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Blue Eye Puppet | Mizu as a Japanese Theatre Puppet

I was extremely enamored by the puppets used in the Kabuki Theatre video we watched for class. I’ve been a theatre kid for a very long time, and I had never seen this type of theater before, and it just really stood out to me. The style of the puppets used and the way theContinue reading “Blue Eye Puppet | Mizu as a Japanese Theatre Puppet”

The Actor Network Theory of our Forests

-Tabitha Lopes A few months ago I saw a Ted talk with Canadian scientist, Suzanne Simard, who is on a mission to save our forests from commercial deforestation. Her work became groundbreaking when she discovered the communications network that exists between trees, plants and fungi. This immediately led me to realize how overlooked theContinue reading “The Actor Network Theory of our Forests”

Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek

*All art presented, traditional and digital, was made by Sara Howell* Sara Howell Nic Helms Critical Theory 7 May 2024 Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek Regarding anthropomorphic characters in fiction, we genuinely portray them as people in their world, like the animals in Disney’s Zootopia. “In the psychological literature, anthropomorphism has been definedContinue reading “Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek “

Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō

Funny story diving into reading Yotsuya Kaidan, AKA The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido. The weekend before I did the reading, I watched Netflix’s new animated show Blue Eye Samurai. It had everything I loved. Great animation, incredible voice actors, lots of violent, gory fights, and incredible writing in terms of the charactersContinue reading “Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō”

Olivia Lowrey Professory Helms Rethinking Medieval Literature December 12th, 2022 More Loyalty in Literature! The texts we read in the second half of the semester continued to overlap with other texts more than I expected. This includes texts from both the first and second half of the semester. For the sake of this project, IContinue reading “Project 2”

The Separation of Sakuntala

There are many themes in Sakuntala, the one that stuck out to me the most is separation. Before we get into that however, can we just appreciate the fact that a common theme in romances is star-crossed lovers from different classes/factions. From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to the more modern film The Prince and me,Continue reading “The Separation of Sakuntala”

Reflecting on Joy Harjo’s Poem, “Don’t Bother The Earth Spirit”

For this reflection I will be discussing a wonderful poem titled; “Don’t Bother The Earth Spirit”, written by Joy Harjo. I was introduced to Harjo through reading assignments in class and became more interested in her work because of her poems’ vivid detail, imagery, and emotion. While reading her poetry bibliography online, I noticed sheContinue reading “Reflecting on Joy Harjo’s Poem, “Don’t Bother The Earth Spirit””