This senior project analyzes William Faulkner’s short story, A Rose for Emily, using literary feminist theory critical concepts such as translation of language through embodiment...
This project is the culmination of two semesters of work regarding ethical depictions of trauma within prose writing. This research serves to answer the question...
Thornton Wilder, an accomplished and exceptional American writer, was frequently influenced by Greco-Roman antiquity. Over the course of my senior research, I have examined the...
When discussing Thorton Wilder, often the conversation is centered around his most famous plays, but his early novels are ripe with interesting characters, locations, and...
In my senior research project, I analyze Thornton Wilder's narrators in his novels The Cabala (1926) and Theophilus North (1973). Because these two novels mark...
Within the massive field of Shakespearean studies, a new wave of revisionist interpretations and studies has exploded in visibility, encouraging intersectional analysis of the Bard’s...
Universally, we have recognized that colonialism has a negative impact on those who are colonized, and that the effects still echo through political and economic...
Literature is instrumental in exacting change both politically and personally, but it can also cause immense harm. A majority of novels that are celebrated for...
I intend to showcase three key locations from my novel concept by reading them aloud. These locations and this novel, set in a high-fantasy world...
Twentieth-century American writer Thornton Wilder believed that “if you take up the complete letters…and if you are patient and watchful you will see another plane...
Many John Milton scholars consider Milton to be a progressive writer for his time, advocating for education, adding to the Bible story of Adam and...
In exploring the landscape of contemporary poetry, one might notice the unusual frequency of women poets choosing to engage with female characters and themes from...
It’s especially important for young children with autism to feel understood and more comfortable in moving their bodies to allow them to live lives that...
Thornton Wilder was a great American novelist and playwright. One theme he returned to frequently in his work was how or why we live. In...
Though Thornton Wilder often incorporated classical characters, concepts, and settings into his writing, he had a particular preoccupation with the myth of Alcestis. My research...
