LiteraturePenelope, Helen, and the Ancient Greek Spectrum of Femininity: Observations of Womanhood in the Homeric EpicsJenn 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 LiteratureClare 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 TurnerJacqueline 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 LiteratureJennifer 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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