Literary Theory  (tagged articles)

Unity in Virginia Woolf and Hannah Arendt: Creating Reality in the Insensitive and Inaccessible

Esteban A. Sanchez - Woolfian Scholars regularly denote the moments where Woolf’s characters feel inexplicably connected and inseparable from one another as representing the spiritual and mystic beliefs of their author. I want to reframe this notion, considering Woolf's moments of... Keep Reading »

The Relationship Between Gender and Trauma in Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch

Katie K. Strubel - The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt is a novel that explores the conditions of grief and escalating lengths characters will go to survive the traumas and mysteries of life. This story of guilt and loss—intermixed with love and longing—is far detached from... Keep Reading »

Fragile Aesthetics: The Problematics Behind Thomas Gainsborough's Landscape Paintings

Connor E. Yen - The 17th and 18th centuries saw a wide proliferation of aesthetic discourse through which the picturesque emerged to capture the type of beauty derived from the exchange of in vivo vigor for the spirit of artistic medium. While the metaphysical project of 18th century... Keep Reading »
Photo: Emran Kassim CC-2

Literary Repetition and Revision as Healing: Harryette Mullen and Suzan-Lori Parks's Collective Solution to Historical Trauma

Zeena Y. Fuleihan - Music functions as a source of healing in Toni Morrison’s Jazz, both to the bird who is inexplicably sad and for the broken relationship between Violet and Joe, the novel’s two main adult characters. The bird cheers up and regains its appetite once it hears... Keep Reading »
Photo: Tommaso Starace ND-2

Dialogic Conflict and Speech Identity in Jean Rhys' Let Them Call it Jazz

Grace E. Afsari-Mamagani - Confined to prison following her inability to pay a five-pound fine, Selina Davis situates herself outside a traditional system. She plays the role of “other” in interactions of race, class, and gender. Her narrative perspective drives Jean Rhys’... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Literary Theory is tagged in the following 6 articles.

English Literature
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
Unity in Virginia Woolf and Hannah Arendt: Creating Reality in the Insensitive and Inaccessible
By Esteban A. Sanchez
Woolfian Scholars regularly denote the moments where Woolf’s characters feel inexplicably connected and inseparable from one another as representing the spiritual and mystic beliefs of their author. I want to reframe this notion, considering... Read Article »
Virginia Woolf English Literature Literary Theory Hannah Arendt Plato
American Literature
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
The Relationship Between Gender and Trauma in Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch
By Katie K. Strubel
The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt is a novel that explores the conditions of grief and escalating lengths characters will go to survive the traumas and mysteries of life. This story of guilt and loss—intermixed with love and longing&mdash... Read Article »
Literary Criticism American Literature Literary Analysis Literary Theory Queer Studies Donna Tartt
Aesthetics
2022, Vol. 14 No. 04
Fragile Aesthetics: The Problematics Behind Thomas Gainsborough's Landscape Paintings
By Connor E. Yen
The 17th and 18th centuries saw a wide proliferation of aesthetic discourse through which the picturesque emerged to capture the type of beauty derived from the exchange of in vivo vigor for the spirit of artistic medium. While the metaphysical... Read Article »
Literary Theory 18th Century Literature Aesthetics Picturesque Art History
African-american Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 04
Literary Repetition and Revision as Healing: Harryette Mullen and Suzan-Lori Parks's Collective Solution to Historical Trauma
By Zeena Y. Fuleihan
Music functions as a source of healing in Toni Morrison’s Jazz, both to the bird who is inexplicably sad and for the broken relationship between Violet and Joe, the novel’s two main adult characters. The bird cheers up and regains its... Read Article »
African-American Literature Jazz Toni Morrison Poetry Drama Literary Theory
Modernism
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
Dialogic Conflict and Speech Identity in Jean Rhys' Let Them Call it Jazz
By Grace E. Afsari-Mamagani
Confined to prison following her inability to pay a five-pound fine, Selina Davis situates herself outside a traditional system. She plays the role of “other” in interactions of race, class, and gender. Her narrative perspective drives... Read Article »
Semiotics Speech Language Race Gender Literary Theory Modernism Identity Dialog Jean Rhys
Homosexuality
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
From Comrades to Lovers: "The Hollow Men" and the Broken Homosocial Spectrum
By Rebecca A. Demarest
In Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, Eve Sedgwick proposes the idea that not only women, but also men, can travel along a social spectrum that ranges from friends to lovers. However, she argues that the male homosocial... Read Article »
TS Eliot The Hollow Men Literary Theory Queer Theory Homosexuality Homosocial Spectrum

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