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Man Thinking About Nature: The Evolution Of The Poet's Form And Function In The Journal Of Henry David Thoreau 1837-1852, Sh Bagley

Honors Papers

The real question at hand with the study of any work of prose literature is not related at all to the textual contents-the who, the what and the how that comprise its narrative-but the why. The attempt to understand the reasons behind the events described is often undergone in conjunction with a degree of considering the author's own role or purpose in the given written endeavor. These considerations are framed in their relationship to the reader, forcing the reader to become an active participant in something which amounts to an interaction with a text. This three-step process is, at bottom, …

The Gods Within: Checkhov, Lorca, And The Internalization Of Tragic Fate, Gabriela A. Nirenburg

Honors Papers

This paper will attempt to prove the continuation of fate into modern tragic theater, using the plays of Chekhov (a Naturalist) and Lorca (a post-Romantic) as representative examples. After setting up these authors in their proper cultural contexts, I will examine their works against well-established definitions of tragedy, both classical and modern. I will then closely analyze the internal workings of the tragic heroes of these plays, ultimately demonstrating how they have managed to create and fulfill their destinies, even in the absence of gods.

Making Space: Sacred, Public And Private Property In American National Parks, Adina Langer

Honors Papers

The origins of America's national park movement lay in the intellectual and political milieu of the 19th century, when American artists, writers and politicians, conscious of a relatively short national history, longed for tangible symbols of a unique national identity. Historian Louis Warren argues, for example, that:

"Whereas the English, French, and Italian peoples could point to ancient ruins, cathedrals that were hundreds of years old, and traditions of arts and letters that went back almost to the dawn of Christianity, American culture was, by comparison, very new. Many found the material to fill this gap in America's monumental landscapes, …

"Life Into Dry Bones": Emergence Of The Female Artist And Community Integration In L.M. Montgomery's Novels Of Development, Laurie Elizabeth Stein

Honors Papers

"If I'm to be dragged at Anne's chariot wheels the rest of my life I'll bitterly repent having 'created' her."[ So wrote Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) in September 1908, a mere few months after the publication of her first novel, Anne of Green Gables, which had quickly become a bestseller. Of course Montgomery knew, and we can see with hindsight, that "Anne's chariot wheels" were and are nothing to scoff at. Quite clearly they propelled Montgomery to popular renown, financial success and literary acclaim - both then and now. Then, beginning in 1908 and continuing through her career, "Anne's chariot …

Literature As Material Figuration: Benjamin, Sebald, And Human Life In Time, Richard Thomas Eldridge

Philosophy Faculty Works

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Kichi Mondai (The Military Base Problem) : A Study Of How American Bases In Okinawa Are Presented To The American People, Mark Carney

Honors Theses

Media representations play a role in how one perceives a particular space. The American media presented the American military bases in Okinawa during the period of American civil administration (1945-1972) as necessary and beneficial for the Okinawan people . Because the media linked the bases and the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) as dependent upon one another, the media considered the benefits brought to Okinawa by the existence ofUSCAR a result of the bases as well. Despite Okinawan resistance to both USCAR and the military bases, the press presented the Okinawan people as actually wanting the …

From Composition To Performance, Jacquelyn Dayle Zwiefel

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

As partial fulfillment of my senior thesis requirement, I chose to present a senior voice recital. This recital was a culmination of all that I learned as an undergraduate in the field of music. The music that I chose to perform allowed me to grow as a scholar, a musician, and a performer. I have also gained knowledge and strengthened my experience in ways that will be valuable to my career in music education. This presentation of music allowed me to grow in a way beyond that which is possible in the classroom.

Gvsu Press Releases, 2006, Grand Valley State University

University Press Releases, 1961-Present

A compilation of press releases for the year 2006 submitted by University Communications (formerly News & Information Services) to news agencies concerning the people, places, and events related to Grand Valley State University.

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 27 (2006), Joanna E. Evans, Loretta G. H. Woodward, Beverly Gordon, Teri Klassen, Marsha Macdowell, Charlotte Quinney, Mary Worrall, Nao Nomura, Janneken Smucker, Laurann Gilbertson, Ronda Mcallen

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Joanna E. Evans

Communities of Quilters: Hawaiian Pattern Collecting, 1900-1959 by Loretta G. H. Woodard

Crazy Quilts as an Expression of "Fairyland" by Beverly Gordon

Polk's Fancy: Quiltmaking, Patriotism, and Gender in the Mexican War Era by Teri Klassen

The K.K.K. Fundraising Quilt of Chicora, Michigan by Marsha MacDowell, Charlotte Quinney, and Mary Worrall

From Fibers to Fieldwork: A Multifaceted Approach to Re-examining Amish Quilts by Nao Nomura and Janneken Smucker

