Alternate Ending of The Green Knight

By Jordan Witham Chapter I: Divulgence  The green chapel stands broken but lush. Crumbled walls and cracked stone, all covered in thick green vines and flowers. The yellow sunlight barely illuminates the chapel as Gawain stands kneeling before the Green Knight.  “Is this really all there is?” Gawain asks the knight, fear evident in hisContinue reading “Alternate Ending of The Green Knight”

Extended Ending of The Dew Breaker

By Jordan Witham Ka drags her draw knife down the side of a large, rectangular piece of basswood. Chips fall around her feet like rain. A half-smoked cigarette sits on the edge of a cup halfway filled with ash. Smoke lazily drifts up from its dimly glowing end. Come on Ka, just let your mindContinue reading “Extended Ending of The Dew Breaker”

A Visual Of Character Relations in Danticat’s ‘The Dew Breaker’

For my project, I decided to undergo the creation of a chart to visualize the connections between every major character of The Dew Breaker. To do this, I first went through every chapter and made a list of every character, loosely grouped by chapter, which looked something like this: Obviously, not all of these charactersContinue reading “A Visual Of Character Relations in Danticat’s ‘The Dew Breaker’”

Exploring Themes of Dis(Connection), Immigration, and Family in “Death and the King’s Horseman” and “The Dew Breaker” Through Art

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”

The Failure of Patriarchal Societies though “Death and the King’s Horseman”

Death and the King’s Horseman, written by Wole Soyinka in 1975, is a work that is rich with both history surrounding the colonization of African nations, and themes that both play into said history, and tell a story about the follies of human nature. In fact, these themes are what makes the play so highlyContinue reading “The Failure of Patriarchal Societies though “Death and the King’s Horseman””

Ecocriticism, global literature, and the postcolonial landscape.

Annotated Bibliography Bennett, Michael. “Anti-Pastoralism, Frederick Douglass, and the Nature of Slavery,” Beyond Nature Writing: expanding the boundaries of ecocriticism, edited by Karla Armbruster and Kathleen R Wallace, Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 2001. https://search-ebscohost-com.libproxy.plymouth.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2001130092&site=ehost-live&authtype=sso&custid=plymouth Armbruster, Karla and Kathleen R Wallace. Beyond Nature Writing: expanding the boundaries of ecocriticism. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 2001.Continue reading “Ecocriticism, global literature, and the postcolonial landscape.”

The Framing of Female Power in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Jade Tulk Professor Helms EN 3425: Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Literature October 19, 2023 The Framing of Female Power in Medieval and Renaissance Literature In the Medieval and Renaissance period, women in England were largely prohibited from accessing any of the positions of power available to men. Aside from being seen as inherently lesser asContinue reading “The Framing of Female Power in Medieval and Renaissance Literature”

Franny Choi, Art, and Apocalyptic Writing

For my Unessay, I read “The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On” by Franny Choi. As a response to this, I decided to depict my understanding in a drawing. I drew a picture of a girl, headphones on, coffee in hand, listening to loud music, and not hearing the apocalypse going on aroundContinue reading “Franny Choi, Art, and Apocalyptic Writing”