Calvin Olsen and Dr. Susan Howe, English Main Text Mary Anne Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, was a novelist in Victorian England. Like other women writers of the time, she used a pseudonym so that her work would be taken seriously. She is most widely recognized for her novels, but she […]
Ovid’s Poetic Voice in the Metamorphoses
Christopher Meldrum and Dr. Cecilia Peek, Classics and Comparative Literature Written around 8 A.D., the Metamorphoses by Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) is considered a classic of both Roman and World culture. It holds a unique place in Classical literature, which has caused it to remain an object of focused interest in the academic community. Although […]
An Introduction to Charlotta Elisbeth Konstantina von der Recke’s expose on the Infamous Cagliostro
David Mann and Dr. Michelle James, Germanic and Slavic Languages I was awarded my mentored research project in order to contribute to an ongoing project known as the Sophie Project, directed by Dr. Michelle James. The Sophie Project is an ongoing mentored research project that collects and makes available the creative works of early German-language […]
A Sixteenth Century Niobe in a Twentieth Century Short Story: Ovid’s Long Reach from Augustan Rome
Leslie Macfarlane and Dr. Stephen Bay, Classics and Comparative Literature Main Text The term “reception” defines the product of referring to or relying upon one work of literature or art within another. Anything from translating a work into a different language, reusing a well known title, quoting directly from a work, or writing in a […]
The Feminine Faust: An Analysis of Ada Christen’s Faustina
Katherine Lyman and Dr. Christian Clement, Germanic and Slavic Languages Main Text Ada Christen (1839-1901), Viennese feminist, naturalist, and popular poet, published Faustina: Drama in fünf Akten, in 1871. The drama, which was set as a melodramatic version of Goethe’s Faust, did not succeed, and today, Faustina still exists only in library archives (Kord 344). […]
Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Textiles: The Burial Ribbons of Fag al-Gamous
Sophie Lee and Professor Kristin South, Honor’s Department Burials play a particularly important role in understanding ancient cultures because, presumably, they provide insight into the most important objects of a belief system. People bury their dead with objects essential to the afterlife, which means the artifacts from burials may provide crucial information as archaeologists try […]
Danish 202 Curriculum Project
Kevin Jenson and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Scandinavian Studies Director One of the most difficult aspects of teaching a foreign language course is finding materials that are in line with the methodology and learning objectives specific to the class being taught. In the case of languages that are more commonly taught, such as French or Spanish, […]
Ruth: The Power of Personality and the Comedic Promise of Deliverance
Elisabeth German and Dr. Steve Walker, English Main Text For my project, I wrote a chapter for Dr. Walker’s book on humor and the Bible entitled, Man Thinks, God Laughs. The purpose of the book is to teach readers to see the text of the Bible through a helpful (albeit atypical) lens: that of humor. […]
LATTER-DAY SAINT INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR
Nathaniel Freeman and Dr. Kenneth Alford, Humanities I decided to research Latter-day Saint participation in the Civil War when Professor Alford, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and BYU associate professor, contacted me regarding his interest in publishing a book on the topic. I had previously worked for him as a teaching assistant and had been […]
Text Messaging: An Analysis of Concise Strategies of Politeness
Jessica Evans and Dr. Wendy Baker, Linguistics and English Language Introduction The findings of this study have both theoretical and practical implications. Theoretically, this study helps in expanding our understanding of how new mediums such as texting differ from traditional forms of speech and writing (Baron, 2008). One of the important practical implications of this […]
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