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Peeling, Jessica Disalvatore Nov 2022

Peeling, Jessica Disalvatore

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Two Or Three Days Ago, Marcie Blandford Nov 2022

Two Or Three Days Ago, Marcie Blandford

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Optimal View, Andy Penk Nov 2022

Optimal View, Andy Penk

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Brown Bear, Ashley Bernett Nov 2022

Brown Bear, Ashley Bernett

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


The Train Of Time, Gehan A. Pendlebury Oct 2022

The Train Of Time, Gehan A. Pendlebury

be Still

This poem evolved over the course of one year and was first written in a spontaneous effort to cathartically release a spectrum of challenging experiences. It details the struggles, triumphs and reflections associated with being a mother in medical school.


The Advantage Of An Iterative Writing Process For Novels And Short Stories, Annie Jackson Aug 2022

The Advantage Of An Iterative Writing Process For Novels And Short Stories, Annie Jackson

Masters Theses

Many writers struggle with completing a novel when they follow the traditional process of working through plot, character and world building problems in prewriting activities followed by sitting and drafting the story in a linear process scene by scene and chapter by chapter. This thesis proposes an alternate iterative approach. Iterative drafting creates multiple smaller versions of the full story that build to a first draft. By moving several problem solving activities into the draft itself writers can find increased opportunity for quick analysis, low effort corrections and a more efficient drafting method. This thesis lays out the description and …


The Haunting Of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman Aug 2022

The Haunting Of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The Haunting of Wright Manor explores the fear of the unknown, and more specifically, the hereditary nature of evil. “The phrase ‘nature versus nurture’ was first coined in the mid-1800s by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton in discussion about the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement”(Serpell 2013), writes Mick Serpell in the British Journal of Pain. Essentially, “Nature versus Nurture” boils down to a debate of which character traits are inherited and which are the result of external environmental factors. Wright Manor’s protagonist, Victoria Mariano, finds herself struggling with the aforementioned debate. At the age of 12, …


Dead On Arrival, Paige Couture Aug 2022

Dead On Arrival, Paige Couture

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Conversations With Myself, Cyndi R. Pina Aug 2022

Conversations With Myself, Cyndi R. Pina

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The connective tissue in this collection of poetry entitled, "Conversations with Myself" is in the exploration of internal thoughts that make up insecurities, regrets, fantasies, desires, and fear as they relate to self, others, and society. Internal thoughts live in a tension of the past, present, or possibility that form the anxieties and/or serenity we carry with us. It is a question of identity and experiences and how the mind twists and turns these moments to shape an individualâ??s perception.


Episode.Txt: Poetry, Samuel D Stermer May 2022

Episode.Txt: Poetry, Samuel D Stermer

Cardinal Compositions

This poem was created in Ayaat Ismail's English 101 course.


A Monster Known As Relapse: Poetry, Madison Bowles May 2022

A Monster Known As Relapse: Poetry, Madison Bowles

Cardinal Compositions

This poem was created in Ayaat Ismail's English 102 class.


Creative Writing Poetry Assignment, Ayaat W Ismail May 2022

Creative Writing Poetry Assignment, Ayaat W Ismail

Cardinal Compositions

This assignment sheet was designed for English 102.


Creative Writing/Art Introduction, Lana Helm May 2022

Creative Writing/Art Introduction, Lana Helm

Cardinal Compositions

No abstract provided.


Where The Gender Gap Is Going: An Infographic, Grace Kramer May 2022

Where The Gender Gap Is Going: An Infographic, Grace Kramer

Cardinal Compositions

This infographic was designed for Brittany Smart's English 102 course.


Stop And Smell The Fractals: An Exploration Into Math, Poetry, And Everything In Between, Caroline Jennings May 2022

Stop And Smell The Fractals: An Exploration Into Math, Poetry, And Everything In Between, Caroline Jennings

English Undergraduate Honors Theses

Stop and Smell The Fractals is a collection of poetry written during my time at The University of Arkansas. These poems highlight the connections between mathematics and poetry, focusing particularly on their emergence in everyday life.


