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The Power Of An Unreliable Narrator And The Distortion Of Fear In Nella Larsen’S Passing, Sonia Comstock 2021 Portland State University

The Power Of An Unreliable Narrator And The Distortion Of Fear In Nella Larsen’S Passing, Sonia Comstock

Anthós

This article studies Nella Larsen’s Passing through the unreliable narration of the novel’s key character, Irene. It goes on to explore her relationships and her judgements, which expose the twisted nature of her psychology and demonstrate that Irene is driven by fear and resentment. Irene hates the act of wanting and constantly crushes her husband’s aspirations, yet deeply desires the other focal character of the novel, Clare. She lies to herself about her tense, racially fraught relationship with her husband, as well as her repressed homosexual attraction towards Clare. These lies, combined with her deep-seated fear and hatred of desire …


Aboriginal And European Relationships In Voss, A Fringe Of Leaves, And Riders In The Chariot In Terms Of Homi Bhabha’S Theories Of Hybridity, In-Betweenness, And Third Space, Deniz Cansiz 2021 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

Aboriginal And European Relationships In Voss, A Fringe Of Leaves, And Riders In The Chariot In Terms Of Homi Bhabha’S Theories Of Hybridity, In-Betweenness, And Third Space, Deniz Cansiz

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Women Circumventing The Restrictions Of Gender In Homer’S The Odyssey, Ariana Avila 2021 DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Women Circumventing The Restrictions Of Gender In Homer’S The Odyssey, Ariana Avila

Kentucky English Bulletin

No abstract provided.


"Useful Delusions": Tracing The Flying Africans In Ta-Nehisi Coates’S The Water Dancer And Colson Whitehead’S The Underground Railroad, Emily Stephens 2021 Brigham Young University

"Useful Delusions": Tracing The Flying Africans In Ta-Nehisi Coates’S The Water Dancer And Colson Whitehead’S The Underground Railroad, Emily Stephens

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


End Matter, 2021 Brigham Young University

End Matter

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Tragedy And Resolution: Domestic Violence In Othello And The Taming Of The Shrew, Cassidy Crosby 2021 Brigham Young University

Tragedy And Resolution: Domestic Violence In Othello And The Taming Of The Shrew, Cassidy Crosby

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Morphing Identities: The Muse, The Art, And The Artist In “Ligeia” And “The Oval Portrait”, Emery Nielson 2021 Brigham Young University

Morphing Identities: The Muse, The Art, And The Artist In “Ligeia” And “The Oval Portrait”, Emery Nielson

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


"Something Large And Old Awoke": Ecopoetics And Compassion In Tracy K. Smith’S Wade In The Water, Kaitlin Hoelzer 2021 Brigham Young University

"Something Large And Old Awoke": Ecopoetics And Compassion In Tracy K. Smith’S Wade In The Water, Kaitlin Hoelzer

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Ghosts Of Past, Present, And Future: On Political Purpose And Critical Hope In Colson Whitehead’S The Nickel Boys, Adelaide Strickland 2021 St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

Ghosts Of Past, Present, And Future: On Political Purpose And Critical Hope In Colson Whitehead’S The Nickel Boys, Adelaide Strickland

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Profitable Reading Or Literary Usury?: Interpretive Communities Within And Without The Merchant Of Venice, Abby Thatcher 2021 Brigham Young University

Profitable Reading Or Literary Usury?: Interpretive Communities Within And Without The Merchant Of Venice, Abby Thatcher

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


"Ghosts Hanging Over The House": Anja Spiegelman And Holocaust Memory In Art Spiegelman’S Maus, Angela Ricks 2021 Brigham Young University

"Ghosts Hanging Over The House": Anja Spiegelman And Holocaust Memory In Art Spiegelman’S Maus, Angela Ricks

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Missing The Mark: Chaucer’S Man Of Law’S Tale, Gabriella Schwartz 2021 Brigham Young University

Missing The Mark: Chaucer’S Man Of Law’S Tale, Gabriella Schwartz

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Cover And Front Matter, 2021 Brigham Young University

Cover And Front Matter

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, 2021 Brigham Young University

Full Issue

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Christ The Father: Mr. Ramsay As An Ironic Christ-Figure In Virginia Woolf’S To The Lighthouse, Devon Thomas 2021 Brigham Young University

Christ The Father: Mr. Ramsay As An Ironic Christ-Figure In Virginia Woolf’S To The Lighthouse, Devon Thomas

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Surrender To Pity In King Lear, Garrett Maxwell 2021 Brigham Young University

Surrender To Pity In King Lear, Garrett Maxwell

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Joy—Joy—Strange Joy: Spiritual Experience In World War One Poetry, Ryder Seamons 2021 Brigham Young University

Joy—Joy—Strange Joy: Spiritual Experience In World War One Poetry, Ryder Seamons

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


Plotting The Literature On Learning Outcomes And Academic Performance In Higher Education From 2001 To 2020: A Scientometric Analysis, Muhammad Shoaib, Nusrat Ali, Behzad Anwar, Bilal Shaukat 2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan

Plotting The Literature On Learning Outcomes And Academic Performance In Higher Education From 2001 To 2020: A Scientometric Analysis, Muhammad Shoaib, Nusrat Ali, Behzad Anwar, Bilal Shaukat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to evaluate the teaching skills, learning skills, learning outcomes, and academic performance using scientometrics analysis from 2001 to 2020. The scientometrics method and a total of 7536 published documents were found. The results reveal that the topic of academic performance and article as a type of published document was highly used. The high majority of these published documents are published in the English language and gradually increased in the number of published documents in terms of the year. Further, the author Chamorro-Premuzic T is the top author with 1139 citations and Univ. Grandada at top of twenty …


The Lost Road As Faërian Drama, John D. Rateliff 2021 independent scholar

The Lost Road As Faërian Drama, John D. Rateliff

Journal of Tolkien Research

This essay looks at world-building in reverse: the process of transforming a desirable fantasy world into a familiar mundane one. Focusing on the tools he had on hand to effect this transformation, particularly on Tolkien’s use of what he calls Faërian Drama, helps explain some of Tolkien’s more cryptic remarks in his late metaphysical writings—e.g. that what was once Valinor is now the Americas.


Engl 110: College Writing (Media Literacy), Rachael Miller Benavidez 2021 CUNY Queens College

Engl 110: College Writing (Media Literacy), Rachael Miller Benavidez

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus was adapted and developed for Professor Benavidez's English 110 College Writing I course at Queens College. The theme for this First Year Writing course is “Media Literacy: Critically Reading and Responding to Media,” and since the course explores current events, the specific media sources are left open for instructor selection. Otherwise, all links to required course materials are included.


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