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Ginsberg’S China Experience And Its Influence On His Series Of Poems On China, Xiankai Ren 2026 Southwest Jiaotong University

Ginsberg’S China Experience And Its Influence On His Series Of Poems On China, Xiankai Ren

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

As a renowned poet and representative of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg was invited to be a member of the US Writers’ Delegation to visit China in 1984. His China trip as well as his reading of traditional Chinese literature constitute his China experience, which is represented in Ginsberg’s poetry. This essay examines Ginsberg’s series of poems on China. It first shows that Ginsberg’s introduction to the Beat Generation poets and their poetics provided the inspiration for his poetry writing. Then it discusses Ginsberg’s observation of Chinese society during his visit and his reading of the Chinese poet Bai Juyi. …


Mindset Moderation Manager, Dawn Atkinson 2026 Montana Technological University

Mindset Moderation Manager, Dawn Atkinson

Writing

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Defending And Challenging American Empire: The 1927-28 University Of Oregon Forensics Program World Debate Tour And The November 25, 1927, Manila "Debate Of The Century", Trond Jacobsen, David Frank 2026 University of Oregon

Defending And Challenging American Empire: The 1927-28 University Of Oregon Forensics Program World Debate Tour And The November 25, 1927, Manila "Debate Of The Century", Trond Jacobsen, David Frank

Studies in Debate and Oratory

From October 1927 through April 1928, three Oregon debaters traveled more than 25,000 miles to seventeen countries on four continents, participating in thirty-two debates and seventy-five public speaking engagements as part of the first-ever Debate World Tour. This tour was audacious, but indicative of a remarkable history of debate at Oregon. Drawing on archival materials held by the Special Collections and University Archive at the University of Oregon and other primary and contemporary materials, we document that world tour and feature a November 25, 1927, debate on Filipino independence at the Manila Opera House and the tour of America by …


Making Sense: Envy In Libanius' Declamation 30, Andrew Scholtz 2026 Binghamton University--SUNY

Making Sense: Envy In Libanius' Declamation 30, Andrew Scholtz

Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (MEAMS) Faculty Scholarship

Declamation, a genre famous for its sometimes extravagant fictions, has lately been approached as a vehicle for declaimers to reflect on realities familiar to them and their audiences. Reading Libanius' rarely discussed Declamation 30 in just such a self-reflective key, I argue that it explores the mindset of the phthoneros, the "envious man," as a way to make sense of risks posed by unscrupulous rivals. To shed light on this sense-making, I analyze High- and Late-Imperial emotion scripts foregrounding envy’s power to catalyze the formation of dysfunctional networks within and around competitive situations.


Does It Matter Who Tells The Story? Newspaper Coverage Of Immigration Across Three Latin American Countries, Fernando Severino, Sebastian Rivera 2026 Illinois State University

Does It Matter Who Tells The Story? Newspaper Coverage Of Immigration Across Three Latin American Countries, Fernando Severino, Sebastian Rivera

Faculty Publications - Communications

This study examines the news media’s coverage of intraregional immigration issues in three Latin American countries –Colombia, Chile, and Mexico– from 2014 to 2018, when immigration became a salient political issue in these nations. We examine the news coverage by utilizing a novel sample of approximately 20,000 news articles and relying on a Structure Topic Modelling (STM) analysis to detect the most prevalent topics in the news. Our findings reveal that policy issues and stories related to human rights constitute the primary focus of news media coverage on immigration in those countries. We also investigate whether there are differences in …


George W. Bush’S Contemporary Crusade: Binary And Peace Rhetoric During The Global War On Terror, Justin Lotito 2026 Seton Hall University

George W. Bush’S Contemporary Crusade: Binary And Peace Rhetoric During The Global War On Terror, Justin Lotito

Cohort 2025-2026

Justin Lotito is a senior majoring in communication studies, with minors in business administration, and journalism. Lotito’s Time Machine research investigates President George W. Bush’s rhetoric following the attacks of September 11. He contends that Bush established a binary world through the application of Manichean and Crusader rhetoric. Following this contention, Lotito applies Bush’s binary world framework into an analysis of the Setonian’s March 20, 2003, edition covering the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Archival Collection Used: SHU 0054 The Setonian


