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Self And Tell: Exploring Identity Through Music, Logen Crandall Jun 2024

Self And Tell: Exploring Identity Through Music, Logen Crandall

Honors Theses

My honors thesis is a five-song EP titled ‘self and tell’. It is considered an EP (Extended Play) because it is longer than one song but shorter than an album. As an English: Creative Writing major, I wanted to write something for my thesis that truly excited me. However, I was ignited by the thought of writing an essay, play, collection of poems, or work of fiction. As someone who has always had a passion for music and singing, I instead chose to use my knowledge of poetry and storytelling to write lyrics that followed a central theme from one …


Could Musical Theatre Be Worthy Of Literary Analysis? (Or, An Attempt At Dismantling The Cultural Hierarchy), Sarah Meierdirks Apr 2023

Could Musical Theatre Be Worthy Of Literary Analysis? (Or, An Attempt At Dismantling The Cultural Hierarchy), Sarah Meierdirks

Honors Theses

Could Musical Theatre Be Worthy of Literary Analysis?

Cultural hierarchy, or the perception that different forms of art relate to each other in terms of higher or lower sophistication, has commanded the way we view art for centuries. Artforms which the cultural hierarchy deems to be “higher” are often given more attention, respect, and appreciation in academia, but can be less accessible both physically and mentally to the masses, while artforms deemed to be “lower” tend to be simpler and more fun, making them have a more popular appeal. The tendency for art that is either simple or fun to …


Canon Fanfiction: Reading, Writing, And Teaching With Adaptations Of Premodern And Early Modern Literature, Christine Schott Jan 2023

Canon Fanfiction: Reading, Writing, And Teaching With Adaptations Of Premodern And Early Modern Literature, Christine Schott

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

For most of Western history, literary value came from retelling and reworking the literature of the past. This reinvention of source material is not unlike the process of writing fanfiction, a genre that has exploded in popularity among young adults in the internet age. It also bears a resemblance the work of literary scholars, who seek to respond, sometimes radically, to the difficult or problematic elements in texts they study. In a climate of increasing indifference toward literature and scholarship, creative writing provides novelists and students alike a powerful way to engage with literature of the past and confront the …


Hide And Seek, Angie Bissonnette Jan 2023

Hide And Seek, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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A Siren’S Cry, Angie Bissonnette Jan 2023

A Siren’S Cry, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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Deep Water Devotion (Transgender Sailor Evocations), June Pearson Jan 2023

Deep Water Devotion (Transgender Sailor Evocations), June Pearson

The Laureate

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Sunday, May 2, 1999, Lydia Cowan Jan 2023

Sunday, May 2, 1999, Lydia Cowan

The Laureate

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A Bloody Proposal, Angie Bissonnette Jan 2023

A Bloody Proposal, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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(Un)Faithful Humanity, Nora Pluth Jan 2023

(Un)Faithful Humanity, Nora Pluth

The Laureate

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What’S Taken, What’S Given, And What I Choose To Remember, Grace Cieslikowski Jan 2023

What’S Taken, What’S Given, And What I Choose To Remember, Grace Cieslikowski

The Laureate

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Highway At Night, Nora Pluth Jan 2023

Highway At Night, Nora Pluth

The Laureate

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Dreamy Rivers Flowing Under Bridges, Josiah Zuiderveen Jan 2023

Dreamy Rivers Flowing Under Bridges, Josiah Zuiderveen

The Laureate

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Sunday, May 2, 1999, Lydia Cowan Jan 2023

Sunday, May 2, 1999, Lydia Cowan

The Laureate

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Magazine Mouth, Kostandi Stephenson Jan 2023

Magazine Mouth, Kostandi Stephenson

The Laureate

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Salt Flat, Lucas Harbaugh Jan 2023

Salt Flat, Lucas Harbaugh

The Laureate

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Our Kingdom, Angie Bissonnette Jan 2023

Our Kingdom, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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Pest(Icide), Kostandi Stephenson Jan 2023

Pest(Icide), Kostandi Stephenson

The Laureate

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Grove(L), Madalyn L. Rockwell Jan 2023

Grove(L), Madalyn L. Rockwell

The Laureate

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To Be In Morning, Angie Bissonnette Jan 2023

To Be In Morning, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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Puppet Master, Ryder Dietz Jan 2023

Puppet Master, Ryder Dietz

The Laureate

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The Gray, Nora Pluth Jan 2023

The Gray, Nora Pluth

The Laureate

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Soft-Spoken, Amaya Gipson Jan 2023

Soft-Spoken, Amaya Gipson

The Laureate

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Grave-Digger, Lauren Williams Jan 2023

Grave-Digger, Lauren Williams

The Laureate

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Ftm, Ryder Dietz Jan 2023

Ftm, Ryder Dietz

The Laureate

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A Bubble Bath, Lydia Cowan Jan 2023

A Bubble Bath, Lydia Cowan

The Laureate

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The Oppression Of Depression, Shelby Vaughn Jan 2023

The Oppression Of Depression, Shelby Vaughn

The Laureate

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The Meadow, Lucas Harbaugh Jan 2023

The Meadow, Lucas Harbaugh

The Laureate

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Before Sunrise, Nora Pluth Jan 2023

Before Sunrise, Nora Pluth

The Laureate

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Chasing The Heart Of Music, Josiah Zuiderveen Jan 2023

Chasing The Heart Of Music, Josiah Zuiderveen

The Laureate

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Scribble Out, Lucas Harbaugh Jan 2023

Scribble Out, Lucas Harbaugh

The Laureate

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