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+ african american literature, charles t. davis, finn, fn-2187, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, james olney, john boyega, star wars: the force awakens, the slave's narrative
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the Antebellum Slave Narrative
Back in October, I wrote about the controversy from some sectors that arose when the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens appeared on Monday Night Football. With the distance of a few months, and upon recently watching the film again, I want to provide a possible way of looking at this film in regards to American literary history. As I sat at home … Read More "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the Antebellum Slave Narrative
+ african american literature, charles chesnutt, george fitzhugh, george washington cable, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, katharine burnett, michael bibler, mla, pmla, r. scott heath, southern literature
Mold, Spores, and The Planetary South: Further Comments on "Adjust Your Maps: Manifestos from, for, and about United States Southern Studies"
Last post, I wrote about a couple of the manifestos on Southern Studies that appear in the current issue of PMLA. Today, I want to continue this discussion by exploring a couple more manifestos, most notably Katharine Burnett’s and R. Scott Heath’s pieces. These essays reach back, to a period typically overlooked, and forward, from a new, interplanetary viewpoint. Here, I want to comment … Read More Mold, Spores, and The Planetary South: Further Comments on "Adjust Your Maps: Manifestos from, for, and about United States Southern Studies"
+ cajun, dancing with the one-armed gal, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, louisiana literature, southern literature, tim gautreaux
Tim Gautreaux’s "Dancing with the One-Armed Gal" and Education
In the past, I have written about education in Tim Gautreaux’s “Welding With Children” and “Misuse of Light.” Today, I want to briefly write about the way he explores ideas of identity in relation to the academy in “Dancing with the One-Armed Gal,” the concluding story of Gautreaux’s short story collection Welding With Children (1999). In the story, Iry Boudreaux gets laid off from … Read More Tim Gautreaux’s "Dancing with the One-Armed Gal" and Education