Review: Crenshaw,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Crenshaw, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Coping, Fairness, Family love, Honesty, Hope, Perservance, Resourcefulness, Sacrafice, Survival, Thrift, Trustworthiness
Review: Castle,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Castle, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Ambition, Cooperation, Craftsmanship, Diligence, Duty, Imagination, Ingenuity, Knowledge, Responsibility, Understanding, Work ethic
Review: Counting By 7s,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Counting By 7s, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Appreciation of nature, Community, Compassion, Cooperation, Coping, Dependability, Determination, Diversity, Duty, Encouragement, Generosity, Hope, Humor, Individuality, Initiative, Kindness, Leadership, Patience, Responsibilty, Sacrafice, Sharing, Spunk, Thrift, Unselfishness, Work ethic
Review: Cartwheeling In Thunderstorms,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Cartwheeling In Thunderstorms, Janice Delong, Rachel Schwedt
Ages 10-12
Acceptance, Contentment, Courage, Determination, Diversity, Endurance, Fear, Friendship, Honesty, Initiative, Kindness, Resilience, Resolve, Self-reliance, Self-respect, Spunk, Tolerance, Wisdom
Review: Beyond The Bright Sea,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Beyond The Bright Sea, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Boldness, Cooperation, Courage, Curiosity, Determination, Family love, Family loyalty, Faithfulness, Friendship, Hope, Independence, Initiative, Love, Passion, Perseverance, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Self-acceptance, Sharing, Spunk, Steadfastness, Strength, Survival (Emotional), Survival (Physical), Trust, Understanding, Unselfishness, Work ethic
Review: Beneath My Mothers Feet,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Beneath My Mothers Feet, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Coping, Dependability, Diligence, Fairness, Family loyalty, Independence, Obedience, Resilience, Resolve, Respect, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Selflessness, Trustworthiness
Review: Becoming Naomi Leon,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Becoming Naomi Leon, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Boldness, Caring, Cleverness, Compassion, Competition, Cooperation, Coping, Courage, Dependability, Devotion, Encouragement, Ethnic pride, Family love, Faithfulness, Friendship, Generosity, Hope, Independence, Initiative, Love, Neighborliness, Resilience, Sacrifice, Sharing, Spunk, Steadfastness, Strength, Survival (Emotional), Thankfulness, Trust, Wisdom
Review: Al Capone Does My Shirts,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Al Capone Does My Shirts, Janice Delong, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Caring, Community, Compassion, Cooperation, Coping, Dependability, Determination, Devotion, Diligence, Family love, Friendliness, Honesty, Hope, Love, Loyalty, Maturity, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Trustworthiness, Unselfishness
Review: Airborn,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Airborn, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Caring, Cooperation, Courage, Determination, Family loyalty, Friendship, Hope, Loyalty, Resolve, Responsibility, Self-reliance, Spunk, Trustworthiness
Review: Absolutely Truly,
2025
Liberty University
Review: Absolutely Truly, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Acceptance, Cleverness, Cooperation, Coping, Determination, Family loyalty, Friendliness, Resolve, Respect, Self-acceptance, Unselfishness
Review: A Wrinkle In Time,
2025
Liberty University
Review: A Wrinkle In Time, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 10-12
Acceptance, Caring, Compassion, Cooperation, Determination, Devotion, Empathy, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, Family love, Family loyalty, Hope, Individuality, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Obedience, Resilience, Responsibility, Trust
Review: A Single Shard,
2025
Liberty University
Review: A Single Shard, Janice Delong, Rachel Schwedt
Ages 10-12
Boldness, Creativity, Curiosity, Dedication, Dependability, Devotion, Diligence, Discipline, Duty, Endurance, Friendship, Hope, Humility, Humor, Imagination, Initiative, Joyfulness, Kindness, Originality, Patience, Perseverance, Pride, Resolve, Resourcefulness, Respect, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Thoughtfulness, Trustworthiness, Wisdom, Work ethic
Ron's Big Mission,
2025
Liberty University
Ron's Big Mission, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 3-6
Fairness, Courage, Determination, Pride, Resolve, Self-respect
Fur, Fins, And Feathers: Abraham Dee Barlett And The Invention Of The Modern Zoo,
2025
Liberty University
Fur, Fins, And Feathers: Abraham Dee Barlett And The Invention Of The Modern Zoo, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 3-6
Citizenship, Caring, Dedication, Devotion, Enthusiasm, Leadership, Unselfishness
Quinny & Hopper,
2025
Liberty University
Quinny & Hopper, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 3-6
Respect, Courage, Imagination, Individuality, Joyfulness
Fire On The Mountain,
2025
Liberty University
Fire On The Mountain, Rachel Schwedt, Janice Delong
Ages 3-6
Fairness, Ambition, Cleverness, Courage, Endurance, Honesty, Humilty, Resourcefulness, Resolve, Wisdom
Anna Husbiscus,
2025
Liberty University
Anna Husbiscus, Janice Delong, Rachel Schwedt
Ages 3-6
Cooperation, Caring, Humilty, Love, Patience
Paradise Lost Thrice: Exile And The Abrahamic Religions In Aciman, Werfel, And Ashour,
2025
The American University in Cairo AUC
Paradise Lost Thrice: Exile And The Abrahamic Religions In Aciman, Werfel, And Ashour, Malak K. Hosny
Theses and Dissertations
Exile is an integral part of the history of all three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This thesis compares between literary narratives of the exile of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It explores the notion that having been exiled from Eden with the fall of Adam and Eve, and having each religion’s prophet’s story intrinsically tied with exile, the believers’ exile is then the third in a layered cycle of exile. Having lost the paradise, believers tend to search for earthly paradises that they attach themselves to, and then tragically lose those as well. The thesis’ three primary literary texts …
The Communal Lyric: Poetry In Devotional And Oppressed Communities,
2025
The American University in Cairo AUC
The Communal Lyric: Poetry In Devotional And Oppressed Communities, Michael N. Yacoub
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis investigates the interaction between lyric and community; it asks what a communal lyric is, how it functions, and to what ends. In Chapter One, I compare Jonathan Culler’s performative model of lyric with the theory of Takhyīl as expounded by Arab philosopher-critics al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, and al-Qartajanni to argue that a communal lyric is a form of audience-oriented public discourse distinguished by formal features that prompt the poem’s (re-)iteration and establish an interpersonal relationship with the audience in order to influence them and make shareable value claims about the world. In Chapters Two and Three I provide close-reading …
The Fangs Of Philosophy: Religious Experience As A Persuasive Device,
2025
Dartmouth College
The Fangs Of Philosophy: Religious Experience As A Persuasive Device, Lukas A. Dunford
Comparative Literature Undergraduate Senior Theses
The philosophical systems of Plato and Lucretius use the religious experience to compel readers into their distinct philosophical versions of reality. This compulsion is necessary for philosophy. This study’s three philosophical systems reappropriate this experience from the existing structures of religion to violently produce conviction in readers. The religious experience is not window dressing over the arguments of the philosophical systems, but a necessary component that reorients the audience into a new discursive reality. Ultimately, the philosophers we examine will show how the knowledge structure of philosophy becomes able to grip the audience, consuming them into its reality – how …
