Browsing by Author "Harris, Arielle Simone"

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    Federal Tax Incentives: Public-Private Dichotomies and Preserving Neighborhood Image and Identity in Philadelphia
    (2012) Harris, Arielle Simone; Hein, Carola; Cohen, Jeffrey A., 1952-
    In the United States, historic preservation has been deemed a national responsibility by law, yet is accomplished through mostly private means. A quintessential example of this public/private relationship is that of the federal historic preservation tax credit, a nationally administered tax incentive created in 1976 that promotes historic preservation by stimulating private investment. This thesis seeks to investigate the impact of this tax credit on neighborhood redevelopment in Philadelphia, while taking into account the public and private forces related to the historic preservation movement. Through case studies of four neighborhoods that have experienced federal historic preservation tax credit development, various combinations of building types, development practices, and public/private relationships can be observed, ultimately suggesting that either a number of individually financed historic tax credit projects, or a large-scale group restoration of architecturally homogenous historic buildings with the tax credit, foster a sense of neighborhood identity and encourage investment and redevelopment in the area. On the other hand, a single historic preservation tax credit project in a neighborhood, or multiple privately financed group rehabilitations with the tax credit, cannot catalyze neighborhood redevelopment and ultimately create an unfocused neighborhood image and revitalization plan.
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    Hésiter: Une analyse structurelle du réel et du merveilleux dans les Lais de Marie de France
    (2013) Harris, Arielle Simone; Armstrong, Grace; Sedley, David Louis, 1968-
    The Breton lay is a form of oral poetry from the medieval period. In this essay I compare the functions of ʺle merveilleuxʺ and ʺle réelʺ in the Lais of Marie de France, a group of lays written in anglo‐normand for King Henry II of England. Using the theories of Barthes, Propp, and Brémond, I am able to analyze the Lais from a structural perspective. Ultimately, these theories highlight how the plots of the lais either depend on interpersonal relationships or the types of elements in the lay, and in particular, whether or not they contain ʺmerveilleuxʺ objects or characters.