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Wgs 2309g-001 Introduction To Women's And Gender Studies, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2023

No abstract provided.

Eng 5742-600: Studies In Genre For Writers And Teachers, Tim Engles

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.

Addressing Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Women And Children Through Prevention And Reintegration Approaches: Lessons From Bangladesh And India, K.G. Santhya, Sigma Ainul, Snigdha Banerjee, Avishek Hazra, Eashita Haque, Basant Kumar Panda, A.J. Francis Zavier, Shilpi Rampal

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The Global Estimates of Modern Slavery report of 2021 stated that 6.3 million people were in situations of forced commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) on any given day worldwide. Asia and the Pacific region (which includes South Asia) were host to more than half of the global total of forced labor, including those in CSE. Bangladesh is one of the three main countries of origin for trafficked persons in South Asia. India has been identified as a source, destination, and transit location for trafficking of forced labor, including CSE. Though governments in both countries have made commitments to prevent and combat …

Fascist Aesthetics From 1940 To Contemporary Times, Anna M. Gellerman

Publications and Research

Movies and literature all over the world share some common aesthetics: militarization, romanticization of death, beauty of perfection, and even purity. What most don't think about is how these tropes rose to popularity due to Nazi Germany's propaganda films. This work describes these fascist aesthetics, and uses famous publications from the 1940s until now to paint just how common these themes are.

Eng 3604d-001: Special Topics In Multicultural Literatures, Jeannie Ludlow

Spring 2020

No abstract provided.

Eng 5010-600: Studies In 20th Century American Literature, Tim Engles

Spring 2020

No abstract provided.

Engaging And Empowering Readers With The 180 Days Approach To Workshop-Based Extensive Reading Instruction: A Mixed Methods Study In A Secondary English Setting, Mary Anne Donnelly

Theses and Dissertations

Accepted strategies and practices for secondary-level reading instruction generally fall under two categories: intensive or extensive. Intensive reading instruction values depth over breadth of reading, and extensive reading instruction prioritizes volume of reading over reading closely in the belief that reading comprehension is dependent on fluency. In the suburban New York State school district where the study was conducted, secondary English language arts teachers generally utilized intensive reading instruction with canonical works of literature despite growing signs of student disengagement in the last several years.

Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle’s collaborative work, 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to …

An Evolution Of Jane And Lizzie: Adaptation Studies Need To Accommodate For The Rise Of Internet-Based Media, Katherine Anne Bryce

UVM Patrick Leahy Honors College Senior Theses

Adaptation studies has been a part of film studies since the beginning of cinema itself. However, there is a need for a push in a new direction to incorporate and acknowledge internet-based, web-series adaptations. The purpose of this paper was to come to terms with the current status of adaptation studies as a field and to determine how to best incorporate internet-based media into the previously established framework. Combining a study of adaptation studies with a study of transmedia and the specificities of internet-based media, I looked at two web-series adaptations of classic novels: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an …

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 …

“A Pleasure To Burn”: Introduction To Ib Language And Literature Through Fahrenheit 451, Savannah Mcdonough

Understanding by Design: Complete Collection

“A Pleasure to Burn”: Introduction to IB Language and Literature through Fahrenheit 451 serves to introduce International Baccalaureate DP year one students to the initial key skills needed to succeed in the course. The students participating in this unit are expected to have read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 over the summer in order to get the most out of their time in school. This unit focuses on introducing students to the main aspects of text analysis according to the IB expectations. This unit also focuses on building academic writing practices, discussion practices, and creativity.

Eng 2205-001: Intro To Literary Studies, Suzie Park

Spring 2017

No abstract provided.

Daffodils: A Completely Unrelated Collection Of Short Stories, Sawyer E.P. Henshaw

Scripps Senior Theses

“Daffodils” is a collection of three fictional short stories without obvious thematic connection, yet all containing tenacious female characters. “The Winner” is told from the unflinching voice of a young wife in her struggle for control within the newfound environment of a Massachusetts boarding school. “The Seers” is a dystopian story, taking place in a world with months of “Sun” and months of dark at a time, intimately describing the effects of this phenomenon upon the civilization. Lastly, “Plastic Flowers” examines the loss of love and comfort within a relationship, depicting the insecurities of young adult life in New York …

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, Fern Kory

Fall 2016

No abstract provided.

