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Women in the Grail Quest and Their Relationship with Pessimistic and Optimistic Storytelling
February 2020 Madison Ingram, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In this paper, I compare the literary tradition of the Grail Quest as demonstrated in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and...
Ovid's Metamorphoses as a Feminist Text
February 2020 Ashley Hess, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University This essay was written to expose the numerous ways Ovid's myths can be understood, focusing on those from Metamorphoses. Traditionally, these myths...
Arts and Humanities / English and Modern Languages
The Devil's in the Details
June 2018 Alexandra McCarron, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University The Biblical Book of Job, an examination of human suffering that is cosmic in scope, has attracted a significant amount of critical...
Arts and Humanities / Contemporary Art and Theater
Torment of a Saint
June 2018 Melany Alomia, Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University My work is a reflection of myself; physically and mentally it depicts who I am as an individual. In this series, Torment...
The Self-Reliance of Ecclesiastes
June 2018 Lilli Sutton, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In this paper, I analyze the book of Ecclesiastes, especially its messages on the futility of life and death. Ecclesiastes is one...
The Places We Write: Writing as Embodied Labor at Shepherd University
March 2018 Claudia McCarron, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In contemporary composition studies, researchers are beginning to place emphasis on the effects workspaces have on writing processes. Their studies indicate that...
Arts and Humanities / Mass Communications
Perceptions Concerning Obstacles, Stereotypes and Discrimination Faced by Female Sports Reporters and Other Female Sports Professionals
May 2017 Tess Hyre, Department of Mass Communications, Shepherd University Monica Larson, Department of Mass Communications, Shepherd University Steve Chen, Department of Management, Morehead State University Female athletes and sports professionals (i.e., coaches and...
May 2017 Jenna Sterner, Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University A work-in-progress for several months now, Ameliorate is the ongoing photographic narrative of the reconstruction of historic Ellicott City, Maryland, after the...
May 2017 Jillian MacMaster Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University Majesty is a photographic examination of types of women who are unconventional in appearance or who have characteristics that are underrepresented in...
Counter Currents
May 2017 Andrea Siles Loayza, Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University This series of large-scale paintings features endangered shark species and create an environment that provokes a sense of power and helplessness....
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