Megan Verrill In Bhattacharya’s article “Portrayal of Violence Against Women in Literary Fiction” she addresses an important question – should sexual violence be used as a literary device? Violence against women is a commonly relied on trope in fiction, but is there a responsible way to use it in order to add social commentary, orContinue reading “The Issue of Violence Against Women in Fiction as a Trope”
Category Archives: Global Literature
A Queer Retelling of The Song of Kiều
một 𠬠 Let’s only listen to this love song in the rain, Where history is muddied by our layers. In the Chia-Ching reign of Ming dynasty, There was peace among the people. Sương lived just as any other woman might. She was only loved by candlelight and by men Who she wished did not alwaysContinue reading “A Queer Retelling of The Song of Kiều”
Reversed Gender Roles in Sultana’s Dream and Barbie
Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Currents in Global Literature 8 December, 2023 After reading Sultana’s Dream and watching Barbie I became fascinated by the way both stories had reversed the traditional gender roles. While the stories and contexts may be different, they both have worlds in which women are the superior sex which completely reversesContinue reading “Reversed Gender Roles in Sultana’s Dream and Barbie”
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”
Things that Work
Go home, 2020, you’re an apocalyptic cascade of oppressive systems freshly exposed (again) by a global pandemic, worldwide #BLM protests, and a corresponding surge in public conversations about Racial Justice and Disability Justice. In other news, I haven’t been blogging in awhile. I have been active on Twitter (@nrhelms), and I’ve been quite busy withContinue reading “Things that Work”
Sprockets and Springes 