Thesis
Spot The Imposter: Which Thesis Titles Aren’t Real?
Ever listen to a senior explain his or her thesis and think, there’s no way in hell you can write 70 pages about that? Use your sleuthing skills to guess which of these thesis titles could have won a Hoopes Prize, and which are simply FM’s comic gold.
For Creative Concentrators, A New Happily Ever After
Folklore and mythology recently joined English; literature; studies of women, gender, and sexuality; and visual and environmental studies in offering some concentrators the option of working on a creative project as a senior thesis.
Seniors Selected for Best Theses
The prize for the very best thesis in the Harvard senior class went to two students this year, one who proposed ways to address cholera epidemics in Haiti for her thesis and another who wrote a collection of poems.
81 Students Win Hoopes Prize
Eighty-one students won Harvard’s highest honor for undergraduate writing, the Hoopes Prize, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Erik Fredericksen '12
Fredericksen reflects on his thesis, a translation of a Latin ode, and shares his translation of Horace's Ode 3.13.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Carla Ferreira '12
Carla Ferreira reflects on her poetry thesis and shares three poems selected from her work.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Matt Aucoin '12
Matt Aucoin reflects on writing his poetry thesis and shares two poems from his work, including one set to music.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Isabel Kaplan '12
Isabel Kaplan reflects on writing her fiction thesis and shares an excerpt from her work.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Justin Wymer '12
Justin B. Wymer reflects on writing his poetry thesis and shares an excerpt of his work.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Mac McAnulty '12
Mac McAnulty reflects on writing his non-fiction thesis and shares an excerpt from his work.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Sam Chalsen '12
Sam Chalsen reflects on writing his screenwriting thesis and shares a scene from his screenplay.
Excerpting Senior Writers
Crimson Arts bids these seniors the best and offers a glimpse into their work with selected excerpts.
Many Dissatisfied with Creative Writing
The challenges of both securing a seat in Harvard’s oversubscribed creative writing classes and winning a coveted approval for a creative thesis can be both academically limiting and creatively frustrating.
