David Christian. Maps Of Time: An Introduction To Big History. University Of California Press, New Edition, 2004. Leonid E. Grinin, Andrey V. Korotayev, Barry H. Rodrigue, Eds. Evolution: A Big History Perspective. Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, 2011.,
2022
Brigham Young University
David Christian. Maps Of Time: An Introduction To Big History. University Of California Press, New Edition, 2004. Leonid E. Grinin, Andrey V. Korotayev, Barry H. Rodrigue, Eds. Evolution: A Big History Perspective. Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, 2011., Stephen T. Satkiewicz
Comparative Civilizations Review
What is history? Or rather, what are the appropriate time-scales that can be constituted as “history”? The general consensus among scholars is that history is the study of approximately the last 5,000 years or so due to the existence of written records. Anything prior to that is generally considered pre-history, at least as far as it concerns the existence of human beings on earth. As for the creation of the earth we live upon, or the solar system our planet dwells within, or the universe as a whole these are considered outside the formal domain of historical …
Tracing Moravian Manufacture, Material Objects And Religious Mission: Transatlantic Textile Journeys,
2022
Bucknell University
Tracing Moravian Manufacture, Material Objects And Religious Mission: Transatlantic Textile Journeys, Katherine Faull
Faculty Conference Papers and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Contents,
2022
USC Aiken
Contents, Douglas Higbee
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Front Matter,
2022
USC Aiken
Front Matter, Douglas Higbee
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Beasts And Bestiality, Deities And Deification: Boethius’ The Consolation Of Philosophy In Milton's Comus,
2022
Trinity Western University
Beasts And Bestiality, Deities And Deification: Boethius’ The Consolation Of Philosophy In Milton's Comus, Bret Van Den Brink
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Milton’S Cardinal Directions Symbolism In Paradise Lost,
2022
Harding University
Milton’S Cardinal Directions Symbolism In Paradise Lost, Micah Gill
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Desperate, Exploited, And Abandoned: Laborers In "Life In The Iron-Mills" And Today,
2022
Delaware County Community College
Desperate, Exploited, And Abandoned: Laborers In "Life In The Iron-Mills" And Today, Danielle Durning
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Back Matter,
2022
USC Aiken
Back Matter, Douglas Higbee
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
The Oswald Review Of Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 24, 2022,
2022
USC Aiken
The Oswald Review Of Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 24, 2022, Douglas Higbee
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Marilynne Robinson’S Housekeeping Read Through The Conceptual Prism Of “Tethers”,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
Marilynne Robinson’S Housekeeping Read Through The Conceptual Prism Of “Tethers”, Sarah Street
The Criterion
Marilynne Robinson’s novel, Housekeeping, follows her central protagonist, Ruth, her sister Lucille, and her aunt Sylvie as they work to establish their place up against a greater surround. This paper attempts to read the novel through the conceptual prism of the word “tethers.” I argue that the characters' relationships with the surround shifts as they work through their trauma and grapple with the notion of impermanence by reconciling with both those things that tether them, those tethers that do not exist or have been released, and the tethers from which they want to break free. Ultimately I argue that …
Gawain, Women, And The Hunts: How The Body Influences Human-Animal Relationships In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
Gawain, Women, And The Hunts: How The Body Influences Human-Animal Relationships In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Meghan Gavis
The Criterion
In the narrative poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, women and animals appear, on the surface, to function in a quintessential medieval sense — as physical objects to bolster Sir Gawain’s chivalric image. However, the dynamics between women, animals, and Gawain in this text challenge the human hierarchy presented by other medieval standards. By reading the ritualized hunts as devolving in honorable attention to the animal body and mapping their language onto the Lady’s temptations in Gawain’s bedroom, a feminine reclamation of the body appears. Though Gawain undercuts the Lady and Morgan by reducing them to physical presences, …
18th Century Theater And The Legitimacy Of The Lower Classes,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
18th Century Theater And The Legitimacy Of The Lower Classes, Nina Masin-Moyer
The Criterion
18th century theater developed alongside the expanding role of the lower and middle classes. George Lillo’s working-class tragedy The London Merchant and John Gay’s comedic satire The Beggar’s Opera exemplify how both drama and comedy can bring awareness and legitimacy to the struggles of working-class people. The London Merchant uses cultural references and religious language to elevate the struggles of its titular merchant’s apprentice whereas The Beggar’s Opera uses language of honor and nobility to draw parallels between the criminal underground and high society, both in service of using the medium of theater to acknowledge the middle and lower classes’ …
