Professor Helms EN 3515: Rethinking Global Literature October 20, 2023 Exploring Themes of Dis(Connection), Immigration, and Family in Death and the King’s Horseman and The Dew Breaker Through Art Both Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker and Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman explore themes of immigration, colonization, cultural identity, and family. In my creativeContinue reading “Exploring Themes of Dis(Connection), Immigration, and Family in “Death and the King’s Horseman” and “The Dew Breaker” Through Art”
Category Archives: Posts Fall 2023
Project 1: Empowering The Feminist Voice Through Creative Mediums
The catalyst for the creation of the piece I Speak began when I read The Wife’s Lament, a tormented poem from the tenth century by an unnamed poet written from the voice of a woman who speaks of betrayal, abandonment and trying to start over again while carrying the burden of great suffering. This poemContinue reading “Project 1: Empowering The Feminist Voice Through Creative Mediums”
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”
Sprockets and Springes 