LITR 5439 Literary & Historical Utopias

 Index to Research Postings, summer 2009

Assignment


Instructor's selections:

Kathryn Vitek
1st posting: The Noble Experiment–Prohibition: A Case Study of Human Nature and Motivation
2nd posting: 
The American Dream: A Cautionary Tale for Utopian Dreamers

Joshua Schuetz
1st posting: The Role of Religious Imagination in Utopian Thinking
2nd posting: Utopia in Narrative Form (Toni Morrison's Paradise)

Julie Bollich
1st posting: Virtual Schools, Equity for All
2nd posting: Utopian Art Movements 

Amy Sidle
1st posting: The Oneida Community: Group Dynamics of Utopian Living
2nd posting: 
Eugenics: The Notion of Utopic Individuals

Cana Hauerland
1st posting: Americans: From Ancient Utopia to Modern Utopia
2nd posting: Gilman’s Utopian Narrative and Genres

Mallory Rogers
1st posting: Twin Oaks: The Model Utopia and “Eco-village”
2nd posting: “In Oneida it wasn’t Love… it was Just Business”

 

(Alphabetical order)

Mary K. Boudreaux
1st posting: Utopia in Film: Suburbawife--The Cinderella Sin-Drone
2nd posting: 
Jehovah’s Witnesses Credo – To Believe or Not To Believe: That is the Question!

Bridget Yvette Brantley
1st posting: Mormonism and the Utopian Society
2nd posting: Mormonism: The New Jerusalem

Katie Breaux
1st posting: Animal House: A Modern Utopia? 
2nd posting: Las Vegas: A Utopian Mirage

Felicia Byrd
1st posting: The “Allegory of the Cave” in Herland
2nd posting: Motives for Utopias

Courtney Heintzelman
1st posting: Utopias, Dystopias, and The Lottery
2nd posting: Are Naturists Part of a Utopian Society?

LaKisha Jones
1st posting: The Oldest Utopia: Heaven
2nd posting: 
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Contribution to the Progressive Movement