By Julia Bifulco The topic of love is ever-present in art, and despite how often we see it, we are always eager to revisit it. Throughout the centuries, however, the word ‘love’ has been used less and less sparingly. Instead of reserving it for the utmost special and overwhelming emotions, it is thrown at anyContinue reading ““A Word We Use to Plug Holes With”: The Concept of Love in Poetry”
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Finding Absurdity to Cope with Literary Tragedies: An Analysis of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
By Talia Kliot After two years in English literature at Dawson, I have noticed that the works we study tend to be analyzed from a melancholic angle. Examples of such works include Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891), a heartbreaking story of a fallen woman, and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), an unfortunate tale of twoContinue reading “Finding Absurdity to Cope with Literary Tragedies: An Analysis of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights”
“Perpetual Female Entrapment:” An Analysis of Identity in Mrs. Dalloway and The Bell Jar
By Anastasia Kolokatsis The Modernist movement is renowned as being a period of tension and change. This atmosphere is translated into the literary works of the time, in which authors reflected on the disillusionment brought on by the events of World War 1. They wrote openly about their collective anxiety and helplessness concerning these topicsContinue reading ““Perpetual Female Entrapment:” An Analysis of Identity in Mrs. Dalloway and The Bell Jar”
“Snow Was General All Over Ireland”: The Identities of Joyce’s Dubliners
As part of the Literature Profile Integrating Activity course, students write a 10-page paper. These two excellent papers, by Genevieve Daigle and Eric Neilson, are the presentation versions delivered at the Literature Profile Conference. This year’s conference programme appears in the final pages of this journal. Written by: Eric Neilson James Joyce’s 1914 short storyContinue reading ““Snow Was General All Over Ireland”: The Identities of Joyce’s Dubliners”
A Feminist Defense of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
As part of the Literature Profile Integrating Activity course, students write a 10-page paper. These two excellent papers, by Genevieve Daigle and Eric Neilson, are the presentation versions delivered at the Literature Profile Conference. This year’s conference programme appears in the final pages of this journal. Written by: Genevieve Daigle To our modern social sensibilities,Continue reading “A Feminist Defense of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew”
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