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The Story of Evolution: Web Papers 1

These are the first webpapers to emerge from The Story of Evolution and the Evolution of Stories, a course offered at Bryn Mawr College in Spring 2009. One month into the semester, students are thinking through some of the problems that have been raised in their minds by our discussion of biological evolution.

Take a look around, and feel warmly welcome to respond in the comment area available at the end of each paper. What strikes, intrigues, puzzles you...what, among your reactions, might be of interest or use to the writer, or others in the class, or others who--exploring the internet--might be in search of a thoughtful conversation about evolution and literature?

amirbeyNatural selection among humans.
amoskowiOf Something Done, I Know Not Where- reconciling evolution and intelligent design
aseidman"Darwin's Literary Voice"
aybala50Evolution Before Culture Took Over
ccricharThe Evolution of Species in Relation to Technology in the 21st Century
dshaninPerfection of the Fittest
eawhiteA Continuation of the Story of Evolution
eglaserDarwin as Prophet
enewbernEmpiricism: Was it Darwin's scientific methodology?
eoleckiSurprising Similarities
epeck01Mankind's Influence on Evolution
fquadriEvolution Can Be Skin Deep: Biological Evolution in Humans
Hilary McGowanSurvival of the Origins
ibarkasThe Evolution of Scientific Writing-Was Darwin a Poet?
Jackie MaranoOn the Origin of A Combination Legacy: Why Darwin is Forever
jaferrScience as Story: Letting Go of Unquestioning Belief
jrlewisBelief and Skepticism
kapelianEvolution & Stories #1
kbrandallThe Origin of One or Several Species
kcofrinshaDarwin and Slavery
kgouldDarwin, Menopause, and Humans
L.Kelly-BowditchThe Story of the MCAS and Standardized Learning
lewilliamsPoetry and Science: Fundamentally the Same
lewilliamsPoetry and Science: Fundamentally the Same
Lisa B.The Origin of Instinct: How Darwin solved the greatest conceptual challenge of evolutionary theory
lparrishAre Humans Hurting Their Chances of Evolving by Helping One Another?
LS2Darwin's Freakish Aversion to Abnormalities
MarinaThe Struggle For Existence: Essentialism or Existentialism
mcurrieWhat Support?
merlinIs Storytelling Adaptive?
mfraderaDarwin, the writer.
Rachel TownsendOn Homosexuality
Rica Dela CruzThe Continuing Evolution of Man
rmehtaDarwin in the classroom
seliasApplying Darwin Beyond the Physical
skhemkaEVOLUTION UNLEASHED
SophiaolenderHow We Made the World What We Wanted It to Be
Student BloggerThe Evolution of Natural Selection
sustainablephilosopherCool Narrative; Cruel Metaphor?
Tara RajuDarwin: The Philosopher?
unidentifiedflyingobjectA discussion of perfection in Origin of Species

 

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Gendered Criticism of Women’s and Men’s Poetry

Submitted by rfindlay on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 3:10pm
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The Folly of Examining Life Rationally: The Fantastical Narrative Within Us All

Submitted by ysilverman on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 4:33pm

“Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one.”

- Albert Einstein, genius

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Psychodrama in the Archives

Submitted by ysilverman on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 4:19pm

In the Freud Archives is famous in the journalistic community both for its quality as a piece of careful, investigative reporting and storytelling, but also for the controversy it caused after its publication: the main subject of the piece, Jeffrey Masson, sued the author Janet Malcolm, claiming she made up certain quotes attributed to him in the work. Still, for a reader interested in the life of the mind, Archives is even more powerful as a carefully crafted set of two tales, each one a parable of the other. In the forefront is the story of the meteoric rise and fall of young Freud scholar and analyst Masson at the hands of revered analyst K.R. Eissler. In the background

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Dialogues

Submitted by lrperry on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 1:02pm
For those of you who want to jump immediately into reading the dialogues, feel free. For readers who would like an introduction, of sorts, to the project, read the prologue first.
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Frugal Winter- Analysis of Prodigal Summer

Submitted by Yellow on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 4:43pm

Anna Melker

Food For Thought CSem Fall 2008

Frugal Winter

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Objective vs. Personal - Academic Writing for Evaluation

Submitted by Dawn on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 12:30pm

Dawn Hathaway

December 8, 2008

Critical Feminist Studies

Professor Anne Dalke

“Objective” vs. Personal – Academic Writing for Evaluation

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Dear ______

Submitted by skumar on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 9:21am
Dear Self,

At the beginning of the course I took this semester, Introduction to Critical Feminist Studies, my professor said: “my intent here is not to make everyone a feminist;” yet, there have been numerous times when I actually found this to be the motive that drives the class. I have found myself extremely uncomfortable in these situations. Additionally, the professor's intention to “empower everyone in the class” seems too idealistic to be effective. I say this because there have been several occasions when I felt an inescapable sense disempowerment. For someone still trying to understand the expansiveness of a

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My Exercise in Futility

Submitted by rfindlay on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 3:20pm
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