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                                                                            WOMEN IN AMERICAN LITERATURE

                                                                                    STUDENT DIGITAL HUMANITIES CAPSTONE PROJECTS  

                                                                               (Click image and then "Go to link" to view project)

The Mad Housewife

Outstanding student digital humanities project contrasting works by Susan Glaspell, Sophie Treadwell, an other female authors--exploring the themes of madness and captivity.

Women in Captivity

Excellent digital humanities project by a student who focuses on themes of captivity as told by characters written by American women.

The Yellow Wallpaper

Student digital humanities project focusing on Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

A House Made of Stars

Student project on Tawnysha Greene's debut novel "A House Made of Stars"

DLA: The Yellow Wallpaper

Student Video Project: "Drunk Literary Analysis" of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." (No students were actually drunk during the filming of this project ;)

A Writer's Task

Student Video Project: Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina: Includes original poetry written and performed by student

The Music of Revival

Student project that navigates the music of revival and Appalachian culture in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina

Feminism and Sadomasochism

Feminism and Sadomasochism in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina

Stereotypes of White Trash

Examines class and stereotyping in Bastard Out of Carolina

Poverty and Stigma

Poverty and Stigma in Bastard Out of Carolina

The Black Cats

Exploring luck and black cats in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House

Terror, Motherhood, Confinement

Terror, Motherhood, and Confinement in The Haunting of Hill House

Within the Mundane Lives Terror

Investigating Hill House

Hill House: Analysis

In depth analysis of Hill House

The Horror Within

The terror of Hill House

An Adaptation Study

The Haunting of Hill House and Adaptation

The Creation of Hill House

Explores the creation of Jackson's most famous work

A Look Inside Hill House

An architecture student's 3D tour of Hill House

Machinal: History of Performances

A look at the performance history of Sophie Treadwell's Machinal

Machinal and Machinery

Exploring the machinery of Machinal

He died of a rope around his neck

Trifles and Murder

Zora

An exploration of Zora Neale Hurston's life and work

Zora Neale Hurston

All about Zora

Domestic Abuse

A study exploring domestic abuse in Their Eyes Were Watching God

Why Zora Neale Hurston?

Comprehensive examination of Zora Neale Hurston and her work

Major Works

Analysis focusing on the major works of Zora Neale Hurston

Edith Warton's Boudoir

Outstanding 1920's themed project that includes an original "silent movie" film--written, shot, and starring student, Rebekah Long

The Life of Edith Wharton

Exploring the life and work of Edith Wharton

History, drugs, and Twilight Sleep

This project looks at the history of the use of the drug "twilight sleep" and its use in Wharton's novel by the same name

What would happen?

A look at Alison Bechdel's Fun Home

Welcome to the Fun Home

Exploring Bechdel's Fun Home

Beauty in The Bluest Eye

Influences of Beauty in The Bluest Eye

Analysis of The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye: An Analysis

The Ugly Lolita

Influences of beauty in The Bluest Eye

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