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Student presentations must have a faculty sponsor.

Abstracts must include a title and a description of the research, scholarship, or creative work. The description should be 150-225 words in length and constructed in a format or style appropriate for the presenter’s discipline.

The following points should be addressed within the selected format or style for the abstract:

  • A clear statement of the problem or question you pursued, or the scholarly goal or creative theme achieved in your work.
  • A brief comment about the significance or uniqueness of the work.
  • A clear description of the methods used to achieve the purpose or goals for the work.
  • A statement of the conclusions, results, outcomes, or recommendations, or if the work is still in progress, the results you expect to report at the event.

Presenter photographs should be head and shoulder shots comparable to passport photos.

Additional Information

More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

  • Jun Wang
  • Kim Instenes
  • John Kirk
  • Nora Nickels
  • Andrew Pustina
  • James Ripley

Uses of Japanese First-Person Pronouns by Transgender Characters in Contemporary Literature: The Case of the Manga Wandering Son

Name: Gabrielle Swangstue
Major: Japanese
Hometown: Lakeland
Faculty Sponsor: Yan Wang
Other Sponsors: Udry, Stephen
Type of research: Senior thesis

Abstract

This thesis will investigate the Japanese first-person that a character in the manga, 『放浪息子』Wandering Son, uses. In understanding the pragmatic use of Japanese first-person pronouns, the metapragmatic function of first-person pronouns can be documented. As the source material thesis is a manga, the fact that the first-person pronouns that are used by characters are the writer’s interpretations of reality, and therefore not reality itself. In conclusion, the gender identity of the main character investigated is found to have used the traditionally masculine first-person pronoun, 僕・boku as both a young boy and then later as how a young, modern woman.

Keywords: Gender, Japanese Language, First-person Pronoun, Pragmatics, Metapragmatics

Poster file

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