Shakespeare’S Staging And The Self In The Sonnets,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
Shakespeare’S Staging And The Self In The Sonnets, Xiani Zhu
The Criterion
This essay examines the theatricality of Shakespeare’s young man sonnets and how he uses the “stage” as a shortcut to deliver abstract ideas such as the concept of beauty, time, and love that are otherwise difficult to express. On a micro level, he frames each individual sonnet as a stage, where each specific setting and scenario allows dramatic tension to arise between the characters on stage, and from there, abstract ideas and emotions are naturally presented without being directly stated. On a macro level, the entire young-man sonnet sub-sequence — being in love with a beautiful young man — itself …
“His Own Was Ampler:” Dickinson And Whitman’S Sunset Poetry,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
“His Own Was Ampler:” Dickinson And Whitman’S Sunset Poetry, Devyn Forcina
The Criterion
Although they are utterly dissimilar poets, Dickinson and Whitman made sunsets frequent subjects of their work. Dickinsonian sunset poetry attempts to imitate the natural phenomena and evokes tension and competition. A kind of closure is forced upon her unwilling speaker, who struggles against the inevitable ending of the day. In contrast, Whitmanian sunset poetry sings and celebrates the finale of the setting sun and delights in the cyclical nature of time. While Dickinson acknowledges the temporary quality of a single sunset, Whitman rejoices in their immortal occurrence. Both poets preserve the imagery of sunsets as photographers would, while imbuing them …
Letting The Cat Out Of The Wall: Irrepressible Perversity In Poe,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
Letting The Cat Out Of The Wall: Irrepressible Perversity In Poe, Kelly Gallagher
The Criterion
This paper examines several short stories by Edgar Allan Poe that feature the motif of immurement, the practice of imprisoning a victim within walls. Poe uses immurement in “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” to suggest psychological suppression as the narrators physically hide their victims while simultaneously hiding their own self-destructive natures, which he refers to as “perversity.” His stories “The Imp of the Perverse” and “The Cask of Amontillado” convey that attempting to suppress one’s capacity for self-destruction only guarantees self-destruction. Poe’s motif of immurement demonstrates how human beings tend to ignore their inherent perversity, but his stories …
Injustice In Childhood: Jane Eyre And The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
Injustice In Childhood: Jane Eyre And The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, Christian Barkman
The Criterion
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, are autobiographical novels narrated by the fictional Jane Eyre and the real Frederick Douglass. Both stories evoke an outpouring of pity for their respective narrator: Jane, for the unmerited abuses dealt against her by family and school administrators, but most of all Douglass, who reserves the greater portion of lament on account of his dreadful persecution under the evil of slavery. The environments Jane and Douglass inhabit throughout their childhood inflict an immense burden on their physical body and psyche. This essay specially examines the …
Women, Writing, And Storytelling In Medieval England And The Canterbury Tales,
2022
College of the Holy Cross
Women, Writing, And Storytelling In Medieval England And The Canterbury Tales, Sadie O'Conor
The Criterion
For a woman to succeed in an academic sphere, it is never enough for her to be clever-- she must be brilliant. “The Second Nun’s Tale” in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales explores the metaphorical brilliance (in sexual purity, intelligence, and faith) of St. Cecilia. The tale is also a mechanism for the Second Nun to advocate for her own vocation of “holy work,” for the sake of the learned religious women who preserved such writings. The themes of her tale are quite different from those espoused by the Wife of Bath, but the Wife also argues to have her voice …
Cien Botellas En Una Pared And Blanco Nocturno: The Feminization And Queering Of Representations Of Violence In Latin American Novels Of The 21st Century,
2022
CUNY City College
Cien Botellas En Una Pared And Blanco Nocturno: The Feminization And Queering Of Representations Of Violence In Latin American Novels Of The 21st Century, Mariana Romo-Carmona
Publications and Research
A look at two novels at the turn of the 21st Century that emerge in clear counterpoint to the Boom, recognizing the violence inherent in national historical realities, and shattering the marginalization of writers subordinated by gender, class, or race. Portela and Piglia portray the heritage of violence in their characters, and the tension of their subjectivities in dialog with a historical understanding of the nation, both in their inimitable, unique, and ebullient narrative style.
