Framing Statement: As an English major, this courses design helps immensely in being able to understand and interpret literature. One specific learning outcome to this course that exemplifies this projects purpose is “demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of literature in English with special attention to theory […]
Author: Mya Hankes
Draft For 12/6
Notes and Pitches
Theories I am thinking of looking further into with textual evidence: Feminist theory Gender and queer theory Post Colonial Ideas of where I can get related texts from: Writing the Modern World English Comp 110 Modality: Essay Texts I will be using: The Venus Hottentot […]
QCQ 10
Quotation: (3:30-3:38) in Apeshit music video: “I said no to the Super Bowl/ You need me, I don’t need you/ Every night we in the end zone/ Tell the NFL we in stadiums, too” Comment: Overall, there is so much behind the lyrics and production […]
Application 5 Part 2
If I were to extend this further, I would want to look more at America’s history of commodifying or racializing black people for the nation’s agenda. When reading about this what I thought about most was the commodification of popular black artists, specifically in the […]
Application 5 Part 1
Mya Hankes Literary Theory and Criticism Professor Frank Nov 11, 2022 Application #5 For this application it was asked to examine Venus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France, and how the commodification of Sarah Baartmann was used for the inflation of French […]
QCQ 9
Quotation: “Money in Detroit wasn’t pretty the way it was back home, or even in Canada, but she liked this money better. Why should money be pretty, like a picture? Pretty money is only good for putting on your walls maybe. The dollar bills felt […]
QCQ 8
Quotation: “she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window”(Chopin). Comment: This quotation was drawn to me based upon the section in Parkers chapter on Feminist Studies where it discussed women being pictured and filmed within frames. It was with the […]
QCQ 7
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 […]
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 […]
