{"id":3530,"date":"2021-05-10T01:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=3530"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:35:53","slug":"celebrating-betsy-barthelemys-honors-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/celebrating-betsy-barthelemys-honors-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Betsy Barthelemy’s Honors Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alice Asch \u201822<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Betsy presenting her honors project to an audience of dedicated fans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In our February issue, <\/span>The Words<\/span><\/i> published a <\/span>piece<\/span><\/a> on Besty Barthelemy \u201821, who has earned the impressive distinction of being the sole English major to undertake an honors project this school year. When we last spoke to Betsy, she was in the thick of her research, working towards an April deadline. Now, three months later, we\u2019re thrilled to report that Betsy has successfully concluded her studies! She presented her project, titled \u201cSix Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Girlhood in the Creation, Content, and Consumption of Victorian Children\u2019s Literature\u201d via Zoom on Tuesday, April 20th. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to read more about Betsy\u2019s work, you can view <\/span>this snippet of her presentation<\/span><\/a>. See below for her abstract. The English Department congratulates Betsy on this wonderful accomplishment! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Betsy’s Title Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Betsy\u2019s abstract: <\/b>The Golden Age of (British) Children\u2019s Literature was famous not only for the  proliferation of fiction it hosted, but also for how much of that work featured young heroine  protagonists. Starting with the publication of <\/span>Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland <\/span><\/i>(1865) and  examining two other fantasy works compared with three realistic children’s novels from this half century period, this project elucidates the differences between these genres and examines how  authors used the characteristics of each to empower their heroines. It argues that these fictitious  heroines influenced real-world readers to create progressive futures by providing examples of  rebellious girl characters finding happy endings. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisor: <\/b>Andrea Kaston Tange, English Department<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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