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Intersectional Feminism And Diverse Perspectives In Contemporary Romance, Abigail L. Nordstrom
Intersectional Feminism And Diverse Perspectives In Contemporary Romance, Abigail L. Nordstrom
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
The lack of intersectional feminism and diverse perspectives has long been a critique of the literary canon. While the Academy has shifted toward a more progressive course of literary study in recent decades, there are still some genres that are treated as undeserving of scholarly analysis in spite of their unique and diverse perspectives. The contemporary romance genre embodies the very intersectional feminism that the traditional literary canon lacks, yet it is still treated as unworthy of consideration. Contemporary romance novels such as The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert and The Bromance …
A Reflection On A Dhc Senior Project: "Silvie Danger", Breann Watterson
A Reflection On A Dhc Senior Project: "Silvie Danger", Breann Watterson
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
This is a reflection about an Honors College Research Project. The project was a work of historical fiction concerning the coming-of-age of a young woman in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
Satirical Perspectives: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Mariah Johnson
Satirical Perspectives: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Mariah Johnson
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
This paper proposes a cross-cultural examination of the societal satire of the countries of America and Soviet Russia by way of comparison of two satiric novels. Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt satirizes the business values of capitalist America and the materialism perceived in an economic system based on the mass production and mass consumption of goods. Yurii Olesha’s Envy uses Babbitt in intertextual conversation to perform a similar critique of the Soviet Russian society and values of the same time period. Satiric theory provides a framework for understanding and relaying how each novel performs its parody of the respective society, while historical …
A Generation Of Katnisses: The New Power Of Female Protagonists In Young Adult Dystopian Literature, Mckenzie K. Watterson
A Generation Of Katnisses: The New Power Of Female Protagonists In Young Adult Dystopian Literature, Mckenzie K. Watterson
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
Considering emerging heroines in young adult dystopian fiction, this project first examines them in a literary review. Using feminist ethics of care as a baseline, the review considers their unique worlds, agency, and motivation
The Communicability Of Nature, Meg E. Smith
The Communicability Of Nature, Meg E. Smith
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
How do we experience nature? In what way can we find ourselves at one with nature, immersed in the experience of nature, and still allow nature a level of healthy “otherness,” of individual separation? Writers, scientists, and lost people have long gone to the wilderness, to nature, in search of answers to life’s mysteries. In effect it has become a destination, a place apart from humans, where it exists only as a haven and place of meditation. Nature has lost its own individuality, its sense of presence as an entity in and of itself. When we seek nature in order …
Wasted Women: Modern Oppression In T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", James Warwood
Wasted Women: Modern Oppression In T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", James Warwood
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T.S. Eliot has frequently been criticized for his misogynistic treatment of women in his poetry. Few, however, have considered the role his portrayal of women plays in supporting his poetic themes. The narrative space of “The Waste Land” is dominated primarily by women, both contemporary and mythical, who illustrate the brutal relationship between men and women. This intensely personal relationship, however, is analogous to the relationship of the individual and society; like the individual, the women must make the decision to either speak out against their oppressors or keep silent and accept their circumstances. Either option places women at risk …