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Character First: Defining And Methodizing Character Depth, Jeff Mason Dec 2022

Character First: Defining And Methodizing Character Depth, Jeff Mason

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

This paper explores the definition of "depth" in characters and provides a radical new definition, supplemented by an applicable model. By looking into significant literary theory, contemporary works of story, and even elements of mathematics, this paper advances our understanding of characters and how they create meaning in stories.


“Something Large And Old Awoke”: Ecopoetics And Compassion In Tracy K. Smith’S Wade In The Water, Kaitlin Hoelzer Sep 2022

“Something Large And Old Awoke”: Ecopoetics And Compassion In Tracy K. Smith’S Wade In The Water, Kaitlin Hoelzer

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

Susa Young Gates Award Essay

First Place

Both historical and contemporary Black poets have used their work to identify, condemn, and suggest solutions to problems stemming from racism in American society. Indeed, as Arnold Rampersad notes in his introduction to The Oxford Anthology of African American Poetry, many Black poets use “poetry as a vehicle of protest against social injustice in America.” Art is inherently political, even when its arguments do not overtly engage in political debates. As Lorraine Hansberry argues, all art is rooted in a particular social and political consciousness. The choice is “not whether one will …


Trauma And Poetry. The Case Of Primo Levi, Ilona Klein Jun 2022

Trauma And Poetry. The Case Of Primo Levi, Ilona Klein

Faculty Publications

Most North American readers have come to know and appreciate Primo Levi by his major works in prose. His The Periodic Table (1984) catapulted Levi onto the American stage of scientific-humanistic authors, having the New York Times named it among the Best Books of the Year in 1985. Instead, American readers will likely stumble upon Levi’s poetry by accident, simply because every now and then one of his poems in translation appears in print somewhere. Compared to Levi’s prose, his poems inevitably evoke a sense of unease, for their tone, their style and their content are so unlike the familiar, …


Full Issue May 2022

Full Issue

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Foul Play: A Comparative Look At Community Fragmentation And Gender Roles Through Internment And Relocation Of Japanese Canadians And Japanese Americans, Maryn J. Rolfson Jan 2022

Foul Play: A Comparative Look At Community Fragmentation And Gender Roles Through Internment And Relocation Of Japanese Canadians And Japanese Americans, Maryn J. Rolfson

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Our Foremothers' Offering Of Salvation, Taylor Johnston Jan 2022

Our Foremothers' Offering Of Salvation, Taylor Johnston

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The Female Stigma: Menstruation Attitudes In The Women's Liberation Movement, Kayla Becknuss Jan 2022

The Female Stigma: Menstruation Attitudes In The Women's Liberation Movement, Kayla Becknuss

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Empty Belly Home, Maryn J. Rolfson Jan 2022

Empty Belly Home, Maryn J. Rolfson

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The Transformative Female Body: Embodied Womanhood, Domestic Imagery, And Scriptural Language In Mother's Milk: Poems In Search Of Heavenly Mother By Rachel Hunt Steenblik, Kaitlin Hoelzer Jan 2022

The Transformative Female Body: Embodied Womanhood, Domestic Imagery, And Scriptural Language In Mother's Milk: Poems In Search Of Heavenly Mother By Rachel Hunt Steenblik, Kaitlin Hoelzer

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Liberated, Lonely, Tyler Slade Jan 2022

Liberated, Lonely, Tyler Slade

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"Yours For The Indian Cause": Zitkala-Sa's Expansion Of Indigenous Rights Through Female Correspondence, Maya Brimhall Jan 2022

"Yours For The Indian Cause": Zitkala-Sa's Expansion Of Indigenous Rights Through Female Correspondence, Maya Brimhall

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Mormon Women And Polygamy: Creating A Better Future With The Past, Mia Seegmiller Jan 2022

Mormon Women And Polygamy: Creating A Better Future With The Past, Mia Seegmiller

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Life In Utah As An Apostate Plural Wife, Markelle Jensen Jan 2022

Life In Utah As An Apostate Plural Wife, Markelle Jensen

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Adolescent Girls' Mental Health, Amanda Hardy Jan 2022

Adolescent Girls' Mental Health, Amanda Hardy

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Online Dress Code, Harriet Norcross Jan 2022

Online Dress Code, Harriet Norcross

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Shoulders, Joseph Rowley Jan 2022

Shoulders, Joseph Rowley

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The Giver, Harriet Norcross Jan 2022

The Giver, Harriet Norcross

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Eve The Ezer: Minerva Teichert Award Winner 2021, Kayla Becknuss Jan 2022

Eve The Ezer: Minerva Teichert Award Winner 2021, Kayla Becknuss

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The Political Legacy Of Māori Women And Beyond, Taylor Johnston Jan 2022

The Political Legacy Of Māori Women And Beyond, Taylor Johnston

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If I Had A Dime, Franchesca Lopez Jan 2020

If I Had A Dime, Franchesca Lopez

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The Man On The Train, Harriet Norcross Jan 2020

The Man On The Train, Harriet Norcross

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The Importance Of The Physical: Lucille Clifton's Poetry About Bodies, Kaitlin Hoelzer Jan 2020

The Importance Of The Physical: Lucille Clifton's Poetry About Bodies, Kaitlin Hoelzer

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A Tale Of Triumph Amidst Tragedy: C-Section In Furini's The Birth Of Benjamin And The Death Of Rachel, Alexandra Carlile Jan 2020

A Tale Of Triumph Amidst Tragedy: C-Section In Furini's The Birth Of Benjamin And The Death Of Rachel, Alexandra Carlile

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Full Issue Jan 2020

Full Issue

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Baby Suffragettes: Girls In The Woman's Suffrage Movement Across The Atlantic, Mckenzi Christensen Jan 2020

Baby Suffragettes: Girls In The Woman's Suffrage Movement Across The Atlantic, Mckenzi Christensen

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"The Finest Of Any In The World": Silk Production And The Politicization Of Women In Utah, Hannah Chapman Jan 2020

"The Finest Of Any In The World": Silk Production And The Politicization Of Women In Utah, Hannah Chapman

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Seeing Her Everywhere, Kayla Bach Jan 2020

Seeing Her Everywhere, Kayla Bach

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Like Her, Kayla Bach Jan 2020

Like Her, Kayla Bach

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Becoming A Woman, Dawn Curtis Jan 2020

Becoming A Woman, Dawn Curtis

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She Is As The Tree, Emily Peck Jan 2020

She Is As The Tree, Emily Peck

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