Quotation: “Monsieur Cuvier investigates between my legs, poking, prodding, sure of his hypothesis. I half expect him to pull silk scarves from inside me, paper poppies, then a rabbit!” (Alexander) Comment : I chose this quotation because it put into perspective the situation of the […]
Year: 2022
Application #4
Mya Hankes Literary Theory Professor Frank November 1st 2022 Application #4 For this application, I will be examining Commodity Lesbianism by Danae Clark and how female consumerism leaves out lesbians due to the heternormative nature of advertising itself. Clark presents the argument that consumer culture […]
Journal 7
In class brainstorm: The anxiety from my first meeting compared to now. I feel like I have been able to expect what to walk into more and more as the class has continued. This is based upon the meetings I have had AND the classes […]
QCQ 6
Quotation: “All of us as vital as the one light we move through” (Blanco). Comment: I really liked this quote as I was going through the poem and I felt it connected with my own personal beliefs as well. I truly do believe that every […]
QCQ 5
Quotation: “Somehow we weathered and witnessed/a nation that isn’t broken/but simply unfinished” (Gorman 13-15). Comment: This line really stuck with me as I read through the poem and I found myself come back to it after reading. This perspective is something I strive to have […]
Feminism and Visual Texts 10/14
Part 1: Looking at the opening scene in Psycho, it immediately opens with an entrance through the window frame, what Mulvey would consider the beginning of the masculinization of a spectator. We are, as spectators, brought into the perspective of the subject of the scene, […]
Library Assignment
Jot down a variety of search terms or phrases. Use the space provided to list them and record the number of results you get for different ones. -Walt Whitman (author) 1,481 results -Walt Whitman (subject) 8,003 results -Walt Whitman (author) biography (subject) […]
Journal 6
So far in the relationship with my faculty mentor, it is going quite well. I believe I have an advantage in the scenario because I know Professor Cripps quite well. I have taken one of his classes in the past and he is my faculty […]
QCQ 4
Quotation: “People should not leave looking-glasses hanging in their rooms” (Woolf 219). Comment: This is a very interesting piece of “advice” to leave someone. Throughout the piece there is a focus on the reflection that the looking glass has on both Isabella and her room. […]
Application #3
This application will be covering the analysis of the short story “The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection” By Virginia Woolf, and the article “Solid Objects/Ghosts of Chairs: Virginia Woolf and the Afterlife on Things” by Graham Fraser. In Frasers article, he looks at […]