The Criterion Contributors, 2026 College of the Holy Cross

The Criterion Contributors

The Criterion

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Letter From The Editors, 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Letter From The Editors

The Criterion

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Table Of Contents, 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Table Of Contents

The Criterion

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Embodied Memory: Somatic Expressions Of Trauma In The Gathering, Caroline Kramer 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Embodied Memory: Somatic Expressions Of Trauma In The Gathering, Caroline Kramer

The Criterion

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Coleridge’S Living Power: “The Eolian Harp”, Thomas Formichelli 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Coleridge’S Living Power: “The Eolian Harp”, Thomas Formichelli

The Criterion

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Truth In Fragments: Narrative Multiplicity In Gloria Naylor’S Mama Day, Lilly Patton 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Truth In Fragments: Narrative Multiplicity In Gloria Naylor’S Mama Day, Lilly Patton

The Criterion

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Looking Towards The Past And Future With Waiata: Māori Historical Traditions In Ka Eke Ki Wairaka, Nuala Reynolds 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Looking Towards The Past And Future With Waiata: Māori Historical Traditions In Ka Eke Ki Wairaka, Nuala Reynolds

The Criterion

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Dryden: Master Of Rhetoric, Bradley Rose 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Dryden: Master Of Rhetoric, Bradley Rose

The Criterion

No abstract provided.


The Ruination Of A Creator By His Own Hand: Doctor Faustus’ Self-Distance From Godliness And Unimaginative Sloth, Amanda Sopchockchai 2026 College of the Holy Cross

The Ruination Of A Creator By His Own Hand: Doctor Faustus’ Self-Distance From Godliness And Unimaginative Sloth, Amanda Sopchockchai

The Criterion

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Finding “Humberland”: The French Language As A Privatized Signal In Lolita, Mae Legare 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Finding “Humberland”: The French Language As A Privatized Signal In Lolita, Mae Legare

The Criterion

No abstract provided.


Flickers Of Desire: Shared Consciousness And Queer Ethics In Mrs. Dalloway, Maeve Doherty 2026 College of the Cross

Flickers Of Desire: Shared Consciousness And Queer Ethics In Mrs. Dalloway, Maeve Doherty

The Criterion

No abstract provided.


Complete Issue, 2026 College of the Holy Cross

Complete Issue

The Criterion

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Staging Emotion: Visual Rhetoric In Fleetwood Mac’S “Silver Springs” Performance, Ashley Deker 2026 Belmont University

Staging Emotion: Visual Rhetoric In Fleetwood Mac’S “Silver Springs” Performance, Ashley Deker

SPARK Symposium Presentations

My chosen artifact is a live performance of Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac. The performance originally took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, in May 1997, and the video was later published to Fleetwood Mac’s official YouTube account in September 2018.

My chosen critical lens is visual criticism, specifically analyzing visual escalation as a rhetorical strategy. This approach is appropriate because the emotional intensity of the performance extends beyond the lyrics, adding another persuasive layer through the deliberate use of camera angles and the physical actions of both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

In the 1997 live performance …


Voice And Student Engagement With Writing: Integrating Perspective, Personality, And Style, Sara S. Martin 2026 University of Texas at Arlington

Voice And Student Engagement With Writing: Integrating Perspective, Personality, And Style, Sara S. Martin

English Dissertations

The rise of generative AI has many teachers worried about the future of writing classes and students’ desire to learn. However, instructors can motivate students to write by valuing what AI can never replace: their voices. Previous definitions of voice took the concept for granted and left it either vague or reductive, unhelpful for structured lessons. I propose a new, more teachable definition of voice as perspective, personality, and style. Perspective takes priority because it belongs solely to the individual and the unrepeatable moment of composition. Personality infuses passages with emotion, forming a bond between author and reader. Style, the …


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