What We Need: A Poetic Study In Struggle And Self-Healing, Grace Anne Calabria May 2022

What We Need: A Poetic Study In Struggle And Self-Healing, Grace Anne Calabria

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

In many ways, this thesis examines the eternal, repetitive inevitabilities of life. In a collection of poems, these inevitabilities are examined through the eyes of an observant and omniscient narrator: a girl, long in love with a boy, facing the struggles and rewards of learning to be alone in various ways after the 2020 pandemic. Because this thesis provides an examination of struggles and self-healing alongside its creative centerpiece of the collection, the poems are accompanied by a compilation of memoiristic reflections. This thesis contributes to conversations of mental health, love, growth, and finding legitimacy and value in creative work, …


The Screen And Development: Creative Writing And Liminality In Children’S Literature, Rebecca E. Glenn May 2022

The Screen And Development: Creative Writing And Liminality In Children’S Literature, Rebecca E. Glenn

All Theses

This creative thesis strives to research and implement the overlap of liminality found within Children’s Literature, especially those works that exist through the screen. The critical component of this thesis explores the ways in which childhood development and maturity, a theme commonly found within Children’s Literature, embodies its own “right of passage” associated with the liminal. The journey of the Children’s Literature protagonist is often wrought with this movement from familiar boundaries to a sense of new development. The critical analysis emphasizes the methods Children’s Literature genre uses emotion, familial connections, symbology, space, and even elements of the monstrous to …


100 Million, Cade Scott May 2022

100 Million, Cade Scott

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Alec, an 18-year-old filmmaker, decides to bunk with a group of TikTok stars in a mansion in the suburbs of LA in hopes of becoming as famous as them one day. But, he soon finds out that they plan to keep him behind the scenes. Forced to continue helping them film and post their videos, he starts witnessing shady events involving his step-brother, Kevin. The events reach a crescendo when some of the TikTok stars accidentally disappear. Alec investigates and discovers a sinister plot, and then he finds himself in a fight for his life. Which ends with him narrowly …


Sorrow, Healing, And Hope: A Braided Narrative, Abigail Maggi Apr 2022

Sorrow, Healing, And Hope: A Braided Narrative, Abigail Maggi

Honors Projects

This project is a creative nonfiction essay about sadness. In the form of a braided essay, I weave personal narrative with insight and guidance from therapists, psychologists, and friends. In this essay, I share my experience of sadness and how I have processed my emotions during challenging times. The essay is split into three sections – sadness, feeling a little better, and hope – to share my story, the skills I learned that helped me move through sadness, and my decision to choose hope despite and amidst the struggles.


Plant Wise, Sophia Llamas Apr 2022

Plant Wise, Sophia Llamas

Honors Projects

Conceptually, Plant Wise is the key to bridging the gap between preconceived ideas about vegan and vegetarianism and successfully integrating plant-based foods into your everyday life. Physically, Plant Wise is a self-educational, interactive booklet chock-full of activities intended for users to complete at their own pace. Inside this 56-page booklet, there are recipes, doodling spaces, weekly check sheets, activities to do with friends and family, challenges, and so much more. Plant Wise utilizes these activities and journaling opportunities throughout as a self-reflective vehicle to give users an experience to reflect on, which aids in the retention of what’s been learned …


Love In The Time Of Climate Change, Alex Goehring Apr 2022

Love In The Time Of Climate Change, Alex Goehring

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.


Wave By Wave: A Fantasy Author's Guide For Refining A Creative Writing Style, Michael Bose Apr 2022

Wave By Wave: A Fantasy Author's Guide For Refining A Creative Writing Style, Michael Bose

Senior Honors Theses

Writing a novel is a great undertaking. Many would-be writers have set out to create a novel and give up halfway through, uncertain where or how they failed. This project aims to help prospective authors get past that barrier. By analyzing one’s own writing style, a writer can ascertain greater insight into the strengths and weaknesses of one’s own work and therefore help rectify mistakes one might make otherwise, or learn to see a chapter from a new angle. The author will demonstrate this method on himself first by way of focused revisions. A sample chapter of a fantasy novel, …


The Puppy In The Polka Dot Pajamas: A Multimedia Approach To Children's Literature, Grace Phillips Feb 2022

The Puppy In The Polka Dot Pajamas: A Multimedia Approach To Children's Literature, Grace Phillips

Honors Projects

In a world that seemingly becomes crueler by the day, some topics are not handled with the tact they require and deserve. Issues of bullying and self-expression can often evoke undesirable emotions when discussed. Although it may be difficult to achieve, every child deserves to grow up in a world free of bullying that promotes authentic self-expression. To do my part – however minor it may be – in fostering a more accepting community, I used this project as an opportunity to create a story that shared anti-bullying messaging in a suitable and enjoyable manner for children.


