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Gender, Race, And Class In Various Aspects Of American Literature: A Portfolio, Harry Olafsen
Gender, Race, And Class In Various Aspects Of American Literature: A Portfolio, Harry Olafsen
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
In this portfolio, Harry Olafsen takes a closer look at various texts in American Literature, including women in 1960s country music, Us directed by Jordan Peele, and southern women's diaries from the Civil War.
Final Master's Portfolio, Hammed Oluwadare Adejare
Final Master's Portfolio, Hammed Oluwadare Adejare
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio contains four related essays concerned with issues of race and migration in literary creations of diasporic African writers and film texts by African American film producers. The first essay offers a general exploration of contemporary African diasporic writings and the pervading Afropolitan politics of home and belonging. The next essay in the collection provides a theoretical grounding for this writing genre, tracing the connections between the theory, Afropolitanism, and earlier modes of theorizing global race relations such as postcolonialism and cosmopolitanism. The third essay explores the application of these theories to Teju Cole’s diasporic novel, Open City, explicating …
Culture Vulture: Navigating The Art Of Storytelling In Textual Studies, Blake Altman
Culture Vulture: Navigating The Art Of Storytelling In Textual Studies, Blake Altman
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
The following portfolio contains four original essays that explore storytelling across multiple media, ranging from radio to literature to film & television. The first essay explores queer representation during the Golden Age of Radio in the United States. Following that, the next project explores the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods from novel to TV miniseries, specifically in the development of one of its primary characters. The third essay is a discussion of two Palestinian films that share commonalities as part of a larger culture, and the fourth is an exploration of the Internet using Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World …