ARTICLES ARCHIVE
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
An essay by Sara Capanna For Prof. Robin Feenstra’s course entitled Drama “After forty years of being told that you’re insane and that you belong in a mental hospital, you finally get all of the acknowledgements.” This is one of the first things said by performing artist, Marina Abramovic, also known as ‘the grandmother of performing arts’ in her documentary about her latest piece, The Artist is Present. She is referring to the notion that the performing arts have…
True Love and the Foil in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre
An essay by Fredric Lam For Prof. Marie-Thérèse Blanc’s course entitled Love Among the Ruins Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is the story of the eponymous young woman who searches for true love after an unfortunate childhood. Jane’s marriage to Edward Rochester is disrupted and, refusing to be his mistress, she flees and encounters St John Rivers. St John teaches Jane that true love is the ultimate goal that will truly fulfill all her needs and wants. She learns from St…
The Ruins of Usher and de la Poer
An essay by Alyssa Lamberti For Prof. K. Woofter’s course entitled American Gothic The repression of disturbing secrets or truths, as well as the complete collapse of the self due to the resurfacing of repressed material, are common elements found in gothic literature. Stories such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Rats in the Walls” incorporate both figurative and literal ruins to represent secrets and fears that have been purposely…
Journey Prize Nominee
An essay by Sahib Al-shemeri For Prof. Sarah Gilbert’s course entitled Introduction to College English The short story, an art form often misunderstood for being appropriate only for the pages of magazines, needs blockbuster successes to cement its place as a respectable literary form. That is why the Journey Prize should champion the stories that best embody the virtues of a good short story. The best stories hint at the subtle changes in a character’s understanding of their world….
The Walls
A Personal Essay By Bogdan Stilmashenko For Prof. Tracie Gemmel’s course entitled Rhetorical Strategies When all was said and done, the new room still looked empty; a bed and a bookshelf did little against the callousness of the white old walls. And never did I manage to soften the space; make it more appealing. This room must have wished to be a prison cell. This two-month trial of living in the city hadn’t been planned as an…
Machine Gun Molly
A Feature Article by Sara Serravalle For Prof. D’Arcy O’Connor’s Feature Writing class Machine Gun Molly “If Al Capone had had a daughter, he would have wanted her to be Monique Proietti.” – La Petit Journal Monica Proietti, better known as ‘Machine Gun Molly’ or ‘Monica la Mitraille’, was a famous female bank robber throughout the 1960s. She is suspected of masterminding at least 20 bank robberies during her short life span. She was born February 25th ,…
Lost and Found Innocence: Lost Innocence Play Review
A play response by Yitta Reich Lost and Found Innocence: Lost Innocence Play Review Centaur Theatre’s production, “Innocence Lost: A play about Steven Truscott,” by Beverly Cooper describes the tragedies that unravel in Clinton, Ontario and that wipe away the innocence of its young townspeople. The play, based on a true story, describes the events that follow the 1959 murder and rape of Lynn Harper through the eyes of a fictional character, Sarah. It describes the traumatic events that…