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2008 Thesis Project

Below are the students, plus their topics, in the thesis project. Several of the students have submitted their projects to be viewed online.

H. J. Percival: “A Journey to Post Modernism" (Read thesis)

Hunter Meriwether: “Traits of the Epic Hero”

Krista Douglass: “The Corrupting Power of Medicine” (Read thesis)

Keith Nord: “The Search for Identity:  An Evolution Over Time”

Mary Claire Melton: “The Analysis of Arthurian Legends”

Danny Grimm: “An Analysis of Frankenstein”

Sarah Grace Glover: “A Comparison and Contrast of the Traditional and Anti-Hero” (Read thesis)

Melinda Meeson:  “Dualism, Humanism, Postmodernism:  Culture, Literary Movement”

Brennan Torstrick:  “The Shift Towards Humanism From the Middle Ages to The Renaissance” (Read thesis)

Ian Charles:  “Victim Versus Victimizer;  “The Tension in Dystopian Literature” (Read thesis)

Katherine Burton: “ Reason, Emotion, and Humanism in Twentieth Century Literature as Reflected Through Religion” (Read thesis)

Niti Yogesh: “Excessive Self-Indulgence Leads to One’s Demise” (Read thesis)

Neha Meta: “Anguish, Madness, and Vulnerability as Possible Effects of Isolation” (Read thesis)

Jennifer Taylor: “The Downfall of Literary Characters as a Result of Pride”

Laura Kruelle: “The Traditional, Melancholy, and Anti-Hero in Modern Fantasy”

Erin Wyatt: “Purification Versus Corruption: Nature Against Civilization” (Read thesis)

Sarah Ayers: “The Application of Willing Suspension of Disbelief to British Literature” (Read thesis)

J.D. Camp: “Development of Existentialism in the Twentieth Century” 

 

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