{"id":3532,"date":"2021-05-10T01:25:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=3532"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:36:01","slug":"celebrating-the-class-of-2021s-capstones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/celebrating-the-class-of-2021s-capstones\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Class of 2021’s Capstones"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alice Asch \u201822<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Words<\/span><\/i> would like to take a moment to celebrate the graduating class of 2021\u2019s magnificent capstones. As the culminating experience of an English major, these projects are impressive accomplishments in any year. For this group of students, however, finishing their capstones proved an especially daunting task: not only did they work amidst the backdrop of a pandemic, but they completed their projects in seven-week modules, rather than full semesters. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to see samples of student work, feel free to visit our <\/span>Capstone Showcase<\/span><\/a>. Listed below, you can find the titles of students’ final projects, grouped by course. We applaud our English majors! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature Capstones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 400-01, Seminar: Special Topics in Literary Studies <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Professor Amy Elkins, Fall 2020, Module 2<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Xochitl Quiroz \u201821
\u201cPa\u2019lante: The Poetics of Hope in the Puerto Rican Literary Diaspora\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nicolle Donaire \u201821
\u201cWild Women: Intersectional Trauma and the Environment\u201d\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Asha Ma \u201821
\u201cIsolation and the Natural World”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tyler McFarland \u201821
\u201cPrison Poetry”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jackson Ullman \u201822
\u201cEvolution and Progress in Adaptation: Disability in Dororo”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 401-01, Projects in Literary Research      <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Professor Penelope Geng, Spring 2021, Module 3<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amy Vandervelde \u201821\u00a0
\u201cProphetic Players: How Language Likens Two Kingships in Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Richard II<\/em>\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Conor Broderick \u201821\u00a0
\u201cA Reparative, Queer Reading + Adaptation of\u00a0Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/em>\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sadia Mohammed \u201821\u00a0
\u201cThe Sea as a Repository in Olaudah Equiano\u2019s narrative and M. NourbeSe Phillip\u2019s Zong!\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nora Stewart \u201921
\u201cA Genuine New Departure: Elaborating Postcolonial Cultural Production in Frantz Fanon\u2019s\u00a0Peau noir, masques blancs<\/em>\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kelsey Stender-Moore \u201921
\u201cRedeeming Goneril and Regan: Gender Labor in\u00a0King Lear<\/em>\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lindsay Weber \u201921
\u201cReforming 16th Century Protestantism: Religion, Rebellion, and Social Hierarchy in\u00a0King Lear<\/em>\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gabriel Fisch \u201921
\u201cA Note on Vaseline: Theorizing Raw Sex, HIV, and Black Gay Sexual Subjectivity in\u00a0Don\u2019t Call Us Dead<\/em>\u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Malcolm Cooke \u201921
\u201cAt the Center of the Spider\u2019s Web:\u00a0Throne of Blood<\/em>\u00a0and Indigenization\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lauren Adams-Plehal \u201921
\u201cRomeo and Juliet<\/em>\u00a0Ballet Adaptations\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Teresa Padron \u201921
\u201cA Clear and Present Danger: Queer Kink Crip Positionalities and Temporalities in Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shelby Kruger \u201922
\u201cFine Eyes and Forbidden Lovers: Exploring Sexuality and Intimacy in Contemporary Adaptations of\u00a0Pride and Prejudice<\/em>\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Teddy Holt \u201922
\u201cMothers, Murder, and Meeds: Unearthing Indigeneity in\u00a0The Kalevala<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Beowulf<\/em>\u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Creative Writing Capstones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 494-01, A New Decameron: Fictions and Nonfictions<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Professor Marlon James, Fall 2020, Module 1<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zarra TM \u201821
\u201cthree days in inpatient\u201d
content warning: suicide attempt, rape mention, substance references, self-harm mention\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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William Ummel \u201821\u00a0
\u201cThe Desolation of Laketown\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zoelle Collins \u201821\u00a0
\u201cShamuna\u201d\u00a0
\u201cDishes\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Noel Reiling \u201821\u00a0
Title: Pending<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 406-01, Projects in Creative Writing <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Professor Michael Prior, Spring 2021, Module 4<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asher de Forest \u201921
\u201cThey\u2019re Just Like Us! essays, more or less\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gianella Rojas \u201921
\u201cNohelia\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Becca Lewis \u201921
\u201cWhat Will Not Sink Will Push Against the Sea\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eric Fong \u201921
\u201cGeorgiana of the Earth\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Abby Lawrence \u201921
\u201cTestimonies of a Triplet\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ben LeBlanc \u201921
\u201cWhere and When I\u2019ve Been So Far\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Katie Woodhouse \u201921
Title: Pending<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We would also like to celebrate Albert Lee 21\u2019s capstone, completed last school year, in 2020: <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Albert Lee \u201921
\u201c\u7ddaTENSE (pronounced \u201csentence\u201d): A Poetic Peregrination of Japanese Imperial Postmemory and Korean Diasporic Intimacy in a Nuclearized Sinosphere\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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