2015 Spring English Senior Honors Theses (MU)
The items in this collection are the 2015 spring semester Senior English Honors Theses. Click on one of the browse buttons above for a complete listing of the works.
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Maiden vs. monarch : the roles of Elizabeth I in contemporary depictions
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)People have been creating popular culture depictions of historical figures since forever. We, as a species, love telling stories, especially stories about people whose legacies have lasted for centuries. We create narratives ... -
Fearing the unknown : mental health in current day America
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)Throughout American history, the issue of mental health has ebbed and flowed with importance and acceptance. Even though there is a consistent record of mental illness in history, stigma toward those with mental illnesses ... -
The Imitation Phenomenon
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)"The Imitation Phenomenon" analyzes the theme of conformity in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894) and animated adaptation produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1967. By examining Disney's reinterpretation of the ... -
War, trauma, and literature: World War I veterans and the expression of “shell-shock” in literature
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Pull Me Out to Sea
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Summer of the Sabra Cactus: The Body, Landscape, and Numbed Tourism
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The Personal Essay and the Memoir: A Comparison
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)This thesis will attempt to put into perspective the various differences between the personal essay and the memoir. Furthermore, it will discuss why the personal essay is more useful for the creative portion of the thesis. ... -
Misinterpreted Perception: Defining the True Nature of Chivalry During the First Crusade
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)Over the turn of the centuries, chivalry has evolved and acquired numerous definitions. Currently the characteristics of a chivalric knight are skewed by the gentlemanly mannerisms and jousting tournaments seen in films. ... -
Indispensable Lives : Magical realism and postcolonial resistance in Ana Castillo's So far from God, and Junot Diaz's The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)"In this paper, I will discuss magical realism as a postcolonial genre of resistance in Ana Castillo's So Far from God, and Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and whether or not labeling these novels as ... -
Who's your daddy? : an analysis of Shakespeare's fathers in power positions and their parental relationship to their daughters
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)William Shakespeare and his plays, taught in high schools across America every year, researched by historians for centuries, and enjoyed by classical literature lovers to no end, have been and will continueto be, I imagine, ... -
The widow's place : Mrs. Norris in Mansfield Park
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)“The most hateful character in Jane Austen's novels,” “a vicious pest,” “Austen's most nearly psychotic creation.” Such is the critical consensus on Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park: that she is hateful, vicious, and psychotic ...