Project #2 By Jordan Witham

Scene #1: The Hunt House Lights: Dim Stage Curtain: Open to full Stage Lights: Go to full [Open to empty stage] Suddenly vines drop down from behind the curtains, trees are wheeled onto stage by technical crew dressed in black and the cyclorama gives an image of a lush forest background] Sound: Play sound clipContinue reading “Project #2 By Jordan Witham”

Shakuntala: A Retelling of Act I From a Female Perspective

Early Summer, Kanva’s Hermitage  I woke early the morning after a dream where I was running–through the groves surrounding the hermitage, at first, but then the trees closed together above my head and it was quite dark. Then I was in a room, a great hall with a high ceiling. The trees had turned toContinue reading “Shakuntala: A Retelling of Act I From a Female Perspective”

The Issue of Violence Against Women in Fiction as a Trope

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”

An Interpretation Through Color of Mary Cavendish’s poem: It Is Hard to Believe that There Are Other Worlds in this World

What initially prompted this project was the realization that most of the analysis I do of literature done both within this class and outside of it, is purely based on the text that is presented in front of me—analysis made based on what is immediately seen, rather than what is not seen. As I seekContinue reading “An Interpretation Through Color of Mary Cavendish’s poem: It Is Hard to Believe that There Are Other Worlds in this World”

A Garden of Forbidden Love

Savannah Tessier Nic Helms Project 2 Currents in Global Literature  A Garden of Forbidden Love Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was first published in 1597, but is still one of the most well known plays today and is still being performed all over the globe. A newer adaptation of this play is the movie Gnomeo andContinue reading “A Garden of Forbidden Love”

Of Good & Paradise

by Blake Carpenter Part I – The Fallen have gathered in Pandemonium – a chaotic blend of muted fires and angelic ghouls orbiting the one and only, Satan (not to be mistaken for a twister of libidoless bears gyrating around a doll named “Nium”). The brightest and boldest demons express their grievances – amounting toContinue reading “Of Good & Paradise”

The Tree of Knowledge: A Poetic Response to Milton’s Paradise Lost

1. Myself They named me Tree of Knowledge. I did not name myself. I did not choose the place in which I grew, I just awoke, out of the soil when the earth was still dark and sacred and new. I reached toward the light and the light grew along with me swelling in theContinue reading “The Tree of Knowledge: A Poetic Response to Milton’s Paradise Lost”

Paradise Lost Lucifer Doll

By Maya Russell My project is making a crochet doll of Lucifer from Paradise Lost. It is made of 100% cotton yarn light (three) weight with a 2.25mm hook. The hair is the same color red as in the Alexandre Cabanel painting The Fallen Angel. It is curly and medium length like a cherub toContinue reading “Paradise Lost Lucifer Doll”

Womanhood in Literature using Shakuntala

Alexina Gillis Currents in Global Literature Final Project (Poem at bottom of page) Womanhood in Vyasa’s Shakuntala versus Kalidasa’s Shakuntala The original play of Shakuntala was written by Vyasa and is Shakuntala of Mahabharata. It depicted a strong woman who knew what she wanted. In the original, Shakuntala has no issue with standing up forContinue reading “Womanhood in Literature using Shakuntala”