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Dancing And Poetry: A Study Of The Whirling Dervish Dance Through Rumi’S Poetry, Tasneem Huq Mar 2022

Dancing And Poetry: A Study Of The Whirling Dervish Dance Through Rumi’S Poetry, Tasneem Huq

Honors Theses

This exploration investigates the influence of Rumi’s book of poetry, Mathnawi, upon the Sufi practice of the Whirling Dervish dances. It argues that Rumi’s Mathnawi underlies the choreography of the Whirling Dervish dances. Each step of the dance expresses, manifests or embodies themes found in Rumi’s poetry: separation from Unity, ascension, annihilation, and a return to Unity. The thesis introduces this argument, and then discusses historical, theological, and linguistic themes related to Rumi, Sufism, and the Whirling Dervish dances. Following this, the thesis provides a framework that begins with the Neoplatonic theory of emanation grounding Rumi’s poetic thought, followed by …


Fried Egg, Mercury-Marvin Sunderland Jan 2021

Fried Egg, Mercury-Marvin Sunderland

UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity

A poem titled Fried Egg by Mercury-Marvin Sunderland in UReCA: The NCHC Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Activity, 2021, pages 155-158.


Two (2) Slices Of Baloney, Mercury-Marvin Sunderland Jan 2021

Two (2) Slices Of Baloney, Mercury-Marvin Sunderland

UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity

A poem titled Two (2) Slices of Baloney by Mercury-Marvin Sunderland in UReCA: The NCHC Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Activity, 2021, pages 159-162.


Dungeons And Drafting, Talitha Greaver, Paige Doland Oct 2019

Dungeons And Drafting, Talitha Greaver, Paige Doland

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

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