{"id":71357,"date":"2017-11-28T13:22:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T23:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=71357"},"modified":"2019-03-13T17:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T03:03:16","slug":"uh-hilo-english-majors-present-at-rome-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/28\/uh-hilo-english-majors-present-at-rome-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo English majors present at Rome conference"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Leomanaolamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld, Tynsl Kailimai, Ciarra-Lynn Parinas and Uʻilani<\/span> Dasalla at the Colosseum, Rome. Photo courtesy of the UH<\/abbr> Hilo English department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Four English majors<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo presented their research papers at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences conference<\/a> in Rome in November. Uʻilani<\/span> Dasalla<\/strong>, Tynsl Kailimai<\/strong>, Ciarra-Lynn Parinas<\/strong> and Leomanaolamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld<\/strong> attended the conference, which featured more than 100 international scholars at The British School<\/a> at Rome.<\/p>\n

The presentations originated in a spring 2017 course, Graphic Novels and Comics, taught by Kirsten M\u00f8llegaard<\/strong><\/a>, associate professor of English. Under M\u00f8llegaard\u2019s guidance, the students expanded on their original class papers and partnered up to write substantial literary analyses that will be submitted for publication in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UH<\/abbr> Hilo students on the steps of the British School of Rome, from left, Ciarra-Lynn Parinas, Tynsl Kailimai, Uʻilani<\/span> Dasalla and Leomanaolamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld. Photo courtesy of the UH<\/abbr> Hilo English department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dasalla and Peleiholani-Blankenfeld focused on the way the comics medium, in particular autobiographical graphic novels, can help heal and overcome personal trauma. Their presentation, “Healing with Graphic Novels: A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Alison Bechdel\u2019s Fun Home<\/em>,” investigates the therapeutic properties of art in Bechdel\u2019s acclaimed coming-of-age narrative.<\/p>\n

Kailimai and Parinas jointly examined comics author Alan Moore\u2019s seminal works in their presentation entitled, “Fighting for Justice or Creating Chaos: An Analysis of V for Vendetta<\/em> and Watchmen<\/em>.” They explored the political underpinnings of these two novels by focusing on the themes of vigilantism and terrorism in conjunction with the overall question, “what makes a hero a hero?”<\/p>\n

“These four UH<\/abbr> Hilo English majors\u2019 successful international conference presentations and the stellar caliber of their research projects demonstrate the overall quality of a UH<\/abbr> Hilo education and helps to put UH<\/abbr> Hilo on the map as an institution that supports and encourages undergraduate student research in the humanities,” said M\u00f8llegaard.<\/p>\n

For more, read the full story at UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

—From UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uʻilani<\/span> Dasalla, Tynsl Kailimai, Ciarra-Lynn Parinas and Leomanaolamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld presented their research papers at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences conference in Rome. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":71359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[134,660,14,907],"class_list":["post-71357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-international","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t