reaves-Bey Browne
Cultural Combinations In Japanese Art: The False Dichotomy Of Buddhism And Shintō, Danae Reaves-Bey Browne
Honors Program Theses and Projects
In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Meiji regime (1868-1912) of Japan declared a mandatory separation of indigenous deities from Buddhist figures. The Meiji government sought to use indigenous rituals, instead of Buddhist rituals, to legitimize its power. It thus codified these beliefs as a national religion, today referred to as Shintō (神道), to emphasize their autonomy. Yet, in spite of its efforts to isolate these beliefs from all others, Japanese spirituality still bears traces of “extra-cultural” religious ideas. This is the result of a long history of religious syncretism (hybridity) in the region. An understanding of the …
Art Created By Women In Response To Social Change: A Study Of Women’S Identity From The Twentieth Century To The Present, Kathleen Carroll
Art Created By Women In Response To Social Change: A Study Of Women’S Identity From The Twentieth Century To The Present, Kathleen Carroll
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
Cold War In The Classroom: Effects Of The Onset Of The Cold War On Public Education, Amanda Pineo
Cold War In The Classroom: Effects Of The Onset Of The Cold War On Public Education, Amanda Pineo
Honors Program Theses and Projects
World War II permanently changed the state of global politics, establishing the United States as a major superpower. In particular, the creation of the atomic bomb at the end of the war ushered in a new era of nuclear tension and a Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union, in which each side was pushed to marshal resources – foreign and domestic, cultural and political, at all levels – in support of its cause. The purpose of this research is to provide an analysis of the impact of the Cold War on American public primary and secondary schools, …
The Future Of Racial Classifications: Exploring Race In The Critical Dystopia, Meghan Hartnett
The Future Of Racial Classifications: Exploring Race In The Critical Dystopia, Meghan Hartnett
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
The Novel Mystique: Depictions Of Women In Novels Of The 1950s, Sarah Fender
The Novel Mystique: Depictions Of Women In Novels Of The 1950s, Sarah Fender
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
A Psychoanalytic Reading Of Haruki Murakami’S “The Little Green Monster,” “All God’S Children Can Dance,” And “Tv People”, Sara Ferreira
A Psychoanalytic Reading Of Haruki Murakami’S “The Little Green Monster,” “All God’S Children Can Dance,” And “Tv People”, Sara Ferreira
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
Welcome To The Real World: A Skeptical Examination Of Working Class Life, Ryan O'Connor
Welcome To The Real World: A Skeptical Examination Of Working Class Life, Ryan O'Connor
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
The Complex Humanity Of Henry V, Kaitlynn Willette
The Complex Humanity Of Henry V, Kaitlynn Willette
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
Vengeance Is Ours: Safe Spaces And Critical Empathy In Horror Films, David S. Hooker
Vengeance Is Ours: Safe Spaces And Critical Empathy In Horror Films, David S. Hooker
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Many genres of film seek to bring viewers to heightened emotional states, perhaps this is most true of horror films. Although often displaying extreme violence, such films paradoxically provide openings for critically empathetic viewings which allow viewers with diverse backgrounds and experiences to identify with victims and survivors and transcend elements of subjective identity. This project analyzes the capacity of horror films, including those of William Friedkin, David Cronenberg, Brian DePalma and others, to offer viewers space in which to be critically empathetic. Regarding gender issues in the genre as outlined by such scholars as Carol J. Clover, and the …
A Form Of Flesh And Blood: Wordsworth’S Synthesis Of Science And Poetry, Kevin Reynolds
A Form Of Flesh And Blood: Wordsworth’S Synthesis Of Science And Poetry, Kevin Reynolds
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
A Smithian Perspective On Aristotle's Virtuous Friend, Meagan Fraser
A Smithian Perspective On Aristotle's Virtuous Friend, Meagan Fraser
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.