Anna Katharina and Michelle James, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages For several years, researchers on the BYU Sophie Project have been working to compile The Critically Annotated Collected Works of Elisa von der Recke. The aim of this project was the make Recke’s writings more accessible and readable to users across the world, since […]
Portraits of an Immigrant Population: A Look into the Life of Mexican Migrant Workers in Florida
Jenna Carson and Patrick Madden, English Department Introduction I wrote creative non-fiction essays about my experiences with Mexican migrant workers living in Florida. Originally, I planned to focus primarily on their stories of survival in order to increase awareness among U.S. citizens; I wanted readers to understand many of the complications of illegal immigration, and […]
GESTES French-English Translation: Senegalese Women’s Property Rights Research
Charlotte Coleman and Dr. Daryl Lee, Department of French & Italian Introduction The recently released a book called Sex and World Peace addresses the way treatment of women and women’s political security vitally affects all levels of security and social health in society. The book states, “It is time to put the situation of women […]
Beyond Käthe Kollwitz: A Bibliography of German-Speaking Women Artists
Aloe Corry and Dr. Rob McFarland, Department of German and Russian If you Google the name of the German artist Käthe Kollwitz, you will find every bit as much information as you would find about Frieda Kahlo or Georgia O’Keefe. But if you attempt to move beyond a major figure like Kollwitz, the resources become […]
Dionysus in Spain: The New Divinity in Unamuno’s San Manuel Bueno, mártir
David Delbar and Roger Macfarlane, Classics Few characters are as enigmatic as the protagonist of Miguel de Unamuno’s San Manuel Bueno, mártir, and many scholars have attempted to discern the motivations of the saintly Catholic priest who does not believe in an afterlife. Because of the overt biblical allusions in the text and the personal […]
More than a Feeling: The Transmission of Affect and Group Identity
Lauren Fine and Brian Jackson, English Introduction We’ve all experienced moments where we walk in and feel the tension in the room. Even before our minds can process what’s happening, we start to mirror the emotions of the people we’re around. Instances like this, where the emotion (or affect) one person is feeling subconsciously triggers […]
Making a Case for Mark Twain’s A Horse’s Tale: Twain’s Use of Templates and Myths as His Highest Moralism
Sara Guggisberg and Dr. Frank Christianson, BYU English Department Most of Mark Twain’s novels, full of sharp wit and relevant social commentary, suggest his strong ability to read people and create characters that endure through decades, while still concealing his own opinion on society beneath layers of sardonic criticism or feigned admiration. But A Horse’s […]
Recontextualizing Chekhov through the Graphic Novel
Matisse Hales and Dr. Mark Purves, Russian Brief: The purpose of our project was to create a graphic novel comprised of the short stories of Russian author Anton Chekhov. Great literature often inspires interpretation, but interpretation often fails to shed meaningful light upon an original work. Our goal in embarking upon the task of illustrating […]
Turn of the Century Sweden and the Ecological ImaginaryTopic Modeling Ecological Thought in Swedish Nature Texts
Benjamin Holt, Dane Christensen, and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Humanities The roots of ecology in Scandinavia begin with the botanist Linnaeus in the 18th century, who developed the notion of the economy of nature. Throughout the 19th century, proto-ecologists carried the movement that would eventually be recognized as a legitimate and viable science, studying the interaction […]
The College Writing Experience for At-Risk High School Students
Caroline Howard and Dawan Coombs, English Introduction Recently, studies have been conducted to measure the effects of mentored writing experiences on people struggling with low self-efficacy. Some studies intervene in high security prisons, where people with low self-perception reside. Writing has proven to help restore a sense of dignity in prison inmates because of its […]
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