A Critique Of Frederick Nietzsche's Philosophy On Law, God, And Morality,
2022
Gardner-Webb University
A Critique Of Frederick Nietzsche's Philosophy On Law, God, And Morality, Rebekah Vaughn
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Friedrich Nietzsche is the last of the modern philosophers. His philosophy has influenced fields such as literature, psychology, and ethics. Nietzsche’s philosophy on ethics is primarily what will be covered. Nietzsche wishes to sever the connection between western civilization and God. He sees that people may no longer believe in God, but they still follow Christian morality. Nietzsche argues for a new morality, one humanity will create themselves. His famous line “God is dead” is an expression of what humanity needs to do with God. Nietzsche then argues the Overman will take over humanity, leading towards a world with a …
ร้อนรักในรอยทราย : ความปรารถนาทางเพศของผู้หญิงในนวนิยายโรมานซ์ทะเลทรายร่วมสมัยของไทย,
2022
คณะอักษรศาสตร์
ร้อนรักในรอยทราย : ความปรารถนาทางเพศของผู้หญิงในนวนิยายโรมานซ์ทะเลทรายร่วมสมัยของไทย, จิรัฏฐ์ เฉลิมแสนยากร
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
วิทยานิพนธ์นี้มีจุดมุ่งหมายเพื่อศึกษาความปรารถนาทางเพศของผู้หญิงในนวนิยายโรมานซ์ทะเลทรายร่วมสมัยของไทย โดยวิเคราะห์จากตัวบทคัดสรรและศึกษาการตีความของผู้อ่านเพศหญิงกลุ่มตัวอย่าง จากการศึกษาพบว่า ตัวบทคัดสรรนำเสนอเพศวิถีของตัวละครเอกหญิงสมัยใหม่ที่ยังยึดถือคุณค่าความเป็นหญิงตามขนบกุลสตรี ความปรารถนาทางเพศของตัวละครเอกหญิงจึงถูกนำเสนอภายใต้ขนบของโรมานซ์ ได้แก่ ตัวละครเอกหญิงที่อ่อนแอซึ่งมักตกเป็นเหยื่อ ความสัมพันธ์ศัตรูคู่ขัดแย้งมาเป็นคู่รัก การสร้างความหวังถึงความสุขกับตัวละครเอกชาย โดยนำมาใช้กลบเกลื่อนการแสดงออกอารมณ์ปรารถนาทางเพศให้อยู่ในกรอบเกณฑ์ศีลธรรม นอกจากนั้นพื้นที่ทะเลทรายยังถูกผูกโยงเข้ากับตัวละครชีคโดยมีบทบาทในการปลุกเร้าและเย้ายวนใจจนทำให้ดินแดนทะเลทรายกลายภาพฝันของความสุขทางเพศของตัวละครเอกหญิง จากการศึกษาผู้อ่านเพศหญิงกลุ่มตัวอย่างพบว่า การทาบเทียบตนเองเข้ากับตัวละครเอกหญิงเพื่อสร้างความรื่นรมย์ทางเพศได้ส่งผลให้ตัวละครเอกหญิงมีอิทธิพลต่อการนิยามเพศวิถีของผู้อ่านเพศหญิงกลุ่มตัวอย่างซึ่งแตกต่างกันตามสถานะคู่ครอง ดังพบว่าผู้อ่านเพศหญิงที่มีสถานะโสดมุ่งเน้นคุณลักษณะของพระเอกชีคในฐานะชายคนรักในอุดมคติ ขณะที่ผู้อ่านเพศหญิงซึ่งแต่งงานและมีสามีชาวตะวันออกกลาง นำคุณสมบัติของตัวละครเอกชีคมาเป็นมาตรวัดบทบาททางเพศของสามี อีกทั้งยังใช้ตัวบทเป็นหนทางในการเชื่อมสัมพันธ์ชุมชนการอ่านขึ้นในกลุ่มผู้หญิง ขณะที่ผู้อ่านซึ่งมีสถานะหย่าร้างนำตัวบทมาเป็นคู่มือสำหรับความสัมพันธ์รักของชีวิตคู่ในอนาคต ผลของการศึกษาจึงเผยว่า แม้ตัวบทคัดสรรจะมีบทบาทในการผลิตซ้ำเพศวิถีของผู้หญิงสมัยใหม่ที่ยังตกอยู่ภายใต้อุดมการณ์ชายเป็นใหญ่ผ่านอารมณ์ความปรารถนาทางเพศของตัวละครเอกหญิง แต่ผู้อ่านก็ได้ประโยชน์จากการปรับใช้ความหมายจากตัวบทเพื่อรับมือกับข้อจำกัดทางเพศวิถีของตนเองด้วย