Eng 3405-001: Children’S Literature, John Moore

Fall 2015

No abstract provided.

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, John Moore

Spring 2015

No abstract provided.

Wst 2309g-003: Women, Men, And Culture, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.

Eng 3705-001: American Multicultural Literatures, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.

Eng 3405-002: Children's Literature, John Moore

Spring 2014

No abstract provided.

Eng 4905-001: Studies In Youth Literature, John Moore

Spring 2014

No abstract provided.

Raw, Michael W. Hancock

Faculty Publications & Research

Raw magazine (published from 1980 to 1991) was the premier English-language showcase for avantgarde and international comics in the 1980s and a harbinger of the graphic novel boom of the early 21st century. It was coedited by future New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly and her husband, veteran underground cartoonist Art Spiegelman, whose seminal graphic novel Maus was first serialized in Raw. Raw promoted the idea of comics as a serious adult literary and artistic form by publishing formally innovative contemporary comics, translating the work of established international cartoonists, and reprinting works by early 20th-century artists. Its wide-ranging subject matter …

Eng 3406-001: Literature For Pre-Adolescents, John Moore

Fall 2013

No abstract provided.

Eng 3405-002: Children's Literature, John Moore

Spring 2013

No abstract provided.

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, John Moore

Fall 2012

No abstract provided.

Games Worth A Thousand Words: Critical Approaches And Ludonarrative Harmony In Interactive Narratives, Travis Pynenburg

Honors Theses and Capstones

This thesis provides a brief summary of contemporary approaches to the study of interactive narratives. After criticizing the approaches of ludology and narratology, the thesis speaks of the advantages of studying ludonarrative harmony and dissonance. Finally, an example of ludonarrative critique is given focusing on the game Journey by thatgamecompany.

November Days, Caitlin Sacco

Honors Theses and Capstones

"November Days" is a nonfiction story about a teenage girl diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 15 in 1983. It goes back and forth between her sickness and death and the impact that it still has on her family and friends thirty years later. It is a story about love and loss and the family that has never recovered.

Eng 4300-4390-003-097: With Or Without Words: Graphic Novels, Memoirs, And Wordless Books, Lania Knight

Spring 2012

No abstract provided.

Positive Action For Hiv In Schools In Kenya, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Monica Wanjiru, Sheila Bayley, John Kiunjuri, Mary Omondi, Rob Burnet, Bridget Deacon

Reproductive Health

The objective of this study was to test the feasibility of using comic books, role models, and edutainment to communicate HIV and AIDS messages to in-school young people in Kenya, with a view to improving their knowledge about the epidemic, enhancing communication about it, and promoting positive attitudes and behavior among them. The study was implemented by the Population Council in eight secondary schools in Nairobi, as part of the APHIA II Operations Research Project in collaboration with the AIDS Control Unit in the Ministry of Education, Well Told Story, and the National AIDS/STI Control Programme. The study found that …

Linguistics And The Study Of Comics , Frank Bramlett

Faculty Books and Monographs

Editor: Frank Bramlett, UNO faculty member.

Chapter 8: Linguistic Codes and Character Identity in Afro Samurai, authored by Frank Bramlett.

Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? What is the impact of English on comics written in other languages? These questions and many more are answered in this volume, which brings together the two fields of comics research and linguistics to produce groundbreaking scholarship. With an international cast of contributors, the book offers novel insights into the role …

Eng 3406-001: Literature For Pre-Adolescents, John David Moore

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.

Navigating The Fourth Dimension: Nonlinear Narratives In Film, Literature, And Television, Jason R. Boulanger

Senior Honors Projects

Time is often considered the fourth dimension due to the fact that nothing can exist outside the confines of time. Since time is so intrinsic to the very nature of being in the world, creators of film, literature, and television, which are reflective of life, must at least implicitly confront concepts of time and temporality within their work. The intangibility of time presents many difficulties but also a great number of opportunities in accurately portraying its true function within the world.

Many literary works, films, and television programs directly confront concepts of time. Each medium with its own benefits and …