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The Auteur As Adapter: From Literature To Film In Rossellini, Godard, And Pasolini, Sundar S. Pratt Jan 2021

The Auteur As Adapter: From Literature To Film In Rossellini, Godard, And Pasolini, Sundar S. Pratt

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College


Black Boys, Native Sons, Rufus Scotts, And Sulas: An Exploration Of Literary Dissent, Shirley Merino Jan 2021

Black Boys, Native Sons, Rufus Scotts, And Sulas: An Exploration Of Literary Dissent, Shirley Merino

Senior Projects Spring 2021

The responsibility of creating writing that is palatable in order to please every audience but the Black audience is often placed on the shoulders of Black authors. As phrased by Richard Wright in his “Blueprint for Negro Writing” the risk of focusing one’s writing entirely on the Black experience, left Black authors with the risk of being “consigned to oblivion.” Writing that captures the joys, the struggles, and the history of being Black in America, is often overlooked and ignored by white audiences and publishers, as it is often perceived as being unappealing and unpleasant. However, authors like Wright, James …


Beyond Empathy: Examining The Emerging Field Of Literature And Human Rights, Cassidy Jane Polga Jan 2021

Beyond Empathy: Examining The Emerging Field Of Literature And Human Rights, Cassidy Jane Polga

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.


"Bothe The Heye And The Lowe": Role Reversal And Medieval Animal Allegory, Rose A. Rugendorf Jan 2021

"Bothe The Heye And The Lowe": Role Reversal And Medieval Animal Allegory, Rose A. Rugendorf

Senior Projects Fall 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College


Poetic Piety: John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, And The Puritan Writer’S Internal Errand, Amelia Kathleen David Jan 2021

Poetic Piety: John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, And The Puritan Writer’S Internal Errand, Amelia Kathleen David

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.


A Poet, A Teacher: Standing Still With Mary Oliver, Melissa Therese Benedek Jan 2021

A Poet, A Teacher: Standing Still With Mary Oliver, Melissa Therese Benedek

Senior Projects Spring 2021

The poet Mary Oliver (1935-2019) once wrote, “Attention without feeling, I began to learn, is only a report.” How does Oliver teach the practice of paying attention to the natural world? This project explores observation as a form of attention in Oliver’s work and how it is implicit in her writing practice. The relationship between attention and feeling manifests in her poetry. Observations are both the foundation and definition of Oliver’s concrete images and incommunicable encounters with nonhumans in the natural world. For Oliver, the goal of attention is not to give a scientific account of details about specific animals …