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It's A Woman's World: Feminist Themes From Pride And Prejudice To The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Amber Naz Haydar Dec 2014

It's A Woman's World: Feminist Themes From Pride And Prejudice To The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Amber Naz Haydar

Masters Theses

The overall objective of It’s a woman’s world: Feminist themes from Pride and Prejudice to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is to examine the feminist themes present in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and their representation in Bernie Su and Hank Green’s recent web series adaptation of Austen’s novel, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. There is first discussion of the critical conversation regarding Austen’s position as a feminist, as well as background on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Analysis of the feminist themes present in novel and, subsequently, adaptation, follows, and the project concludes with a discussion of some of the …


Womanhood: A Mini-Series, Maggie E. Solomon Dec 2014

Womanhood: A Mini-Series, Maggie E. Solomon

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Mirror In The Dark: Poems, Carolyn Rose Stice May 2014

Mirror In The Dark: Poems, Carolyn Rose Stice

Doctoral Dissertations

Sentiment in verse has a long and complicated history throughout which it has fluctuated in and out of vogue depending upon the tastes of the time. A poem that is too “sentimental” is one in which the author relies too heavily on emotion to incite a stereotypical response in the reader. In this type of writing emotion is emphasized at the expense of craft. Conversely, when sentiment is consciously used as a tool it can help to infuse writing with active and genuine emotion which help to broaden a reader’s understanding of a poem. The emotion is an active and …


Commission For Women - The Wings Of Women: Taking Flight In The 21st Century, Nikki Brice Apr 2014

Commission For Women - The Wings Of Women: Taking Flight In The 21st Century, Nikki Brice

Issues, Proposals, and Recommendations

Working women are too often cast under an unglamorous light and inevitably asked how they juggle their career with a family at home. Traditional gender roles trap young women into feeling like they have to make a decision between the two. This is not the case. Women should feel confident to be leaders in their workplace and get the support they need at home at the same time.