Literary Studies majors present research at Pittsburgh conference
September 07, 2015
Literary Study majors Emily Gould '15 and Anna Merz-McConnell '15 were selected to present their research at the 2015 Europe: East and West Undergraduate Symposium at the University of Pittsburgh last spring.
Gould's piece was titled "Pushkin's Tatiana and Masha," and was an examination of women in Pushkin's prose.
Merz-McConnell's paper, titled "Dickens and Dostoevsky Discuss Fathers," focused on father-types in Dickens' "Bleak House" and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment."
Both traveled with Dr. Martha Kuchar, chair of the English department, and presented as part of the conference's Humanities section, which is one of the most competitive portions of the program.