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Setting Fires: Literary Women Blazing Trails For Contemporary Women, Laura Salinas
Setting Fires: Literary Women Blazing Trails For Contemporary Women, Laura Salinas
Senior Honors Projects
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim” — Nora Ephron
Literature has always provided an outlet for writers to express their commentary on society tracing from Shakespeare’s plays in the 1600’s to Jane Austen’s classic novels to the modern literary narrative. These writings are often more than just tales to entertain a crowd or a reader; they create dynamic characters that call into question the standards and expectations that society deems acceptable.
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has created an iconic and dynamic character that resists and challenges what it means to be a woman in terms …
English National Identity In English Colonial And Imperial Literature And Undergraduate Publication Research, Megan A. Medeiros
English National Identity In English Colonial And Imperial Literature And Undergraduate Publication Research, Megan A. Medeiros
Senior Honors Projects
This project is divided into two parts. The purpose of the first part was to construct, research and write a substantial historical thesis paper on a topic relevant to nationalism and national identity in Modern European history. The purpose of the second part was to research and explore the process of publishing a historical paper in an academic journal.
In reference to the first part of the project, the thesis paper concerns English national identity as represented by several renowned and well-read English authors in their works of literature. In doing so, the paper considers the characteristics, norms, and structures …
Marriage And Gender: A History Through Letters, Victoria Kern
Marriage And Gender: A History Through Letters, Victoria Kern
Senior Honors Projects
Research on the evolution of marriage can be found quite easily, but the opportunity to see into the lives of married couples from the past is rare. Through the analysis of letters between my parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, I provide a glimpse of what being married has meant throughout the 20th Century for heterosexual couples. Societal ideas about what makes a marriage ideal have changed over time, but they have always been closely linked with gender expectations (Berk, 2013), so a feminist approach to the analysis of the evolution of marriage is used with my family’s letters as a …