Marshall University Music Department Presents a Music Alive Faculty & Guest Artist Collaboration Series, A Tour Around the World , SALZBURG

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Marshall University Music Department Presents a Faculty Recital, featuring, Ann Marie Bingham, clarinet, Leslie Petteys, piano, and, Edwin Bingham, saxophone

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Walking Corpses & Conscious Plants: Possibilist Ecologies in Graphic Novels

In “Walking Corpses & Conscious Plants: Possibilist Ecologies in the Graphic Novel,” I examine how graphic narratives have historically been used to express political concerns; I then rate the impact of two contemporary works which imagine planetary crisis in relation to this context. Working with Robert Kirkman\u27s The Walking Dead and Alan Moore\u27s Saga of the Swamp Thing, I aim to illustrate that the violent worlds depicted in each fiction attest relevant social critique. As a frame for this analysis, I turn to the work of philosopher David Kellogg Lewis. Using his model of modal realism, I argue that engaging ideas of alternate realities through graphic narratives can be beneficial to stimulating questions of political discourse among readers which might not arise otherwise. Beginning with a consideration for early examples of sequential art and their social functions, the first of my three chapters builds a foundation for understanding how the modern comics form came into being. Next, I focus my attention upon the significance of the portrayal of violence in my two primary texts. Both works imagine spaces of total war but portray this experience through vastly different perspectives. Mainly, my analysis of Kirkman\u27s work concerns how the presentation of the human body is linked to suicide bombers and the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Here I apply the work of philosopher Adriana Cavarero, author of Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence, citing Kirkman\u27s post-apocalyptic universe as a symptomatic expression of cultural concerns regarding ceaseless conflict and erasure of identity. Conversely, my interest in Moore\u27s Saga of the Swamp Thing is motivated by his fusion of awareness into the environment. Moore\u27s monumental revival of a marginally successful superhero demonstrates that certain themes, like natural preservation and dependency, may become more pertinent to discuss with the passing of time

Marshall University Music Department Presents Triptych

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Marshall University Music Department Presents a Woodwind Ensembles Recital, Dr. Wendell Dobbs, flute studio, (Woodwinds Coordinator), Dr. Ann Bingham, clarinet studio, Dr. Edwin Bingham, saxophone studio

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Marshall University Music Department Presents the Woodwind Ensembles Recital, Studios of Dr. Ann Marie Bingham, Dr. Edwin Bingham, Dr. Wendell Dobbs

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Marshall University Music Department Presents the MUSIC ALIVE!

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Marshall University Music Department Presents the Eighth Annual Single Reed Day, featuring Faculty clinicians, Ann Marie Bingham, clarinet, Edwin Bingham, saxophone, and, Guest artists, Ed Joffe, saxophone, Phillip Paglialonga, clarinet

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Marshall University Music Department Presents the Seventh Annual Single Reed Day, featuring, Faculty clinicians, Ann Marie Bingham, clarinet, Edwin Bingham, saxophone, and, Guest artists, Nathan Nabb, saxophone, Donald Williams, clarinet

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