Literature

Penelope, Helen, and the Ancient Greek Spectrum of Femininity: Observations of Womanhood in the Homeric Epics

Jenn Beardsley - Although most Ancient Greek literature focused on male characters, a literary analysis of Homeric poetry reveals an inquisition of femininity, motherhood, and what it meant to be a woman in Ancient Greece. Throughout the epic The Iliad and its sequel The Odyssey, the... Keep Reading »

Death in John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale" and "The Eve of St. Agnes"

Anne R. Hill - This paper explores Keats’ depiction of death in “Ode to a Nightingale” and “The Eve of St. Agnes.” “Ode to a Nightingale” juxtaposes two types of death. The first kind of death is a drowsy union with nature which allows the... Keep Reading »

Sensationalism of Trauma in American Film and Literature

Clare M. Nee - The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides, as well as Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation, utilize the literary and cinematic tropes of suicide to explore female suicides as romantic notions and assertions of agency within the teenage world of five sisters... Keep Reading »

The Graphic Novel as Argument: Visual Representation Strategy In Kyle Baker's Nat Turner

Jacqueline Rodriguez - Traditional slave narratives follow a set of conventions that helped abolitionists recognize them as factual and trustworthy stories. Previously enslaved authors subverted those conventions to take control of their narratives and expose white abolitionists’ selfish... Keep Reading »

Edgar Allan Poe and Race: Analyzing the "Absent Negro" Trope in Gothic Literature

