2013 Spring English Senior Honors Theses (MU)
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/35078
2024-03-29T01:04:15ZBroadening the scope: female authors are for more than the 'F-word'
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/35296
Broadening the scope: female authors are for more than the 'F-word'
Sobelman, Stacey L.
Though contemporary fiction has evolved significantly alongside the social and political revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there remains the tendency to return to the stigmatized classifications of literature in the past, especially in regards to contemporary female authors. Is a story feminist simply because it has been written by a woman, about a woman, and for a female audience? This used to be the definition of feminist literature, but in the twenty-first century, this broad definition becomes a scarlet letter that can trivialize the work of female authors. Evolution is therefore necessary to a full understanding of these works. I will examine the work and words of my contemporaries to address the stigmas associated with the work of a female author. Through an analysis of my own collection, I hope to prove that there must be more involved in a critique of an author's work than her gender.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZComic relief
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Comic relief
McCormick, Katie
This original play focuses on the character of Jaime who goes on a journey of self-discovery as she pursues her dream of being a standup comedian.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZDeadbeat dad: Victor Frankenstein as the failed father
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Deadbeat dad: Victor Frankenstein as the failed father
Skinner, Karalyn
In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1831), protagonist Victor Frankenstein and his relationship to the creature have often been characterized in terms of creator and creation, with Victor trying to usurp women's procreative role or trying to become God through scientifically giving life. Although Victor can be rightly understood as a mother or a creator, he also has a distinct relationship to the creature as a father because of his position in society as a man. Victor, however, fails in his role as father to the creature, which creates new implications for his relationship with the creature. In addition to abandoning his creation, we might say Victor abandons his child. Instead of condemning Victor for creating the creature, we can identify his chief failure as refusing to be a father to the creature, including failing to be legally and morally responsible to him.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZEvening edition: trauma, journalism and the post-9/11 novel
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/35184
Evening edition: trauma, journalism and the post-9/11 novel
Hart, Edward
This study will help shape our understanding of the boundaries between journalism and the novel, the ways in which the journalist problematizes our understanding of 9/11 and subverts the traditional trauma narrative associated with the 9/11 novel, and the extent to which the topicality of novels affects their longevity or ability to confront more immutable problems. This study will primarily center around Adams' Harbor and Waldman's The Submission.
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