So. I’ll catch you up on more of the, er, New York City details later. For now, I have to get this book out of my system… a little.
I’ve just finished Sunshine by Robin McKinley, and it’s gotten me thinking about a lot of things, not the least of which is writing. But also of [...]
Archive for the ‘theory’ Category
Long time no post. Bleaaaargh.
Posted in fantasy, obsession, reading, review, theory, tagged fantasy, first person narration, realism, robin mckinley, supernatural, vampires on Wednesday 1 August 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Only one more day of classes…
Posted in academics, theory, writing, tagged carnegie mellon, fun, irony, tear, yay on Thursday 3 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am exhausted.
Today was my CAS Presentation of my thesis, “Girls Who Save the World: The Female Hero in Young Adult Fantasy.” It was both a presentation and a competition. There were six student presenters from across pretty much every arts/humanities discipline combination there is. The presentations were really, really good. I didn’t win one [...]
How much do I love Salon.com?
Posted in academics, internet, irony, obsession, reading, theory, writing, tagged irony on Tuesday 17 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, a lot, let me tell you.
I’m revising (for the bazillionth time) part of my thesis and “Whoa,” I say, “I need a quick, reputable reference to the link between Star Wars and Joseph Campbell. Google, help me!” And voila! the same article I’d read in 2002 for my paper on Star Wars for my [...]
"From Elfland to…" Well, you get the idea of the conceit.
Posted in criticism, fantasy, theory, tagged fantasy, j. k. rowling, john milton, philip pullman, susan cooper, t. s. eliot, ursula k. leguin on Monday 12 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This article [broken link! Sorry!] fascinated me, ironically because I had just read Ursula K. Le Guin’s “From Elfland to Poughkeepsie” (1973) right before I started reading this article. It managed to articulate a lot of my personal anxieties about the Harry Potter books in a way I hadn’t been able to pinpoint before. I [...]
Oh, irony.
Posted in irony, theory, tagged irony on Wednesday 14 February 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Where was Roland Barthes when I was writing my final paper for my eighteenth century British literature class last semester? WHERE WAS HE? HMMMMM?
Oh, “Death of the Author” and “The Intentional Fallacy” would have helped make my argument so neatly and easily… oh, oh. It’s rather ironic. I wonder if this happens to graduate [...]
