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Claudia Rankine’S Citizen And South African Literature: Comparing And Contrasting Racism In The Us And South African Context [Literature], Demetrios Kapetanakos

Open Educational Resources

ENG295 “World Literatures Written in English” is the capstone course for the Writing and Literature major. Students in their final year at LaGuardia take the course before many of them move on to English programs at Hunter, Queens, Brooklyn, and City Colleges. This section of the course focused on South African literature from right before the fall of Apartheid (1990) through the present. Throughout the semester, we discussed the question of individual responsibility in relation to the readings, particularly in Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s A Human Being Died That Night and JM Coetzee’s Disgrace. These particular texts brought up questions of …

The Broadsheet- Issue 21, Merrimack College

The Broadsheet

Merrimack College's English Department newsletter.

This issue features:

• One Woman's Dystopia: Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
• Aquila Theater Captures Shakespeare's Hamlet
• Learing to Say "Yes" in a Coworking Space
• Thoreau and the Language of Trees: An Interview
• Comic Relief Balances the Latest Film Version of Stephen King's It
  

Taverns, Theaters, Publics: The Intertheatrical Politics Of Caroline Drama, Allison Deutermann

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"I Wondered At Her Silence": Jane Eyre's Wrestle With The Bystander's Dilemma, Rose Evelle Hadden

Theses and Dissertations

For the last forty years, Jane Eyre criticism has understandably focused on Bertha Mason Rochester as a marginalized, abused, and silenced mixed-race woman. Although Jane's childhood friend Helen Burns is a very different and much less controversial character, she and Bertha suffer similar deaths from the culpable neglect of their guardians. Both women serve as the impetus of a bystanders dilemma: the perennial question of whether a person is obligated to protect another's life or dignity at the risk of his or her own. Because contemporary law imposed no duty to rescue upon bystanders, this paper uses the commentary of …

Marrowland, By John Rosegrant. Reviewed By John Houghton., John Houghton

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Churchill And Orwell: The Fight For Freedom, By Thomas E. Ricks. Reviewed By Ryder W. Miller., Ryder W. Miller

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

A Well Of Wonder: Essays On C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, And The Inklings, Edited By Loren Wilkinson And Keith Call. Reviewed By Melody Green., Melody Green

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Cooking For Halflings And Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes For Fantasy-Loving Souls, By Astrid Tuttle Winegar. Reviewed By Janet Brennan Croft., Janet Brennan Croft

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Desire, Curiosity, And The Search For Truth In Proust, Moreno, And Bechdel, Santiago Parga Linares

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Marcel Proust’s influence on twentieth century literature is broad and has been well documented. This dissertation attempts a comparative reading of À la recherche du temps perdu that places it in contrast with Colombian writer Marvel Moreno’s 1987 novel, En diciembre llegaban las brisas, and Alison Bechdel’s 2006 comic memoir, Fun Home. Starting from a Deleuzian reading of the Recherche, this dissertation proposes the notion of the “proustian truth seeker”, a thematic and stylistic phenomenon which can be traced in all three writers. The characteristics of the truth seeker can be used to understand the ways in …

Shame, Darwin, And Other Victorian Writers, Aaron Khai Han Ho

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The dissertation explores shame and how shame shapes identities in the nineteenth century. While many scholars examine Darwin in terms of narrativity, how he attempts to counter the theological language in Victorian evolutionary discourses, and the influences he has on his contemporary writers, I argue that his writing on shame, which is part of his long argument on evolution, secularizes the concept of shame, opposing the notions of many Victorians that shame is God-given. Both God-given shame and secular shame are rooted in sexuality, as this dissertation will show, and thus shame, sexuality, and identity are interconnected. Using Darwin as …

Dark Arts And Other Wicked Ideas: Harry Potter, Banned Books And Intellectual Freedom, Michele Mcdaniel, Ryan Mcdaniel

Twenty Years of Harry Potter: Celebrating a Phenomenon

Come explore intellectual freedom during Banned Books Week (Sept. 24-30) with this enchanted perspective inspired by Harry Potter.

Identifying certain ideas as dangerous - and therefore banned or otherwise restricted - is a perennial phenomenon, manifesting throughout every time and culture. When reading the Harry Potter series, one encounters the Restricted Section in the Hogwarts Library, where the reader is informed that books about the Dark Arts and how to defend oneself against them are found. However, only those sufficiently matured and prepared may read the restricted materials, and then only under the close supervision and guidance of a wiser …

Misery And Company: Sigmund Freud's Presence In Toni Morrison's Beloved, Jonathan Halper

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Writing Speech: Lolcats And Standardization, Brittany Brannon

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"A Little Jelly-Jar Smile:" How Beloved'S Amy Denver Rebukes Sambo, Nat, And The Cultural Dictates Of White Poverty, Sarah Amthor

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The Rippers Of Fin De Siècle London: Depolarizing The Urban Landscape In Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Marsh's The Beetle, Daniel Persia

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Brokeback Mountain And The White Male, Meghan Callahan

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Beauty In The Abyss: (De)Creating Human Form In Lewis's The Monk, Daniel Robert Persia

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What's Wrong With Jeanie Bueller: Reexamining Ferris Bueller's Day Off Through Feminist Criticism, Will Rumford

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One Nation, Two Voices: Whitman, Dickinson And The Combined Call Of American Poet And Prophet, Eleanor S. Swensson

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Lois Lowry's The Giver And Political Consciousness In Youth, Alison Nicole Roozeboom

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Meeting Apart And The Togethercolored Instant: Typography And Communion In Dickinson And Cummings, Kate Morley

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Power And Presentation: Comparing Juliet In Baz Luhrmann 'S William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet And William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, Maddie Weinland

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Lacan 'S Linguistic Masculinity And The Metaphysical Female In The Things They Carried, Jamie Marie Wagner

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The Meeting Of Modernity And Antiquity In How I Learned To Drive, Elizabeth Milo

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Goodnight And Thank You, Evita: The Sexualization Of Eva Peron In Popular Culture And Its Implications, Leigh Courtney

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What Else Can You Ask For?: The Struggle For Hegemonic Masculinity In The War Tapes, Matthew Moser Miller

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Quai Des Brumes: An American Appeal, Jamie Marie Wagner

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They Have Verified Unjust Things: The Reliability Of The Senses In Much Ado About Nothing, Rachel Nin

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Fade To Black: Effects Of The White Gaze In Nella Larsen 'S Passing, Eva Mcknight

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"'We Must Not Look At Goblin Men, We Must Not Buy Their Fruits '": The Politics Of Feminine Consumption And Sexuality In Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market", Dawn Cunningham

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