English 490 Capstone Project Presentations, Fall 2008
October 29
Mark Lindquist, “Shelter from the Storm: Examining Grief and Loss in Creative Nonfiction”
Joe Roberts, “The Importance of Libraries in Developing Countries”
Andrew Schmidt, “Writing Successful Independent Screenplays”
Chas Warren, “The Case for Dominatrix Pornography”
November 5
Alfredo Barnaby, “Cesar Vallejo: The Evolution of a Poet”
Jennifer Jensen, “Perspectives on Native Americans in 20th Century Literature and Film”
William Rannals, “A Critical Edition of William Rannals’ Up Westview”
Elyssa Spaeth, “No One Mourns the Wicked”
Emily Wallace, “Reaching Out: Young Adult Gay Literature”
November 12
Julie Davaz, ”The Classification of Children’s and Young Adult Literature”
Fallon Decker, “Written Language, Spoken Words”
Claire Freund, “Wes Anderson: In Defense of Film as Literature”
Sarah Quallen, “Book Clubs: Creating a New Kind of Reader”
Riley Youngman, “The Political Frame of Mind”
November 19
William Bjorn, “Art Without a Face”
Rachael Johnston , “Creating Onryo: a Graphic Novel in the Manga Tradition”
Susan Kendall, “Protestantism and the Gothic”
Cheyenne Smith-Sarkkinen, “The Emergence of Creative Non-fiction”
Danielle Yadao, “What They’re Reading: Trends in Young Adult Fiction for Girls”