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Foreword, Jur Editorial Staff

SWOSU Journal of Undergraduate Research

The SWOSU Journal of Undergraduate Research (SWOSU JUR), a journal developed and run by SWOSU students and faculty, is pleased to present its inaugural issue. The mission of the SWOSU JUR is to showcase the diverse research activities happening at our institution, and we hope to achieve this goal in the following ways: promote a collaborative atmosphere that encourages research and scholarly activities; foster mentor/mentee relationships between faculty and students; publicize original intellectual and creative contributions by students and faculty; and provide opportunities to engage in all aspects of research and scholarly activities.

Selected Poems, Sandra Pratt

SWOSU Journal of Undergraduate Research

Selected Poems by Sandra Pratt includes:

Drowning Doll

Making Out Words

O Poseidon

The Legend Of The Miskito Indians: A Literary Translation Project, Alyssa Friesen

SWOSU Journal of Undergraduate Research

This project began in the spring of 2014 for the class of Intermediate Spanish Composition and Grammar. In class the object was to read this particular legend, but I decided to take that a step further and do a translation of it in order for me to better understand it. This is a literary translation, which is the most difficult type of translation which is why I used certain theories of translation to help get an accurate translation for the textbook Introduction to Spanish Translation by Jack Child. By applying these methods of translation, I was able to get an …

Eroticism Or Neo-Platonism?: The Case In The Sonnet “Detente Sombra De Mi Bien Esquivo,” By Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz, Juan Manuel Ramirez Velazquez

SWOSU Journal of Undergraduate Research

This essay is an in depth analysis of the poem “Detente sombra de mi bien esquivo “, by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the most important poet of the Spanish American Baroque period. This sonnet has been traditionally interpreted as a love poem, more specifically from the Neo Platonic traditions of the European Renaissance. Some scholars have also proposed an analysis of the poem based on the mysticism. In my analysis, I propose a new interpretation based on the eroticism tradition and style. This tradition can also be found in the poetry written in Spain by other authors that …

Dermot Healy's Endless Quest For The Absolute, Eamon Maher

Articles

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Creative Writers Festival Button Template, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Creative Writers Festival button template for Friday, March 23, 2018

Art, Music, And Poetry: Artistic Documentation During The Holocaust, Lauren Beauregard

SWOSU Journal of Undergraduate Research

According to Theodor Adorno, “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.”¹ Of course, poetry was written during the Holocaust as well as after. More accurately, Nina Apfelbaum argued that “reading the memoirs, diaries and works of fiction written by Holocaust survivors provides another dimension to an understanding of the Holocaust.”² During the Holocaust, Jewish artists used their abilities to create works as a way to both document their everyday lives as well as to reclaim humanity in the German concentration camps.

Creative Writers Festival Button Template, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Creative Writers Festival button template for Saturday, March 24, 2018

14°40'35.5"N 92°08'50.4"W Suchiate, Chiapas, Cheyla Samuelson, Balam Rodrigo

Faculty Publications

Translation of the poem “14°40'35.5"N 92°08'50.4"W - Suchiate, Chiapas” by Balam Rodrigo, from his unpublished book The Central American Book of the Dead.

President Harvey Weinstein Inaugurates The Pig Party, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a satirical short story about the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault situation.

Cultivating Critical Reading: Using Creative Assignments To Promote Agency, Persistence, And Enjoyment, Nate Mickelson

Publications and Research

Skillful and attentive critical reading is crucial for success in college. Research has shown that pedagogies that foreground the transactional nature of reading are more effective than those that frame reading as a process of decoding meanings transmitted in the text. Despite this, existing approaches to reading instruction often reinforce a transmission model of reading that prioritizes the decoding of textual meaning over more active engagement. Assignments that explicitly or implicitly define reading as a process of identifying correct interpretations in this way risk reinforcing the shame and frustration students experience as they struggle to interpret texts. As an alternative, …

10.01.012-.013 Lesley College Publications, Literary Magazines, 1960-2017, Marie Wasnock

Finding Aids

A collection of literary magazines written and published by students of Lesley University:

Pendulum, founded by the friends of the Livingston Stebbins Library, was a literary magazine published once a year and contains prose, verse, photography, and graphic art by the undergraduate students of Lesley College. The Pendulum collection comprises 24 issues published between 1960 and 1983.

Commonthought is a magazine of the arts created by students of Lesley College, Lesley University, and the Art Institute of Boston. It was first published under the title, Womanthought, in 1989, and renamed in the early 1990s. The Commonthought collection comprises …

Letter From The Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film To The Dominican Fathers And Sisters, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from the Department of Theatre, Dance & Film to the Dominican Fathers and Sisters inviting them to the Creative Writers Festival.

February 20, 2018

Two Poems, Nicholas Bradley

The Goose

Poetry by Nicholas Bradley

Two Poems, Joanna Lilley

The Goose

Poetry by Joanna Lilley.

Finding The Intersections: A Review Of “This Child Of Faith”, Melanie Springer Mock

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Excerpt: "Sophfronia Scott and her son, Tain Gregory, have a compelling story to tell. In December 2012, Tain was a thirdgrader at Sandy Hook Elementary, the school that became synonymous with the tragedy of school shootings when 20 first-grade children and six adult staff members were killed at Sandy Hook in a massacre that took only moments. Tain’s friend, Ben, was among those killed, as was the school’s principal, a woman who had only months earlier warmly welcomed Tain to his new school. Sophfronia and Tain tell their story in the book This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child …

Three Poems, Renée Jackson-Harper

The Goose

Poetry by Renée Jackson-Harper

Survival Of The Fixed-Est: Alien Invasion Of Human Identity In Octavia Butler's Dawn, Jennifer Pretzer

The Kabod

While many definitions for science fiction have been offered over the years since the genre’s inception, Robert A. Heinlein’s definition, with its easy-to-follow five-point format, remains one of the most specific and comprehensive. Heinlein argues that, in a science fiction story: 1. The conditions must be, in some respect, different from here-and-now, although the difference may lie only in an invention made in the course of the story. 2. The new conditions must be an essential part of the story. 3. The problem itself—the "plot"—must be a human problem. 4. The human problem must be one which is created by, …

Full Moon, House Cats, Gregory Brown

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Nameless, Coffeeshop Woman, Gregory Brown

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Mount Unzen, Japan, June 3, 1991, Michael Catherwood

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Rumblings, Michael Fraley

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Into The Howl, Blake Kilgore

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No More Days, Richard Donnelly

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For Mother’S Wedding, Norbert Kovacs

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Vacant Apartment, Lee Zumpe

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Three Journals, Scott Thomas

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Whole Life, Richard Donnelly

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Beer And Pool And The Gravel Voice, Michael Catherwood

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‘You Were My First Grade Teacher,’ The Woman Said Smiling, Kevin Acers

Westview

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