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The Bard’S Precursors To Psychology: Exposing Dark Sides Of Human Nature, Rebecca Parsons '23 May 2023

The Bard’S Precursors To Psychology: Exposing Dark Sides Of Human Nature, Rebecca Parsons '23

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Music And Literature: Reciprocal Tools For Analysis, Creation, Performance, And Education, Lily Rutledge '23 May 2023

Music And Literature: Reciprocal Tools For Analysis, Creation, Performance, And Education, Lily Rutledge '23

Honor Scholar Theses

Through research, written analysis, and live performance, this thesis will explore the different ways music and literature overlap and inform one another, drawing primarily on the scholarship of intermediality and the pedagogical approach of Arts Integration. As a student of both music and English literature, I am very attuned to the different ways these two forms of narrative already overlap. In my viola lessons, I have often discussed how a musical phrase could be turned into a vivid narrative to help me better understand the music I was performing. I also frequently have noticed musical elements in prose and poetry …


Riot, Revolution, And Remembrance: Modern Memory Of The Haymarket Affair, Maggie Westover '23 May 2023

Riot, Revolution, And Remembrance: Modern Memory Of The Haymarket Affair, Maggie Westover '23

Honor Scholar Theses

In this thesis, I combine several disciplines to analyze multiple types of sources in order to get a better understanding of how the Haymarket Affair has been remembered. In this thesis, I combine history, musical theater, and literature to show how the memory of the Haymarket affair has changed in the last 137 years. Relying on newspaper articles, a musical performance, an episode of a television show, trial documents, and a collection of primary sources about Haymarket made available by the Chicago Historical Society, I am able to track the memory of the Haymarket Affair and how it has changed …


“Inheritor” And “Originator”: Jane Austen’S Feminist Voice As Bridge Between Mary Wollstonecraft And Virginia Woolf, Stephanie Hyta '23 May 2023

“Inheritor” And “Originator”: Jane Austen’S Feminist Voice As Bridge Between Mary Wollstonecraft And Virginia Woolf, Stephanie Hyta '23

Honor Scholar Theses

This thesis explores the feminism of Jane Austen’s six novels: Sense and Sensibility (published in 1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, the last two published posthumously in December 1817. Austen’s feminism serves as a bridge between the 18th and 20th centuries: her novels include a critique of the patriarchal system that Mary Wollstonecraft analyzed so judiciously in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792); they also anticipate ideas in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own (1929), a six-part essay that originated as lectures that Woolf gave in October 1928 at …


Harry Potter: The Power Of Fans, Rachel Roscoe '22 May 2022

Harry Potter: The Power Of Fans, Rachel Roscoe '22

Honor Scholar Theses

In order to begin to unpack the question of why do so many people connect with and are drawn to the world of Harry Potter, I thought it would be important to analyze certain themes that are present in each of the books of this series. However, because there are seven, I will be focusing my analysis on three. The books that I chose from the series are the first one, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the fifth one, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and the seventh one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. These particular …


Friend Or Foe: Chaucer’S Depiction Of Women In Troilus And Criseyde, Vanessa Balis 20 Apr 2020

Friend Or Foe: Chaucer’S Depiction Of Women In Troilus And Criseyde, Vanessa Balis 20

Honor Scholar Theses

Often considered the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340s-1400 CE) produced a number of famous poems during his lifetime, the most famous arguably being The Canterbury Tales. But another of his works, Troilus and Criseyde, is often considered the best example of both his poetic ability and his creative use of sources.1 In this thesis, I will be considering whether Chaucer supports or subverts a patriarchal social structure, specifically by looking at his representation of women in Troilus and Criseyde in comparison to his source Giovanni Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato. Instead of resorting to the assumptive rhetoric of …


Caught In The Middle: Existentialism In A Contemporary Fantasy, Hannah Depauw 20 Apr 2020

Caught In The Middle: Existentialism In A Contemporary Fantasy, Hannah Depauw 20

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


The Narrative Of Courtship: Literary And Biological Constructions And Their Impact On Women, Drew Harris 20 Apr 2020

The Narrative Of Courtship: Literary And Biological Constructions And Their Impact On Women, Drew Harris 20

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Memory And Narrative In The Traumatic Mode: Interlocuting Trauma In William Faulkner And Toni Morrison, Peper Langhout 19 Apr 2019

Memory And Narrative In The Traumatic Mode: Interlocuting Trauma In William Faulkner And Toni Morrison, Peper Langhout 19

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Who Cries?: Tears And Otherness In The Middle Ages, Hyeree Ellis 18 Apr 2018

Who Cries?: Tears And Otherness In The Middle Ages, Hyeree Ellis 18

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Bilingual Children’S Literature: Bridging The Gap Between Language And Identity = Literatura Infantil Bilingüe: Cerrando La Brecha Entre El Idioma Y La Identidad, Amanda Weber 17 Apr 2017

Bilingual Children’S Literature: Bridging The Gap Between Language And Identity = Literatura Infantil Bilingüe: Cerrando La Brecha Entre El Idioma Y La Identidad, Amanda Weber 17

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Completeless Show, Kathleen Raymond-Judy 15 Jan 2015

Completeless Show, Kathleen Raymond-Judy 15

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Shakespeare's Successful Sisters: The Reincarnated Judith In The Works Of Munro, Egan, And Gilbert, Caitlin M. Adams 14 Jan 2014

Shakespeare's Successful Sisters: The Reincarnated Judith In The Works Of Munro, Egan, And Gilbert, Caitlin M. Adams 14

Honor Scholar Theses

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Bridging: Poetry Of Place In Putnam County, Megan Carter 14 Jan 2014

Bridging: Poetry Of Place In Putnam County, Megan Carter 14

Honor Scholar Theses

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Dystopian Language And Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Applied To Created Forms Of English, Kristen Fairchild 14 Jan 2014

Dystopian Language And Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Applied To Created Forms Of English, Kristen Fairchild 14

Honor Scholar Theses

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The Empathetic Human: The Story Of How Story Increases Cognitive And Social Ability, Olivia C. Flores 14 Jan 2014

The Empathetic Human: The Story Of How Story Increases Cognitive And Social Ability, Olivia C. Flores 14

Honor Scholar Theses

This thesis all started from my reflections on being an English Literature major. I mention this not because it is rare or unique, but rather because realizing my interest in literature and considering the cognitive effect it has on humans initiated my current academic endeavor: writing a very, very long paper. Even though the skills English majors exercise seem like the mundane activities of introverted bookworms, these experiences with language are spectacular phenomenons that prove to be, in fact, universal. Many argue that literature has an adaptive function that not only demonstrates why we gravitate toward story and how we …


Letters To Make-Believe: An Afterschool Survival Kit, Jessica Maginity 14 Jan 2014

Letters To Make-Believe: An Afterschool Survival Kit, Jessica Maginity 14

Honor Scholar Theses

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From Marsquakes To Terraforming: The Role Of Planetary Geology In Science Fiction Literature, Katherine Shover 14 Jan 2014

From Marsquakes To Terraforming: The Role Of Planetary Geology In Science Fiction Literature, Katherine Shover 14

Honor Scholar Theses

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