The Dance for American Bosnian Life

Bosnian/American: The Dance of Life beautifully refelects the spirit of Bosnia and the Bosnian diaspora. It is a testament to both community and theatre to transcend hatred and death and find life and love in new places.https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/mst-programs/1035/thumbnail.jp

Six Sisters

In 1996, Dr. Deanna Jent taught the class Special Topics in Performance: New Script Development. She and the class wrote and performed Six Sisters, a play combining the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph along with many issues students face

Falling

A new play about Autism, Marbles and Jelly Both funny and frightening, this play explores the life of a family caring for an aggressive teen-aged boy with severe autism.https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/mst-programs/1014/thumbnail.jp

My Parents Don’t Like I Do

Social media is no longer a platform solely for the youth. People of all age groups have found social media, and the language that these groups use can be an indicator of how they use the platforms. Through the analysis of language use pulled directly from social media posts and data collected by other researchers, I found that older generations tend to use social media to gather information, while younger groups use social media for its titular function. By interpreting others’ language use online, people can become more understanding of those they encounter, creating a friendlier space for all

“HOME IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE”: ORAL PERSONAL NARRATIVE STORYTELLING IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA

This project seeks a linguistic understanding of oral personal narrative storytelling in Central Appalachia, particularly as it manifests in Eastern Kentucky, with aims of providing insight into the Appalachian storyteller trope (e.g., Montgomery 1998). Structural and discursive elements of oral personal narrative were identified and positioned within their sociocultural context through discourse analysis and narrative studies. Data were collected from story circles, a methodology first implemented in cultural and community organizing spaces in the South and throughout Appalachia (Roadside Theater 2014, Junebug Productions n.d.). The collected stories were transcribed and analyzed through a discourse analysis framework that combines discourse pragmatics, sociocultural linguistics, and narrative analysis (e.g., Grice 1975, Ochs 2004, Bucholtz and Hall 2005, Davies 2008, Falconi and Graber 2019). A post-mortem survey established a baseline for rootedness, or place-based identity (Reed 2016), as well as demographic information, task comfortability, and self- and peer-evaluation. The author posits Central Appalachians approach oral personal narrative structure and performance in a stylistically unorthodox manner. Several potential explanations for the prevalence of the storyteller trope in and outside of the region are offered, limited by their need for further study

Arguing against yourself : exploring the relationship between conflicting episodic memories.

The current study is an attempt to evaluate how participants' memory is altered by information either congruent or incongruent to their original testimony. False memory research consistently shows that exposure to post-event information affects how a specific memory is recalled. However, these manipulations are given without receiving any testimony from the participants. This is a two-part study requiring participants to return a week after their first participation to answer questions based on their testimony. Initial accuracy of statements did not differ between the misinformation and control conditions. In addition, no differences were found between conditions on responses regarding the control questions; however, when misinformation was present, a different pattern emerged. Participants significantly agreed with misinformation more than they denied it. These results varied significantly from responses to the control statements. In addition, whether the initial statement was accurate or inaccurate affected how participants' responded to the misinformation. Confidence was overall lower for manipulated statements, indicating the willingness to testify even during uncertainty

Till We Have Faces

A powerful Queen must surrender to invisible forces to rescue her sister and discover the secret of true beauty. Adapted from the novel by C.S. Lewis.https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/mst-programs/1013/thumbnail.jp

Review of \u3cem\u3eCinnamon\u3c/em\u3e by Neil Gaiman

https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/intern_book_reviews/1199/thumbnail.jp

Malignant

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