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Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture


2022 Undergraduate Conference Program

Honoring Ted Hovet's Legacy: New Research in Film & Media Studies

Moderated by Birhanu Gessese and Max Zambrano

Tuesday Grenead, “Demetrius and Lysander: Hatred as Intimacy in Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014)”

Daniel Ungs, “Daisies’ Castration of the Spectator"

Christian Butterfield, “The Ontology Of The Confessional Booth: The Parallels Between Literary Nonfiction And Reality Television”

Modern Takes on Classic Texts

Moderated by Sama Huseynova and Jarek Jarvis

Sarah Stevens, “Manifestations of Feminine Strength in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Miriam Story, “A Queer Reading of The Epic of Gilgamesh

Jolie Finley, “Toxic Masculinity and Opportunities for Change in Galatea

Joseph Shoulders, “Even Harder Times: When Dickensian Satire Becomes Mainstream Conservatism”

Meaning, Medium, & Message

Moderated by Ericka Russell and Kristen Tinch

Marybeth Hunt, “Analysis of a Political Cartoon on Gun Violence”

Autumn Jones, “When you need a word, or a sentence"

Emily Gawarecki, “Variation in Translations of Bei Dao"

Lili Keith, “‘All You Had To Do Was Switch It Off’: Adaptation as Existential Terror”

 

Best in Conference 2022 Winners

Film & Media Studies: Daniel Ungs, Daisies’ Castration of the Spectator"

Modern Takes on Classic Texts: Joseph Shoulders, “Even Harder Times: When Dickensian Satire Becomes Mainstream Conservatism”

Meaning, Medium, & Message: Lili Keith, “‘All You Had To Do Was Switch It Off’: Adaptation as Existential Terror”

 

 

 

 


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