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Race, gender, and the limits of physicality in Ourika and Quicksand
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
A comparison of Claire de Duras's Ourika and Nella Larsen's Quicksand may at first seem puzzling to those familiar with the differing social and historical contexts of the two works. While it may be tempting to read Ourika ...
Under skin: a critical essay of gender and the travel narrative
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
There is a line between fact and parable, and the greatest writers of travel have unabashedly and purposefully ignored it in search of the subtle poetry just beneath the surface. This collection of non-fiction essays is ...
Filling in the blanks : ambiguity, genre, and reader participation as anti-dictatorial forces in Junot Diaz's The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
In sympathy : how to read -- and view -- Edith Wharton's The house of mirth
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
In the second Gilded Age that we live in now, it has been surprising to me to find that Edith Wharton's presence in homes and classrooms has been waning. In order to understand why this is, I turn to one of Wharton's most ...
"My madness singing" : the specter of syphilis in Prufrock's Love Song
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "This unpleasant conclusion results from Prufrock's night in the "Pervigilium," since his encounters with ambiguous women and his fears of venereal disease disturb him so much that they distance him ...
Understanding and defining young adult literature
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraphs: "Yet even in this uncertain time in life, many Y.A. novels end in hope. The last words of the Harry Potter series are "All was well." After coping with the death of his best friend and first love, ...
Parody and media literacy in "Nathan For You" and [creative final] "Adrift"
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph from Parody and media literacy in "Nathan For You": Over three decades after The Simpsons broke onto the primetime scene, Nathan For You harnesses a brand new form of comedy that makes similar use of ...
Talking back: the role of poets and poems in literary conversation
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "In discovering the expansive history of poetic conversation and poetic influence, the question of authenticity now seems irrelevant. Authenticity may now be described as the extent to which a poem ...
Greek cuisine on a budget
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
Last summer, I spent three weeks on the island of Thassos, Greece discovering, eating, and savoring life. Immersing myself under the cool seawater and climbing out onto the rocky shore I was met not only by great natural ...
The effects of politically manipulated borders : Atwood, Lepucki and St. John Mandel
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Ideologies of American oppression: tracing capitalist discourses in 20th century protest literature
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "Twentieth century America was a period of rapid expansion and change, and this is represented in the above-analyzed novels. By definition, protest literature exists with the intention to stimulate ...
The Cold War and Agency Panic in The Bell Jar and "Three Women"
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and "Three Women" show that politics influenced Plath's writing process in both direct and subtle ways. Combining the personal with the political in these works, Plath ...
From the Bible to Harry Potter : Updating an ancient myth into modern fantasy
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Comic relief
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
This original play focuses on the character of Jaime who goes on a journey of self-discovery as she pursues her dream of being a standup comedian.
Terrorism and spectacle in White noise and Mao II
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
This essay analyzes Don DeLillo's White Noise and Mao II in order to demonstrate a progression of his view of the role of the critic in postmodern society. In White Noise, DeLillo conveys his view of the postmodern condition ...
Sexless faces, abnormal bodies, and white trash girls: grotesque women in southern Gothic literature
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
By exploring and breaking down traditional gender roles through Miss Amelia's androgyny in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, McCullers shows the ironclad nature of gender binaries and the inconsistency of gender perception in ...
Broadening the scope: female authors are for more than the 'F-word'
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
Though contemporary fiction has evolved significantly alongside the social and political revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there remains the tendency to return to the stigmatized classifications of ...
"Immortal Harps": Milton and musical morality in Handel's Samson
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraphs: "If Handel's contemporary James Harris is correct in observing that music and poetry "can never be so powerful singly, as when they are properly united," (152) and that Handel's "Genius ... being ...
Racist elevator inspectors, consumer-driven zombies, and the sardonicism that mocks them both in Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist and Zone One
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "In finality, addressing The Intuitionist and Zone One's ultimate goals rely on one motivating factor: progressive justice. Incorporating genre elements into sardonic dialogue about the current racial ...
"Goodbye Christ" : Langston Hughes, black art and literary censorship
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph: "Langston Hughes as a literary figure today is beloved by many and it is through analyzing his life that I have become aware of his radical nature at the beginning of his career. His life, the mistakes ...