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Essai De Typologie Des Familles Éclatées Dans L’Oeuvre Romanesque De Calixthe Beyala, Clémentine Mansiantima Nzimbu Dec 2016

Essai De Typologie Des Familles Éclatées Dans L’Oeuvre Romanesque De Calixthe Beyala, Clémentine Mansiantima Nzimbu

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

In Calixthe Beyala’s novels, the narrators are in search of their own identity due to traumas experienced in broken families. The expression broken or shattered family (famille éclatée) is used in a broad way, pertaining to principles and responsibilities of marriage, particularly with children. The abandonment of a spouse, regardless of the motive, wounds the family unit. This study uses eight novels to examine the various configurations of families in which the place of biological parents is called into question. This study also shows that abandoned children, in the works of Beyala, cope with the absence of a parent.


Nasty People: An Illustrated Guide To Understanding Sex, Sophia Weaver Dec 2016

Nasty People: An Illustrated Guide To Understanding Sex, Sophia Weaver

Senior Honors Projects

Sex made me and it probably made you too, but for many of us sex remains a mystery for our entire lives. I see sexual images every day, but I rarely hear it discussed openly or factually. This is problematic. If most people are having sex and most people have a lot of misinformation about it, STDs, unwanted pregnancies and even sexual assaults are much more likely. Research suggests that increased (and well developed) sex ed. can reduce all of the possible negative outcomes of sexual misinformation. My observations of everyday life and my research in academia have given me …


The Emperor's Cut, Rose Postma Dec 2016

The Emperor's Cut, Rose Postma

Pro Rege

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Just Add Water, Bill Elgersma Dec 2016

Just Add Water, Bill Elgersma

Pro Rege

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The Miraculous Catch Of Fish, Howard Schaap Dec 2016

The Miraculous Catch Of Fish, Howard Schaap

Pro Rege

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A Singing God, David Schelhaas Dec 2016

A Singing God, David Schelhaas

Pro Rege

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Deadheading To Firecracker, Joshua Matthews Dec 2016

Deadheading To Firecracker, Joshua Matthews

Pro Rege

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Incense, Bob De Smith Dec 2016

Incense, Bob De Smith

Pro Rege

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Hesed: Sunday After Shabbat, Mary Dengler Dec 2016

Hesed: Sunday After Shabbat, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

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Orpheus, Winter 2016-17, University Of Dayton Dec 2016

Orpheus, Winter 2016-17, University Of Dayton

Orpheus: UD's Literary and Artistic Magazine

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I Don't Buy It, Jason Birkelbach Dec 2016

I Don't Buy It, Jason Birkelbach

Gandy Dancer Archives

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A Profound Valor // At Chelsea's, Nilson Thomas Carroll Dec 2016

A Profound Valor // At Chelsea's, Nilson Thomas Carroll

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Loveladies, New Jersey, Arianna Miller Dec 2016

Loveladies, New Jersey, Arianna Miller

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Absolute Pitch, Maya Bergamasco Dec 2016

Absolute Pitch, Maya Bergamasco

Gandy Dancer Archives

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French Women In Art: Reclaiming The Body Through Creation/Les Femmes Artistes Françaises : La Réclamation Du Corps À Travers La Création, Liatris Hethcoat Dec 2016

French Women In Art: Reclaiming The Body Through Creation/Les Femmes Artistes Françaises : La Réclamation Du Corps À Travers La Création, Liatris Hethcoat

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

The research I have conducted for my French Major Senior Thesis is a culmination of my passion for and studies of both French language and culture and the history and practice of Visual Arts. I have examined, across the history of art, the representation of women, and concluded that until the 20th century, these representations have been tools employed by the makers of history and those at the top of the patriarchal system, used to control women’s images and thus women themselves. I survey these representations, which are largely created by men—until the 20th century. I discuss pre-historical …


From A Long Line Of Thieves, Lucinda Zamora-Wiley Dec 2016

From A Long Line Of Thieves, Lucinda Zamora-Wiley

Theses and Dissertations

This is a work of original creative writing, containing works of poetry, prose poems, flash non-fiction, and personal essays. The primary subject areas include family relations after PTSD, love, interracial struggles within marriage and family, pride of place--including Texas and the United States, and poetic/artistic inspirations that influenced the author.


To Write A Life : Three Women In History., Justy Louise Engle Dec 2016

To Write A Life : Three Women In History., Justy Louise Engle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This creative and critical hybrid dissertation explores the spiritual connections between three women in distinctly different time periods: contemporary America, nineteenth century America and early fifteenth century France. The overall dissertation explores the autogenealogobiography, what the author defines as the self-writings of women composed within a specific time period in relation to the current moment and generations of ancestral women. The objective of the creative texts is to record the spiritual journeys of life for the women who will come after for the purpose of encouraging careful observation of history so that women will be able to note and internalize …


Things I Haven't Told You, Kimberly A. Tedrow Dec 2016

Things I Haven't Told You, Kimberly A. Tedrow

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Things I Haven’t Told You is a three-part thesis that consists of a critical introduction, a creative sample of ten poems, and an essay on using the work of Percy Bysshe Shelley as a creative prompt.

