Rachelle Koenen and Dr. Kerry Soper, Humanities The knowledge that I have of Thoreau began with an interest early in my life, developed into a Thesis Proposal one year ago, and intensified with research at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. In addition to the research I did there, I also spent upwards of 40 hours […]
Ann Tizia Leitich: New Voice, New Woman Packaging America for Vienna
Brooke M. Wright and Dr. Robert McFarland, Germanic and Slavic Languages Throughout history, the literary works of female authors have been marginalized and many such works have been lost. The German and Slavic Languages department at Brigham Young University has devoted a great amount of time and energy to rediscovering and studying the art and […]
The Voice of Giovanni Verga in English Translation
Joel Washburn and Professor Cinzia Noble, Italian The main theme and plot in Cavalleria Rusticana, Jeli, La Lupa, and Rosso Malpelo can both be identified in the English translations that were analyzed; however, the cultural and religious aspects, together with the nuances in meaning seem to have all been affected in at least some way […]
English Learning Center Essay Evaluation Technology
Camille Van Katwyk Yorgason and Drs. Deryle Lonsdale and Diane Strong-Krause, Linguistics and English Language English is an important skill in today’s world – in the job market as well as in our worldwide Church. BYU has a unique opportunity to assist many international students, including returned missionaries involved in the Perpetual Education Fund, to […]
Resignation in Giovanni Verga’s I Malavoglia
Lacie Parker and Professor Cinzia Noble, French and Italian The purpose of my research is to present a clear understanding of the view of life presented in Giovanni Verga’s novel, I Malavoglia. I chose to study this author because I had been exposed to his short stories in my Italian courses and had been intrigued by […]
Analysis of the Role of Women in the Business World of Korea
Anna Kearl and Dr. Bruce Grant, Department of Near Eastern Languages Confucius wrote “Between Husband and wife: distinction.” This aphorism, also translated as “separation of function” or “obedience,” provides the foundation for social relationships between men and women in the Republic of Korea. With the election of a liberal president ten years ago and the […]
The Fate of Condemned 18th Century Portuguese Loanwords
Aaron Eggleston and Dr. Christopher Lund, Spanish and Portuguese In 1760 a book was published in Lisbon, Portugal entitled Infermidades da lingua, e arte que a ensina a emmudecer para melhorar (Sicknesses of the tongue, and the art that teaches it to be silent for improvement), in which the use of certain words and phrases […]
Most Maimonides: A Study of how Islamic Society Helped to Produce Judaism’s Most Influential Philosopher of the Middle Ages
James Duncan Gilchrist and Dr. Glen Cooper Moses Maimonides: A Paradoxical Figure Mahmood Darwiish, a contemporary Palestinian poet, described what Al-Andalus (an area of Muslim Spain, now called Andalusia) meant to its last inhabitants before the Spanish reconquista, in his poem, In the Last Night upon this Land. He describes it as a beautiful country […]
Herculaneum Disegni
Nick and Julie Frederick with Dr. Roger T. Macfarlane Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature Thanks to the BYU multi-spectral images, scholars around the world have been able to access the Herculaneum scrolls without having to travel to Naples. Those images greatly facilitated scholarship by both their readability and availability. Because of the availability of the […]
Seven Days: A Latin American Historical Novel
David Wiseman and Dr. Douglas J. Weatherford, Spanish and Portuguese Introduction As often is the case in creative writing, the direction of this project deviated slightly from its initial aims. The results, however, surpass in significance the expected outcome of the project’s early development. In order to insure proposed results, this project required extensive research […]
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