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Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek

*All art presented, traditional and digital, was made by Sara Howell* Sara Howell Nic Helms Critical Theory 7 May 2024 Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek Regarding anthropomorphic characters in fiction, we genuinely portray them as people in their world, like the animals in Disney’s Zootopia. “In the psychological literature, anthropomorphism has been definedContinue reading “Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek “

Redefining Tropes Through Queer Theory

Queer Theory has often been described in critical views as studying gender and sexuality in people. It’s been the subject of studying queer people prominent in the LGBT+ community. Politics surely have a field day when discussing Queer Theory, but it’s also very prominently discussed in modern media forms of entertainment. Within the last tenContinue reading “Redefining Tropes Through Queer Theory”

Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō

Funny story diving into reading Yotsuya Kaidan, AKA The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido. The weekend before I did the reading, I watched Netflix’s new animated show Blue Eye Samurai. It had everything I loved. Great animation, incredible voice actors, lots of violent, gory fights, and incredible writing in terms of the charactersContinue reading “Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō”

Two Sides of Satan in Paradise Lost (Through Art)

This unessay focused on bringing John Milton’s Paradise Lost alive through art. As an artist, I wanted to do something art-related and thought about drawing a scene from one of the readings we read. As I was more attached to Paradise Lost due to its themes and characters, I wanted to illustrate the story throughContinue reading “Two Sides of Satan in Paradise Lost (Through Art)”

The Tempest 2023

Reflection My reaction to this scene from Shakespeare’s The Tempest Act 2, Scene 2 was simple: it was racist and I couldn’t understand a word they were saying. It makes sense considering Shakespeare wrote in a unique language back in the 16th Century. But as a modern audience that speaks in a simplistic and straightforwardContinue reading “The Tempest 2023”

Bisclavret Reimagined

Reflection Ever since I read Maria de France’s Bisclavret, I fell in love with the tale of a man turning into a werewolf, going through the struggle of being betrayed by ones he thought he loved only to be saved in the end by someone who truly loves him. As a story writer and loverContinue reading “Bisclavret Reimagined”