A critical introduction to the creative sample discusses the contextualization of memory, the observation of the physical world, and the rare metaphysical moments that occur in an ordinary life. The genesis and evolution of the work is explored, as well as the poet's development during the course of graduate study.

The creative sample of ten poems includes poems that articulate the malleable relationship between …


How To Hitchhike West With A Promise, Max Wojciechowski Dec 2016

How To Hitchhike West With A Promise, Max Wojciechowski

All NMU Master's Theses

This work is an excerpt of a larger novel in progress that closely follows the journey of the main character, Charlie, who is hitchhiking from the Chicago suburbs to California in order to spread his mother’s ashes. It takes inspiration from the traditional American road trip novels, while following a contemporary narrative that dives into the main character’s judgmental attitude toward his fellow human. The story highlights his character growth with tips for hitchhiking that Charlie directs toward the audience sporadically throughout the piece. Charlie happens to be gay. A conscious decision was made to not highlight his sexual orientation, …


Lessons For An Educator: The Real Meaning Of Sacrifice And Service, Courtney A. Lemire Mrs. Dec 2016

Lessons For An Educator: The Real Meaning Of Sacrifice And Service, Courtney A. Lemire Mrs.

All NMU Master's Theses

I knew at a young age that I would devote my professional life to being an educator. I was not prepared for the numerous setbacks that I would experience and, at times, I have questioned why I became a teacher. It is during these moments of hesitation and uncertainty that I find inspiration from three military family members: my maternal grandfather, Edwin, my paternal grandfather, Lloyd, and my husband, Joe. They dedicated their lives to serving others while not asking for anything in return. All three unselfishly sacrificed a part of who they were for the betterment of others. It …


Immigrant And Irish Identities In Hand In The Fire And Hamilton's Writing Between 2003 And 2014, Dervila Cooke Dec 2016

Immigrant And Irish Identities In Hand In The Fire And Hamilton's Writing Between 2003 And 2014, Dervila Cooke

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Immigrant and Irish Identities in Hand in the Fire and Hamilton's Writing between 2003 and 2014" Dervila Cooke discusses the intertwining of Irish and immigrant identities. Cooke examines the connection between openness to memory and embracing migrant identities in Hamilton's writing both in the 2010 novel and as a whole. The empathetic and inclusive character of Helen in Hand in the Fire is analyzed in contrast to characters who have repressed memory including the Serbian Vid. Helen's ties to elsewhere, her openness to new influence, and her willingness to engage with traumatic elements of the past (Irish …


Thematic Bibliography To New Work On Immigration And Identity In Contemporary France, Québec, And Ireland, Dervila Cooke Dec 2016

Thematic Bibliography To New Work On Immigration And Identity In Contemporary France, Québec, And Ireland, Dervila Cooke

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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If This Heart Had A Mouth: A Forbidden Romance Narrated Through Mimesis: Poems, Julieta V. Corpus Dec 2016

If This Heart Had A Mouth: A Forbidden Romance Narrated Through Mimesis: Poems, Julieta V. Corpus

Theses and Dissertations

If This Heart Had a Mouth consists of forty-two poems where love is the catalyst for a multitude of emotions, ranging from falling in love, to hopelessness, to a begrudging kind of acceptance at losing the beloved to somebody else. To create all forty-two poems, 23 written in Spanish, and 19 poems written in English, I employed the literary device called Mimesis which entails deriving an original poem from someone else's work.

To create each poem, I followed another poet’s original work, line by line. I imitated that poet’s rhythm through their use of meter. I counted the number of …


Bare, Rachel Britton Dec 2016

Bare, Rachel Britton

Gandy Dancer Archives

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All Roads, Malcolm Flanigan Dec 2016

All Roads, Malcolm Flanigan

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Character Reference, Margot Hughes Dec 2016

Character Reference, Margot Hughes

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Untamed, Joanna Greenberg Dec 2016

Untamed, Joanna Greenberg

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Stars-And-Stripes Sicilian, Gabi Basile Dec 2016

Stars-And-Stripes Sicilian, Gabi Basile

Gandy Dancer Archives

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On The Rosendale Trestle // The Day I Pulled My Childhood Like Sheets From My Bed, Emily Zogbi Dec 2016

On The Rosendale Trestle // The Day I Pulled My Childhood Like Sheets From My Bed, Emily Zogbi

Gandy Dancer Archives

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An Applied Study Of Astronomos, Maya Bergamasco Dec 2016

An Applied Study Of Astronomos, Maya Bergamasco

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.