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- Comics Studies; Disability Studies; Batman; Cape Comics; Horror (1)
- Early modern dictionaries; grammar; media studies; prosthesis; rhetoric (1)
- Petromodernity; oil; film studies; literature; Upton Sinclair; Paul Thomas Anderson; Oil!; There Will Be Blood; (1)
- Short story; fiction; fantasy; narrative; (1)
- Theatre; creative writing; english; playwriting; prose; voice; (1)
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Waving The Red Flag, Christopher Cassaday
Waving The Red Flag, Christopher Cassaday
Honors Projects
"Waving The Red Flag," is a collections of three fictional short stories written using both fragmented and linear narratives.
The Evil Mad: Villainous Neurosis In Batman, Chelsea C. Riordan
The Evil Mad: Villainous Neurosis In Batman, Chelsea C. Riordan
Honors Projects
An analysis of Batman media-- specifically, various cartoons and comic books-- with an eye towards the franchise's representation of mental illness and disability. This honors project examines Batman through the lens of multiple genres and understands it as a cultural artifact that reflects mainstream anxieties regarding the mentally ill and mental illness.
Prosthesis: From Grammar To Medicine In The Earliest History Of The World, Brandon W. Hawk
Prosthesis: From Grammar To Medicine In The Earliest History Of The World, Brandon W. Hawk
Faculty Publications
This article provides an examination of the earliest history of the term prosthesis in English, re-evaluating other such histories with previously unrecognized archival material from early printed books. These sources include sixteenth- and seventeenth-century early printed books such as handbooks of grammar, English dictionaries, British Latin dictionaries, and medical treatises on surgery. Such an investigation reveals both a more nuanced trajectory of the early history of the word in English and fuller context for a shift in meaning from usages in the study of grammar and rhetoric to the study of medicine and surgery. This narrative, then, speaks to the …
There Will Be Oil: The Celebration And Inevitability Of Petroleum Through Upton Sinclair And Paul Thomas Anderson, Sarah Mae Fleming
There Will Be Oil: The Celebration And Inevitability Of Petroleum Through Upton Sinclair And Paul Thomas Anderson, Sarah Mae Fleming
Honors Projects
An analysis of the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair and the film There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, with a focus on the presence of oil in these texts.
Writing Voice And Character For The Page And Stage, Remson Dejoseph
Writing Voice And Character For The Page And Stage, Remson Dejoseph
Honors Projects
A collection of three stories consisting of a 10 minute Play, a One-Act Play, and an Expository Character piece in prose. All three pieces take advantage of voice in the particular medium to convey the characters and push the story.