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The Hero's Journey Beyond The Physical, Jasmine Jones
The Hero's Journey Beyond The Physical, Jasmine Jones
Symposium of Student Scholars
How would one go about integrating a theme of acceptance of self and others into an adventure, comedy, fantasy, and family friendly film? In the film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the invisible hand of the screenwriters does just that. The importance of this story is in the story structure. The four main characters are used to exemplify how there is an important relationship between plot and structure. Through this, character transformation takes place both physically and emotionally. The characters are presented as four normal people who were sucked into a game and sent on a quest to solve mysteries …
The Matter And (Mostly) Manner Of Mere Christianity, Gary L. Tandy
The Matter And (Mostly) Manner Of Mere Christianity, Gary L. Tandy
Faculty Publications - Department of English
Presented to a meeting of the Inkling Folk Fellowship (IFF), July 23rd, 2021.
Zoom Session Link: https://youtu.be/F2ZKEPD0YFg
Research Question•Why does Lewis’s work of popular apologetics continue to find a wide readership while other excellent books in the same genre—e.g., Sayers’s Creed or Chaos—do not?
Christianity Today Survey (2000): Most influential Christian books
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1942-44; 1952) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (1937) Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics (1932-67) J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (1954-55) John Howard Yoder, The Politics of Jesus (1968) G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (1908) Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (1948) Richard Foster, …
Desire And Beauty: Ancient Philosophy Molding Modern Cinema In Vertigo, Garrett Johnson, Nicholas Scott Olson
Desire And Beauty: Ancient Philosophy Molding Modern Cinema In Vertigo, Garrett Johnson, Nicholas Scott Olson
Liberty University Research Week
Graduate
Textual or Investigative
More Than Misogyny: The Role Of Women In The Ramayana, Sadie Barham, Stephen Bell
More Than Misogyny: The Role Of Women In The Ramayana, Sadie Barham, Stephen Bell
Liberty University Research Week
Undergraduate
Textual or Investigative
“The Greatest Poet In Ireland”: Yeats’S Changing Perspective On The Sacred Role Of Poet, Lillianna Wright, Nathaniel Ross Valle
“The Greatest Poet In Ireland”: Yeats’S Changing Perspective On The Sacred Role Of Poet, Lillianna Wright, Nathaniel Ross Valle
Liberty University Research Week
Undergraduate
Textual or Investigative
Enriching The American Literary Canon Through Chaim Potok’S Work, Sara Williams, Andrew Walker
Enriching The American Literary Canon Through Chaim Potok’S Work, Sara Williams, Andrew Walker
Liberty University Research Week
Graduate
Textual or Investigative
The Gilded Finch: An Exploration Of Class Conflict, Mattea Harrison, James Nutter
The Gilded Finch: An Exploration Of Class Conflict, Mattea Harrison, James Nutter
Liberty University Research Week
Undergraduate
Creative and Artistic
The Potential Positive Effects Of Early Childhood Literacy, Mary Ray, Carolyn Towles
The Potential Positive Effects Of Early Childhood Literacy, Mary Ray, Carolyn Towles
Liberty University Research Week
Undergraduate
Textual or Investigative
Best Books Of The Past 20 Years For Children Ages 10-12, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong
Best Books Of The Past 20 Years For Children Ages 10-12, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong
Ages 10-12
With the thousands of books published for children each year, it is impossible to include every worthy title. In this list we have tried to meet the interests of both genders and a variety of racial groups, putting first compelling plots in which young people demonstrate strong character. In addition, stories must be well-written, attention grabbing, and age appropriate.
Titles are taken from See Me Shine: Developing Character Through Books: Ages 10-12
Writing A Fantasy Novel, Sarah Webb
Writing A Fantasy Novel, Sarah Webb
Honors Projects
The goal of this Honors Project was to write and outline a manuscript for a fantasy novel. Worked into that goal was to create a unique magic system, a world, and a pantheon, which was accomplished through research of other fantasy worlds and other mythologies both fictional and historical. The story revolves around the central questions of identity (including the fluidity of gender and sexuality), concerns of future aspirations, and how education applies to those topics through facilitating conversation; these themes are not commonly discussed in mainstream fantasy. The current manuscript, which houses over 42,000 words, also includes a visual …