Jennifer Celeste - Edgar Allan Poe is known for writing about a wide variety of controversial topics, such as death, murder, and addiction. However, one topic that his work tends to avoid is race and/or racism. Instead, he often chooses to include marginalized groups of people in tertiary... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Classics
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Penelope, Helen, and the Ancient Greek Spectrum of Femininity: Observations of Womanhood in the Homeric Epics
By Jenn Beardsley
Although most Ancient Greek literature focused on male characters, a literary analysis of Homeric poetry reveals an inquisition of femininity, motherhood, and what it meant to be a woman in Ancient Greece. Throughout the epic The Iliad and its sequel... Read Article »
Homer Ancient Greece Ancient Greek Literature Classics Epic Poetry
Poetry
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Death in John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale" and "The Eve of St. Agnes"
By Anne R. Hill
This paper explores Keats’ depiction of death in “Ode to a Nightingale” and “The Eve of St. Agnes.” “Ode to a Nightingale” juxtaposes two types of death. The first kind of death is a drowsy union with nature... Read Article »
Romanticism John Keats Death English Poetry
American Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Sensationalism of Trauma in American Film and Literature
By Clare M. Nee
The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides, as well as Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation, utilize the literary and cinematic tropes of suicide to explore female suicides as romantic notions and assertions of agency within the teenage world... Read Article »
Trauma Suicide American Literature Popular Culture Film Studies
African-american Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
The Graphic Novel as Argument: Visual Representation Strategy In Kyle Baker's Nat Turner
By Jacqueline Rodriguez
Traditional slave narratives follow a set of conventions that helped abolitionists recognize them as factual and trustworthy stories. Previously enslaved authors subverted those conventions to take control of their narratives and expose white abolitionists... Read Article »
Nat Turner Slave Narrative Graphic Novels African-American Literature American Literature
Gothic Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
Edgar Allan Poe and Race: Analyzing the "Absent Negro" Trope in Gothic Literature
By Jennifer Celeste
Edgar Allan Poe is known for writing about a wide variety of controversial topics, such as death, murder, and addiction. However, one topic that his work tends to avoid is race and/or racism. Instead, he often chooses to include marginalized groups... Read Article »
Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Literature Race Thing Theory American Literature
Classic Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
Material Nostalgia in Classical and Early Modern Drama
By Marnie J. Monogue
The inescapability and influence of the past becomes most discernable with homecoming. A particularly powerful sense of nostalgia concentrates in textiles, especially when these objects purposefully invoke the past. More often than not, theatre... Read Article »
Drama Classics Shakespeare Ancient Greek Literature Nostalgia
English Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
The Development of the Modern Author in Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and Strawberry Hill
By Megan E. Ritchie
Much contemporary literary criticism has been devoted to Horace Walpole’s novel, The Castle of Otranto; so, too, has much criticism been directed toward the author’s villa, Strawberry Hill. And yet the conversations surrounding... Read Article »
English Literature Gothic Literature Architecture Authorship Authorial Presence Horace Walpole
American Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
Reading Religion in Literature: Toni Morrison, Luisah Teish, and Postsecular Theory
By Kayla R. Drummond
The postsecular turn of the late 1990’s refers to the emergence of a critical theory which challenges an important modern assumption: that secular ideologies are inherently more valid and truthful than religious ideologies. Other developments... Read Article »
American Literature Toni Morrison Postsecular Theory African-American Literature Secularism
English Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 12
Courtly Love in Chaucer: Characters as Commentary in "The Franklin's Tale," Troilus and Criseyde, and "Parliament of Fowls"
By Noelle E. Equi
Through major works including “The Franklin’s Tale,” Troilus and Criseyde, and “Parliament of Fowls,” Chaucer illuminates the complexity of the popular writing trope of courtly love. His accounts of courtly love border... Read Article »
Geoffrey Chaucer Courtly Love English Literature Canterbury Tales
Comparative Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 12
The Subversion of Conventional Charisma in John Milton's Paradise Lost and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: Part One
By Ching Yan Clarissa Lee
This paper focuses on the manifestation of an unorthodox charisma in the devil figures of John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust: Part One. Using the respective connotations of ‘charisma’ with... Read Article »
John Milton Goethe Comparative Literature English Literature German Literature Devil Charisma Drama
Irish Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Resurrecting the Bog Queen: Exploring the Gender Politics of Ireland's Bogs in Postcolonial and Nationalist Literature
By Rosie Ryan
Bogs are one of Ireland’s most notable and mysterious landscapes. As explored in the work of Seamus Heaney, the bog’s capacity to preserve memory across generations makes it a melancholic terrain that is uniquely suited to explorations... Read Article »
Irish Literature Women's Studies Nationalism Colonialism British Imperialism Gender Politics
Classics
2020, Vol. 2020 No. 1
Exploring the Concept of Time Using Metaphor in The Aeneid
By Ziyang N. Su
Published by Inquiries Journal: Special Editions
Time has always been an abstract concept in human languages. To better understand how this temporal concept is addressed in different languages, it can be explored in the context of classical times through Latin texts. In the well-known piece The... Read Article »
Classics The Aeneid Virgil Time
Medieval Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Racialized Discourse and Economies of Female Saracen Bodies in The Sultan of Babylon
By Claire Crow
The fifteenth-century Middle English romance "The Sultan of Babylon" partakes in the Orientalist literary tradition through the poet's linguistic economy of the Other. The paradoxical shortages and surpluses of ethnic descriptors of East female... Read Article »
Saracen Medieval History Middle Ages Islamic Middle Ages Charlemagne Women in Literature Medieval Literature
Comparative Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Redemption and Reconciliation in Oedipus at Colonus and Gran Torino: A Comparative Reading
By Lingxiao (Linda) Gao
This paper presents a comparative analysis of Oedipus at Colonus, a play written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, and Gran Torino, an American film directed by Clint Eastwood. The two literary productions, although remote as they seem,... Read Article »
Comparative Literature Sophocles Clint Eastwood Tragedy Reconciliation Atonement
American Literature
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Poststructuralism and Female Identity in Sylvia Plath's Ariel
By Lillian G. Robles
Sylvia Plath’s posthumously published collection of poetry, Ariel, is perhaps best defined by the vivid imagery that delves deep into Plath’s psyche. Throughout the collection, Plath explores dimensions of herself: her past, present,... Read Article »
Poststructuralism Identity Sylvia Plath Poetry American Literature
 
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