The Lindenwood Review, Issue 12 (2022), Full Issue Feb 2022

The Lindenwood Review, Issue 12 (2022), Full Issue

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Branches: A University Of Maine Farmington Anthology Celebrating Work From Students Across The Arts & Humanities, Sciences, And Education, University Of Maine At Farmington, Gretchen Legler (Ed.), Joseph W. Mcdonnell Jan 2022

Branches: A University Of Maine Farmington Anthology Celebrating Work From Students Across The Arts & Humanities, Sciences, And Education, University Of Maine At Farmington, Gretchen Legler (Ed.), Joseph W. Mcdonnell

Student Books

Branches showcases student work from across the “disciplines” that make up the interconnected web of learning at a liberal arts university such as UMF. Reading through it, you’ll see what a vibrant intellectual and creative community we have created; all the branches of the tree of knowledge complement and inform one another, creating an organic whole that is truly more than the sum of its parts. This vision of an education has its roots in Classical Greece, where philosophers believed that knowledge gained through broad study across the arts, sciences, and philosophy was essential for creating free citizens who would …


The Mockingbird - 2022, Department Of Art And Design, East Tennessee State University, Department Of Literature And Language, East Tennessee State University Jan 2022

The Mockingbird - 2022, Department Of Art And Design, East Tennessee State University, Department Of Literature And Language, East Tennessee State University

The Mockingbird [magazine]

Emily Price [Editor’s Note]; Micheal Bumgarner [Artist’s Statement]; Emrie Gilbert [“The Sins of the Fathers Visited upon the Children,” or How I Lived More-or-Less Openly Queer in the Southern Baptist Church]; Korbin Rhue [Playing Gods: An Aspiring Author’s Guide to Creating a Fantasy World That Feels Real to Your Readers]; Kylee Phalen [Prodigal Daughter: A Queer Christian’s Open Letter to the Church]; Ethan Walker [Hit]; Wendy Gourley [Seeing in the Dark]; Elias Murphy [Who I Am]; Andy Demczuk [Lesdiguières]; Amara Bunten [Method Acting]; Sappho Stanley [Like a Bosch]; Wendy Gourley [Butterflies]; Courtney Harvey [roolF eht no sI gniR ehThe Ring …


Little Sun: A Poetry Collection, Lillian Aff Jan 2022

Little Sun: A Poetry Collection, Lillian Aff

Scripps Senior Theses

N/A


On Your Painted Wings, Sandra M. Ford Jan 2022

On Your Painted Wings, Sandra M. Ford

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The intent of this thesis is to explore historical issues of Cuban restrictions on emigration through a magical realism lens. Drawing inspiration from Cuban-American writer Ana Menéndez and Columbian writer Gabriel García Márquez, this thesis focuses on family relationships, especially how grief shapes those relationships and the people in them. The thesis approaches these issues of family, grief, and Cuban emigration by weaving a more grounded central narrative with an original fairytale.


What Is The Female Gaze In Literature?, Cadence Dangerfield Jan 2022

What Is The Female Gaze In Literature?, Cadence Dangerfield

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Just as Laura Mulvey defined the male gaze, feminist scholars are constantly working to identify a female gaze in visual arts and literature. Does it exist? This project works to answer the following questions: What is the female gaze? Is it simply the male gaze in reverse, or is it something more, a lens encompassing the desire of intimacy instead of an inherent sexual desire? To find the answer, or at least one possible answer that I can situate myself and my writing into, I plan to read both fiction and scholarship and write utilizing a female character as she …


Their Eyes Were Always Watching And Other Stories, Steve A. Booker Jr Jan 2022

Their Eyes Were Always Watching And Other Stories, Steve A. Booker Jr

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

In this thesis, I cover discrimination in multiple forms, mostly racism and classism, through six short stories. The critical introduction includes my thought and revision process for each story. I discuss the academic works of Eugene Arya, Maggie Bowers, Lindsay Moore to explore the concepts of magical realism in my work and how it relates to the fiction of Carmen Maria Machado and N.K. Jemisin. Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of skaz and Lubomir Dolezel’s concept of the alethic alien are used in two of my shared world stories. It is my intention to show how discrimination affects multiple types of people …