The Roots of Slavery and Mass Incarceration (Project 1) (Jordan Smith)

Jordan Smith Achebe and the “right of Africans to tell their own story in their own way” inspired me to reconsider themes of the past and how they are still present in twenty-first century. For this project, I created a series of drawings, each representative of the “root” somewhere of slavery. In the first imageContinue reading “The Roots of Slavery and Mass Incarceration (Project 1) (Jordan Smith)”

Disability Justice Design

I’m presenting on Disability Justice Design this week at The University of Alabama’s 2021 Digitorium conference, where I’ll be talking (via Zoom!) about my work on two courses at Plymouth State University: EN 3420, Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Literature, and EN 2490, Rethinking Modern British Literature, 1660-1945. Those courses live here on a WordPress siteContinue reading “Disability Justice Design”

New vs. Old Translation Beowulf (Word Clouds)

Hello and welcome to my first project for fall 2021! For this project, I decided I wanted to look closely at the specific words used in Beowulf and see if there were any big differences in the language with an old versus new translation aside from the “Bro” vs “Lo” that we’ve talked about before.Continue reading “New vs. Old Translation Beowulf (Word Clouds)”

Majority Knows “Best” (Project 1)

Equiano’s “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African” or “Life of Equiano” for short, and Soyinka’s “Death and King’s Horseman” are two books that have very heavy themes of religion and tradition from multiple points of view. What I mean by that is in “Life of Equiano”, EquianoContinue reading “Majority Knows “Best” (Project 1)”

Project #1

  Christianity Through Different Times  Religions and How they Impacted in Different Readings. With over 2 billion followers, Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world. The Christian faith is based on beliefs about Jesus Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection. While Christianity began with a small group of followers, many historians considerContinue reading “Project #1”

Loneliness in The Wife’s Lament, The Wanderer, & Beowulf

There are a few obvious themes that are represented in the poems The Wife’s Lament and The Wanderer by Aaron K. Hostetter. The first theme that I noticed was the theme of isolation/loneliness. Isolation is one of the fundamental themes of literature. It’s a state of loneliness in which you can feel cut off andContinue reading “Loneliness in The Wife’s Lament, The Wanderer, & Beowulf”

Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)

The Assignment This activity involves the entire classroom, the class will be split up into a number of equally sized groups. Each person will be assigned a section of the novel. Please keep your section to yourself as telling other classmates will ruin the surprise later. Once you’ve received your section, you will work onContinue reading “Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)”

Death and The Kings Horseman: A Shot At Colonial Insensitivities.

Owen Congdon-Moore Currents in Global Literature Professor Nicholas Helms October 2, 2021 Essay 1                         Death and The Kings Horsemen: A Tale of Colonial Cluelessness             Soyinka’s narrative within the play of Death and The Kings Horsemen is at all points a tragic look into colonial interference of tribal culture and social health. Elesins roleContinue reading “Death and The Kings Horseman: A Shot At Colonial Insensitivities.”