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This list of student essays is organized by the text it discusses. The list of texts may evolve slightly as the syllabus introduces new texts over different semesters. To read an essay, select it by clicking on the link. Each essay is the intellectual property of the student author and should be cited as such.
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JUDITH
- Claire Davies, “The Power of Breaking Gender Rules and Old English Literature Traditions in Judith“ (Fall 2022)
- Scott Williams, “Judith’s Importance” (Fall 2022)
THE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE MABINOGI
HELDRIS OF CORNWALL – SILENCE, A ROMANCE
GEOFFREY CHAUCER – THE CANTERBURY TALES, GENERAL PROLOGUE
- Jeremy Whitman-Kinghorn, “A Modern Interpretation of Class in the Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales“ (Fall 2022)
- Sarah Nim, “Historical Context through the Stereotypical Class Clowns in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales“ (Fall 2022)
MARIE DE FRANCE – BISCLARVET
- Fengying Guo, “Love in Marie de France’s ‘The Lay of the Werewolf’” (Fall 2022)
- Julia Dantzler, “Bisclavret as a Queer-Coded Monster in Marie De France’s ‘Bisclavret’” (Fall 2022)
THE KING OF TARS
- Ian Quinn, “Religious Racism and Enduring Legacy in The King of Tars“ (Fall 2022)
- Melissa DeFabritiis, “Racism and Microaggressions in The King of Tars“ (Fall 2022)
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
ISABELLA WHITNEY – A SWEET NOSEGAY
PHILIP SIDNEY – ASTROPHIL AND STELLA
MARY WROTH – PAMPHILIA TO AMPHILANTHUS
- Camilo Quinteros-Parrilla, “Love Through a Woman’s Perspective in Pamphilia to Amphilanthus“ (Fall 2022)
RACHEL SPEGHT – A MUZZLE FOR MELASTOMUS
- Emily Steiger, “Rachel Speght’s A Muzzle for Melastomus: The Muzzle For Men” (Fall 2022)
- Genevieve Duska, “Gender and Feminism in Speght’s A Muzzle for Melatomus“ (Fall 2022)
JOSEPH SWETNAM – THE ARRAIGNMENT OF WOMEN
AMELIA LANYER – SALVE DEUS REX JUDAEORUM
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – KING HENRY V
- Lily Daher, “The Power of Politics in Henry V“ (Fall 2022)
- Sophia Lindstrom, “The Power of Narrative: Romanticized Historiography and Nationalism in Henry V“ (Fall 2022)
JOHN MILTON – THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES
- Samara Addo, “Politics in Milton’s The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates“ (Fall 2022)
- Jamie Burke, “Milton’s The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates’ Place in 17th Century British Morality” (Fall 2022)
JOHN MILTON – SAMSON AGONISTES
- Mia Tewes, “Presence of Religion in Samson Agonistes“ (Fall 2022)
- Faith Field, “Samson Agonistes“ (Fall 2022)
JOHN MILTON – SONNETS
MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH – THE BLAZING WORLD
APHRA BEHN – OROONOKO
- Emily Levesque, “Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, and Racism” (Fall 2022)
- Grace Cairns, “Race in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko“ (Fall 2022)
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