Criticism  (tagged articles)

The Relationship Between Gender and Trauma in Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch

Katie K. Strubel - The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt is a novel that explores the conditions of grief and escalating lengths characters will go to survive the traumas and mysteries of life. This story of guilt and loss—intermixed with love and longing—is far detached from... Keep Reading »

The Fleeting Nature of Techno-Horror: Kairo's Failure to Appeal to Gen Z

Wooju Chong - Techno-horror is a sub-genre of horror defined by the use of science or technology as the source of horror, and often, this genre is used to critique modern technology. However, due to the intertwined nature between techno-horror and contemporary technology, when that... Keep Reading »

Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films

Meagen Tajalle - In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia, which is often masked as irreconcilable religious and cultural difference although it has in fact been consistently manufactured and... Keep Reading »

Visibility for Women in the Works of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf

Emily Caliendo - When examining the works of both George Eliot and Virginia Woolf, many critics are quick to assess the credibility and quality of characters based on how they react to the external experiences they are faced with in their imaginary worlds. However, this way of thinking... Keep Reading »

Racial Uplift: Acculturation to the Dominant Culture in Contending Forces by Pauline E. Hopkins

Aisha Rees - Domestic fiction reigned in women’s literature during the nineteenth-century. These narratives defined ”True Womanhood,” where the female exemplified four pillars: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. They are meant to reject the public... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Criticism is tagged in the following 10 articles.

American Literature
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
The Relationship Between Gender and Trauma in Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch
By Katie K. Strubel
The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt is a novel that explores the conditions of grief and escalating lengths characters will go to survive the traumas and mysteries of life. This story of guilt and loss—intermixed with love and longing&mdash... Read Article »
Literary Criticism American Literature Literary Analysis Literary Theory Queer Studies Donna Tartt
Film Criticism
2021, Vol. 13 No. 03
The Fleeting Nature of Techno-Horror: Kairo's Failure to Appeal to Gen Z
By Wooju Chong
Techno-horror is a sub-genre of horror defined by the use of science or technology as the source of horror, and often, this genre is used to critique modern technology. However, due to the intertwined nature between techno-horror and contemporary... Read Article »
Film Criticism Film Studies Techno-horror Horror Kairo Black Mirror
Popular Culture
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films
By Meagen Tajalle
In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia, which is often masked as irreconcilable religious and cultural difference although it has in fact been consistently... Read Article »
Islamophobia Popular Culture Film Studies Film Criticism American Cinema War on Terror
Feminist Literature
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
Visibility for Women in the Works of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf
By Emily Caliendo
When examining the works of both George Eliot and Virginia Woolf, many critics are quick to assess the credibility and quality of characters based on how they react to the external experiences they are faced with in their imaginary worlds. However... Read Article »
Virginia Woolf George Eliot Literary Criticism English Literature Feminism Feminist Literature
Television
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
The Role and Impact of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Taking Satire Seriously On A "Daily Show" Basis
By Matthew E. Popkin
Throughout the past decade, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has expanded its depth of analysis and impacted the political process and national discourse in multiple ways. It has established itself as a source of legitimate critical examination of... Read Article »
Television Jon Stewart The Daily Show Media Criticism Satire Accountability Mass Communication
African-american Literature
2011, Vol. 3 No. 10
Racial Uplift: Acculturation to the Dominant Culture in Contending Forces by Pauline E. Hopkins
By Aisha Rees
Domestic fiction reigned in women’s literature during the nineteenth-century. These narratives defined ”True Womanhood,” where the female exemplified four pillars: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. They are meant... Read Article »
African-American Literature Literary Criticism Acculturation Culture Race
Christianity
2010, Vol. 2 No. 10
The Matthaean Exception Clause: A 21st Century Interpretation
By Jonathan D. Brackens
Sexism is not unique to Christianity; however, in the Christian religion many of those who identify themselves as Christian fundamentalists are more likely to hold sexist views of women. Because the scriptures were written during a time in which... Read Article »
Binding And Loosing Feminism Reinterpret the Bible Divorce Sexism in the Bible Sexism Jewish Code Law Form Criticism Interpretation Bible Marriage Fundamental Law Women Women in the Bible Matthaean Exception
Dennis Hopper
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
Ending the Exceptional: Defiance of Conventions in Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider"
By Daniel J. Schneider
The myth of American exceptionalism has existed since early on in our nation’s history. As early as the mid 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville proclaimed that the United States held remarkable place in the world, as a nation of immigrants living... Read Article »
Easy Rider Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper Easy Rider American Exceptionalism Alexis De Tocqueville Film Criticism
Joyce Carol Oates
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue: Psychoanalyzing Connie in Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
By Nicole Holmen
It is perhaps an understatement to say that the character Connie in Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” has a lot of issues. Oates has provided the perfect character to undergo a healthy... Read Article »
Psychoanalytic Criticism Joyce Carol Oates Baby Blue Psychoanalysis
Fiction
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Viewing Four Vonnegut Novels Through the Lens of Literary Criticism
By Lindsay D. Clark
I like Kurt Vonnegut because he’s innovative and unique, his literary voice speaking out of a time period I love, when he “was actually helping to breathe life into a new genre—modern, pop fiction,”[1] according to critic... Read Article »
Vonnegut Literary Criticism Humanism Science Fiction Satire Dystopian Literature

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