2019-2020 Senior Honors Theses
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This collection contains theses produced by Class of 2020 Honors students
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Item Methods of Expressive Formal Design in Debussy's Sonata for Violin and Piano(2019-12) Walker, Aaron D.This paper will discuss Claude Debussy’s final work, the Sonata for Violin and Piano, in terms of classical sonata form. This analytical view is not chosen to suggest that the classical design was used as a model for this work, but to draw out associations between the forms that help us to better understand Debussy’s unique design and appreciate its novel construction. Such an investigation is valuable as a compositional study, exemplifying the freedom with which tonal relations and thematic repetition can be organized while still outlining a form which satisfies the desired balance between recurrence and variety. From historical and biographical perspectives, it gives us insight into Debussy’s stylistic development and how traditional forms, either strategically or unintentionally, are reflected or alluded to in the music of his final years.Item Serialized Comic Book Storytelling As Modern Myth-Making(2020-04) Bui, JustinThis work sets out to investigate serialized comic book storytelling as a medium through its low-culture historical roots and the unique qualities it possesses. In doing so, it identifies the characteristics integral to the medium like decentralized narrative authority, long-running continuity, and multiformity: all of which help differentiate the serialized comic book from more conventional forms like literature or film. This work also closely analyzes one of the most popular examples of successful serialized comic book storytelling. By using The Amazing Spider-Man, and the body of work surrounding the Spider-Man character as a case study, those same integral characteristics of the format can be verifiably evaluated in a real-world context. Finally, this work compares the serialized comic book to Ancient Greek storytelling through myth and theater. The same multiformity and fluidity that defines comics is key to understanding mythic storytelling. By drawing that comparison, it becomes clear that serialized comic book storytelling, with all of its unique formal characteristics, bears the closest modern resemblance to a new form of mythmaking.