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Journal of the Georgia Philological Association Vol. 6 ISBN 978-1-365-87185-6 90000 ID: 20761992 www.lulu.com 9 781365 871856 Journal of the Georgia Philological Association Proceedings from the 2016 Conference GPA logo © Georgia Philological Association Original design by Stephen Carey The Journal of the Georgia Philological Association is published annually and contains selected proceedings from its annual conference held in the Spring as well as blind submissions. GPA membership is a prerequisite for final publication of all articles. To submit to the JGPA, email manuscripts, double-spaced and in MLA format as an attachment to: Farrah Senn, Editor-in-Chief The Journal of the Georgia Philological Association [email protected] Complete submission instructions and more information can be found on the GPA web page at http://www.ega.edu/gpa. All views or conclusions are those of the authors of the articles and not necessarily those of the editorial staff or the Georgia Philological Association. Annual Memberships Faculty, Full and Part-time $25 Students Graduate $20 Undergraduate $15 Independent Scholars and Retired Faculty $20 Subscription Rates (order forms available on the website): Print Electronic Institutions and Libraries $60 $60 Individuals Members $20 Included in membership Non-members $30 $30 This journal is a member of the CELJ, the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. It is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography and EBSCOhost Research Databases. ii Journal of the Georgia Philological Association Editorial Staff: Editor-in-Chief Farrah R. Senn, Assistant Professor of English Andrew College [email protected] Co-Editor Dave Buehrer, Professor of English Valdosta State University [email protected] Founding Editor 2005-2009 Thom Brucie, Professor of English (Brewton-Parker College) South Georgia State College Editorial Board: Lisa Bro, Associate Professor of English Middle Georgia State University Valeria Czerny, Associate Professor of English East Georgia State College Lorraine Dubuisson, Associate Professor of English Middle Georgia State University Marcus Johnson, Assistant Professor of Education Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Laura Hanna, Graduate Assistant, Valdosta State University Cover Design: Chris Johnson, Assistant Professor of Art/Director of the Visual Arts Program, Andrew College Published by the Georgia Philological Association 2017 Copyright © 2017 by the Georgia Philological Association All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal. First Printing: 2006 ISBN 978-1-365-87185-6 Georgia Philological Association http://www.ega.edu/gpa Table of Contents Foreword ................................................................................................vii Introduction .............................................................................................1 GPA Annual Meeting Keynote Address– Crossing the Line: Caribbean Poets in America ..........................5 Derrilyn E. Morrison, Ph.D. Middle Georgia State University Nietzsche, Philology, and Genealogy .............................................10 Marcus Johnson, Ph.D Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College A World “Funny as Shit”: Black Humor and the New Naturalism in Harry Crews’s A Feast of Snakes..........................28 David Buehrer, Ph.D Valdosta State University “A Girl Gets Sick of a Rose”: A Woman’s Desire to Break Free.........................................................................................47 Sara Hughes, Ph.D Middle Georgia State University The Masculinized Female Hero: Punishing Misalignment in Battlestar Galactica and Game of Thrones ...................................58 Lisa Bro, Ph.D Middle Georgia State University #Education is Trending: Social Media in the Classroom.........81 Amanda Allen, Ph.D Brewton-Parker College Farrah Senn, Ed.D Andrew College Foreword From the GPA President… I am honored to be the 2016-2017 president of the Georgia Philosophical Association (GPA) and to be writing the forward to the latest edition of our peer-reviewed journal. I have been a member of the GPA since 2009, serving as an at-large member of the Executive Committee from 2013-2015 and as vice-president in 2015-2016. I can honestly attest that my involvement in this organization has been the highlight of my professional career. I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to present my scholarship in a welcoming environment, to learn from the expertise of others who have presented at our annual conferences, and to meet and interact with academics from the region who have become valued friends. The GPA remains a unique organization, the only philological association in Georgia as far as I can determine. The association defines philology, the study of languages and literature, “broadly in order to encourage the involvement of academics and laity from across the broad spectrum of the liberal arts.” As a result, the annual conferences include presenters from a variety of disciplines who are researching a variety of topics including history, philosophy, and library science in addition to the investigations of literature that comprise perhaps more expected presentation material. The GPA is committed to encouraging student involvement, both at the annual conference and in the journal. Each year, a solid number of graduate and undergraduate students (often under the direction of their professors who are also presenting at the conference) present their scholarship to a receptive and convivial audience who is interested in mentoring the next generation of Georgia scholars. I believe this work is among the most important work of the GPA. Providing a space for burgeoning scholars to participate in academic discourse in meaningful ways is crucial to the future of arts and letters in the region. This commitment to the cultivation of student scholarship has resulted in the Vicki Hill Memorial Graduate Recognition Award, a $100 award that will be given to the graduate student who presents vii the most successful paper at the annual conference. This award will be given for the first time in 2017 to a deserving graduate student in honor of the memory of Vicki Hill who was one of the original founding members of the GPA in 2005. Dr. Hill served as the GPA’s first vice-president, becoming the second president of the association in the following year. Members of the GPA who wish to support this award and to ensure its longevity are encouraged to donate money to the GPA which will be kept earmarked for this purpose. The GPA hopes to continue to support the achievements of student scholars for many years to come. For the last few years, the GPA has held its annual conference on the Macon campus of Middle George State University at the university’s Conference Center. This change in venue puts the conference in a more central location, easing the travel burden on many participants. It also offers a professional setting for the conference with on-site catering and other amenities that conference participants can enjoy. I believe this partnership with Middle Georgia State University has led directly to a new era of growth in participation for the GPA. Another area of growth for the GPA is in the journal. Publishing a peer-reviewed journal has always been part of the GPA’s mission; however, for a number of years no journal was published due to waning participation in the association among other factors. I am pleased as this year’s president that the GPA is once again publishing a robust collection of scholarship that showcases the spirit of critical inquiry and the intellectual acumen of its members. Each essay published here was subjected to a rigorous peer-review process that underscores the high academic standards maintained by the GPA. I hope that in years to come the journal will continue to grow in size and reputation. Most of you who are reading this journal are members of the GPA, and so I would like to conclude my remarks here with a charge to you. I strongly believe that the GPA is poised to become a vital and influential scholarly organization in the middle Georgia region. I believe that the GPA has the potential to greatly increase the size of both the conference and the journal in the coming years. However, this growth is dependent on the efforts of the current membership. We must be advocates for the GPA at our institutions. We must encourage viii our colleagues to present at the conference and to submit their papers to the journal. We must use the annual conference as a mentoring opportunity for the graduate and undergraduate students we work so tirelessly to educate. We must promote the GPA as a vital contributor to scholarly discourse in our disciplines. If we are willing to do this work, the association will surely grow. I believe that the future of the GPA is very promising, and I am excited to be a part of an organization with such potential for growth. I congratulate you all for the role you’ve already played in revitalizing the GPA, and I look forward to seeing you again next year at the annual conference. Lorraine Dubuisson President Georgia Philological Association Introduction From the Editor-in-Chief… In the business meeting at the conclusion of the Georgia Philological Association’s 2016 annual conference, members met to conduct the business of the association, one item of which was drafting