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Eng 5061-031: Storytelling: Digital Poetry & Poetics, Ruben Quesada

Summer 2013

No abstract provided.

Course Schedule, English Department

Summer 2013

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Eng 3970/5997-850: Literary Landscapes: Study Abroad, Christopher Hanlon

Summer 2013

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Eng 3010g-600: Literary Masterworks, Marjorie Worthington

Summer 2013

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Eng 1001g-004: Composition & Language, Kathy Olsen

Summer 2013

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Eng 5585-001: Best Writing From Our Students And Ourselves: Writing Workshop, Robin Murray, Suzanne Fuller, Amber Laquet, Kristin Runyon, April Noel

Summer 2013

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Eng 2007-051, D Carpenter

Summer 2013

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Eng 3001-600, Roxane Gay

Summer 2013

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Eng 2009g-051: Race, Age, And Gender In "Coming Of Age" Narratives, Tim Engles

Summer 2013

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Discovering Quotidian Kiev In Three Social Classes, Danielle Leavitt, Dr. Patrick Madden

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Because anti-Soviet sentiments dominated the western stage for roughly the past century, very little literature exists in regards to post-Soviet daily life in former Soviet countries and cities. Specifically interesting are the socio-economic differences that emerged in former Soviet communities following the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Merchant Of Venice And The Tempest: Singapore Presentation, Andrew Wiggins, Dr. Brandie Siegfried

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In preparation for my ORCA grant, I wrote a critical analysis comparing and contrasting questions of morality in two of Shakespeare’s famous works, The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest, for a literature class covering the works of William Shakespeare. That initial introduction to the moral complexities and ambiguities of Shakespeare’s works sparked my interest in Shakespearean studies and prompted me to expand that paper for my Honors Thesis. In the process, and with Dr. Siegfried’s help, I decided to make the most of my research by presenting my paper at the International Conference of Language, Literature, and Linguistics in …

Emerging Voices From The “Paper Cut” Country: Contemporary Salvadorian-American Poetry, Jonathan Garcia, Dr. Susan Howe

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When we studied modern American poets in Dr. Howe’s Poetry 319 class, I wondered if there were also Salvadoran-American poets out there, as both my parents immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador in the 1980s, fleeing a bloody civil war. At the same time I had also started writing a few family-themed poems. Finding William Archila, Leticia Hernandez-Linares, and Jorge Argueta’s work online, I felt an immediate kinship. Their works inspired much of my final where I submitted a chapbook as well as an essay exploring my place in the contemporary American scene. Dr. Howe saw me beginning to …

Are More Countries On Their Way To Having A Culture Of Comic Book Readers?, Frank Bramlett

English Faculty Publications

his week (starting Monday 10 June 2013), CNN is broadcasting stories every day in a series called Comic Book Heroes. The series will ‘take a look at the writers, artists, films and characters in this global industry.’ The first video in the series is called ‘The Booming World of Comic Books,’ and it is a rather wide-ranging look at the relationship between superhero comic books and the movies that are based on them.

Several men** are interviewed for this piece. Stan Lee describes superhero stories as ‘fairy tales for grown-ups. [Fairy tales] were stories about monsters and witches and …

The Video Essay: Introducing An Increasingly Relevant Sub-Genre, Jacob Cutler, Dr. Patrick Madden

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Teaming up with Inscape (BYU’s journal of literature and art) has proven to be fundamental for my ORCA project. In addition to publishing two of my video essays, Inscape has published my short essay explaining and introducing the concept of the video essay. I have included that essay below because I feel it speaks to the relevance of the project and places it within a broader context:

Self-Shaping And National Identity In Transylvania, Nick Jones, Dr. Lance Larsen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

My project involved researching and observing Romania’s Székely population and their efforts to maintain cultural autonomy despite their minority status in Romania. The Székely people are a Hungarian-speaking group of disputed origin that has lived in Transylvania for at least 1,000 years, and currently they comprise a dominant majority of the population of Harghita County in the southeastern corner of Transylvania.

Using Rhetorical Analysis As A Starting Point For Appellate Level Oral Argument Reform, Jacob Sherman, Dr. Nancy Christiansen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The United States court system faces an ever-growing caseload problem. The issue gets aggravated at the appeals court, where fewer judges face a disproportionate volume of cases. Two approaches have historically been taken to address this burden: selecting more judges and streamlining trial procedures. Critics of the former approach fear that the quality of judges must inevitably fall as more judges are selected (Martineau 1986). While many experts favor appellate level oral argument reform, several at times contradictory theories exist as to where the appellate procedure can best be streamlined without compromising justice (Berman 2001). The prevailing theories focus on …

Remembering Things We’Ve Never Done: Memory’S Daughters And The Literary Experience, William C. Johnson

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Memory, essential in creative writing, inspires us to weave literary reading into the narrative of personal experience and to seek, through recollection, our psychic wholeness.

A Medical Humanities Course: A Pertinent Pause On The Medical Beat, Kathleen Welch

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This article summarizes the findings of one ethnographic study and demonstrates that, by emphasizing self- reflection and discussion, an interdisciplinary literature and medicine course provides medical students a brief but important, time for retrospection.

Kenneth Burke As Educator: What His Theories Of Aesthetic Form And (Non-Symbolic) Motion/(Symbolic) Action Suggest For Teachers In The Literature Classroom, Tara Brock Boyce

Theses and Dissertations

Burke scholars oftentimes overlook Burke's fundamental role as educator and how his work can and should be applied to the classroom. This paper explores Burke's theoretical works and centers on two concepts important to developing rhetorical skills necessary for functioning and participating in a democratic society: his theory of aesthetic form and his distinction between motion and action. Specifically, this paper (1) clarifies these concepts and explains how they relate to each other and the emotional experience of literature, and (2) demonstrates how these concepts work together to imply a new method of practicing rhetorical criticism in the literature classroom …

Red By Association: New Negro Communism And Wallace Thurman's The Blacker The Berry, Maria Elise Milligan

Theses and Dissertations

The decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union have seen an increased interest in uncovering the relationship between New Negro era authors and intellectuals and the radical leftism that had such a widespread influence in the twentieth century. Scholars are reanalyzing the life and works of figures like Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois and others in light of each author's interaction with and acceptance of communist and socialist ideals. These studies trace these radical connections in an effort to better understand New Negro authors and their work during a time of revolution and social upheaval. There is …