Patterns of the New World: Quiltmaking Among Norwegian Americans by Laurann Gilbertson

Jewish Baltimore Album Quilts by Ronda McAllen

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Student Perceptions Of Diversity Issues In It, Amy B. Woszczynski, Martha Myers, Janette Moody

Faculty Articles

This study examines student perceptions regarding the desirability of diversity in the IT workplace. Several diversity variables were included: age, disability status, ethnicity, and gender. Participants included upper division students with declared majors in IT fields, as well as upper division students enrolled in an Accounting Information Systems course. We analyzed their perceptions in relation to diversity, along with distinguishing factors influencing the choice of IT as a career. We administered the Diversity Perceptions Inventory (DPI) to 162 undergraduate students from three institutions. Using multivariate analysis of variance, we found no significant differences in a number of areas: gender, age, …

And Power Corrupts…: Theology And The Disciplinary Matrix Of Bioethics, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

What role should religion play in a religiously pluralistic liberal society? Public bioethics unavoidably raises this question in a particularly insistent fashion. As the 20 papers in this collection demonstrate, the issues are complex and multifaceted. The authors address specific and highly contested issues as assisted suicide, stem cell research, cloning, reproductive health, and alternative medicine as well as more general questions such as who legitimately speaks for religion in public bioethics, what religion can add to our understanding of justice, and the value of faith-based contributions to healthcare. Christian (Catholic and Protestant), Jewish, Islamic, and Buddhist viewpoints are represented. …

Georges Rouault, Head Of Christ, 1937, Joseph G. Mueller

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Vested With Adam's Glory: Moses As The Luminous Counterpart Of Adam In The Dead Sea Scrolls And The Macarian Homilies, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Beyond Informed Citizens: Who Are 'The Wise'?, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Conceptual Art East And West: A Base For Global Art Or The End Of Art?, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Aristotle On Truth, By P. Crivelli, Owen Goldin

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Response To The Respondents, William Kurz

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of Hindy Najman's Seconding Sinai: The Development Of Mosaic Discourse In Second Temple Judaism, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Learned Savant Who Guards The Secrets Of The Great Gods’: Evolution Of The Roles And Titles Of The Seventh Antediluvian Hero In Mesopotamian And Enochic Traditions: Part Ii: Enochic Traditions, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of "The Problem Of Evil And The Problem Of God" By D. Z. Phillips, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Ralph Steiner, The Cloud Series, 1981-82, Zbigniew Sorbjan

Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications

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History Of Aesthetics: 1966-2006, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Introduction [To Perspectives On Art At The Haggerty Museum], Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Rudolph Ernst, A Moor Robing After The Bath, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Of Batcaves And Clock-Towers: Living Damaged Lives In Gotham City, James B. South

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Natorp, Husserl Und Das Problem Der Kontinuität Von Leben, Wissenschaft Und Philosophie, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

In this paper I compare and contrast Natorp’s and Husserl’s philosophies as to their programmatic and systematic profiles. I will begin by giving an assessment of their relationship and mutual influence, something that many scholars believe had been done exhaustively in Kern’s initial study of 1964 on the relation between Husserl and Kant and the neo-Kantians. Indeed, this topic – in general, the relation between phenomenology and „critical“ philosophy – deserves a new look now that more material has appeared in the Husserliana, forcefully demonstrating the „transcendental Husserl“ and the Kantian influence on his phenomenology, and given the overall growing …

The Cycle Of Violence, Margaret Urban Walker

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Editorial

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

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Fact And Fiction: Writing The Difference Between Suicide And Death, John Carvalho

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Did Michel Foucault die of AIDS or did he kill himself? Did he knowingly infect others in the bath houses in San Francisco or was he unaware that he was ill and of how less-than-safe sex could spread the same virus that infected him? What did he know about AIDS/HIV and what do we know about what he knew? Answers to these questions are ambiguous. This is due, in part, to the culture of homosexuality and the cultural response to AIDS/HIV at the time. It is also due to the conflicting reports about what Foucault knew, and when, in the …

Gesture, Pulsion, Grain: Barthes' Musical Semiology, Michael Szekely

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Although Barthes is perhaps best known as a semiotician, he is paradoxically always in search of precisely that which defies the constraints of language, whether art, signs or, in fact, language itself. Enter the relevance of music for Barthesian aesthetics. Barthes called for a "second semiology," in contrast to the classical semiology, which would explore "the body in a state of music." In this essay, I explore Barthes' musical semiology in terms of key concepts, including gesture, pulsion, grain, and jouissance. I extend the relevancy of Barthes' concepts, often articulated within the context of the Western classical musical tradition, to …