English 4970

BA Thesis

Director

Matt Sweat, "The Edifice of Trauma: On Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves," Spring 2012

Tess Lyle, "Consumer Relationships in Jonathan Franzen's Freedom," Spring 2014

Caroline Quick, "Iconoclastic Quirk and Misogynistic Fantasy Conflated into Being: The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope and Why She Must Die," Spring 2015

Leah Benton, "Strange Attractions: An Analysis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Performance in Filmic Adaptations of Beauty and the Beast," Spring 2016

Sarah Beth Gilbert, "Blurring Time Lines and Gender Lines: Gender and Sexuality in the new Doctor Who," Spring 2016

Saul Hernandez, "Where’d You Get those Peepers?: Critical Reflections on Michel Foucault’s Conceptions of Panopticism in post-9/11 American Literature," Spring 2016

Rachel Frantz, "The Trouble with Girls: Delving into the Minds of Pop Culture’s Favorite Female Psychos," Spring 2017

Marykate Malena, "Imagining Nightmare: The Progression Towards a Dystopian Blueprint on Film," Spring 2017

Lindsey Poe, "Who’s Going to Save Us Now?: A Critical Look at the Rise of the Superhero Genre in Film Following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks," Spring 2017

Spring 2017

This is a rough and tentative schedule that breaks the 40 page thesis down into manageable sections. Deadlines can be shifted when warranted and additional conferences can be scheduled. Dr. Blazer's office hours are MTW 1:15-1:45 and 5:00-5:30; and he is normally available R 1:15-1:45 and 5:00-5:30.

Week	Date	Rachel	Marykate	Lindsey
Week 1	M, 1-9	conference	conference	conference
Week 2	M, 1-16	read feminist theory; develop questions and interpretive methodology; search for scholarly criticism and book reviews	finalize films and novels; read deconstruction overview and Derrida	read film theory on ideology and genre; read film criticism
Week 3	M, 1-23	read feminist theory; develop questions and interpretive methodology; search for scholarly criticism and book reviews; possible conference	search for scholarly criticism; conference	read film theory on ideology and genre; read film criticism; possible conference
Week 4	M, 1-30	read criticism and reviews for chapter 1 text; draft introduction and 5 pages of chapter 1	read criticism for chapter 1 text; draft introduction and chapter 1	read criticism for chapter 1 text; draft introduction and chapter 1
Week 5	M, 2-6	draft 5 pages of chapter 1	draft introduction and chapter 1	draft introduction and chapter 1
Week 6	M, 2-13	submit completed chapter draft; read criticism for chapter 2 text	submit completed chapter 1; read criticism for chapter 2 text	submit completed chapter 1; read criticism for chapter 2 text
Week 7	M, 2-20	conference; revise introduction and chapter 1	conference; revise introduction and chapter 1	conference; revise introduction and chapter 1
Week 8	M, 2-27	draft 5 pages of chapter 2	draft chapter 2	draft chapter 2
Week 9	M, 3-6	draft 5 pages of chapter 2	draft chapter 2	draft chapter 2
Week 10	M, 3-13	submit revised introduction and chapter 1; submit completed chapter 2 draft; read criticism for chapter 3 text	submit revised introduction and chapter 1; submit completed chapter 2; read criticism for chapter 3 text	submit revised introduction and chapter 1; submit completed chapter 2; read criticism for chapter 3 text
Week 11	M, 3-20	draft 5 pages of chapter 3	draft chapter 3 and conclusion	draft chapter 3 and conclusion
Week 12	M, 3-27	conference; revise chapter 2	conference; revise chapter 2	conference; revise chapter 2
Week 13	M, 4-3	draft 5 pages of chapter 3 and conclusion	draft chapter 3 and conclusion	draft chapter 3 and conclusion
Week 14	M, 4-10	submit revised chapter 2; submit completed chapter 3 and conclusion	submit revised chapter 2; submit completed chapter 3 and conclusion	submit revised chapter 2; submit completed chapter 3 and conclusion
Week 15	M, 4-17	conference; revise chapter 3 and conclusion; presentation this week or next week	conference; revise chapter 3 and conclusion; presentation this week or next week	conference; revise chapter 3 and conclusion; presentation this week or next week
Week 16	M, 4-24	presentation this week or last week; submit complete, revised thesis	presentation this week or last week; submit complete, revised thesis	presentation this week or last week; submit complete, revised thesis