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Crossing Over: Interactions with(in) the Permeable Screen
(2017-04-20)
Within American culture, the television is arguably one of the more common modes of social discourse and entertainment. However, there are a number of literary responses to the medium (as well as other screen devices) that ...
Justice You Shall Pursue: Jewish American Pragmatism
(2017-04-25)
Pragmatist thinkers like Jane Addams, W.E.B. Du Bois, and John Dewey advocated for greater inclusivity in our democracy, urging Americans to an understanding of democracy as process. Nevertheless, pragmatist philosophy has ...
From Trauma to Testimony: Resilience in Four Contemporary Novels
(2017-07-25)
As the work of eminent literary trauma theorists Cathy Caruth and Elaine Scarry has persisted as integral to the field, literary trauma studies now has a twenty-year legacy prioritizing the silencing and shattering impact ...