By Emily Levesque (Fall 2022) The story of Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave by Aphra Behn is told from the perspective of a female character, making the text important in a larger context. There is controversy regarding whether or not this individual is Aphra Behn herself, who uses her knowledge […]
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By Claire Davies (Fall 2022) The Old English poem Judith is an adaptation of the Book of Judith, located in the Old Testament of Catholic Bibles as well as the Septuagint. Judith’s author is unknown; however, the poem is found in the same manuscript as Beowulf, so the two texts’ […]
By April Chronowski (Fall 2022) There is an assumption that discussions of gender in literature are limited to modern conversations surrounding contemporary pieces and that archaic works of literature do not contain any representation of nonbinary gender identities. A text like Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance, originally written by Heldris […]
By Vivian Deng (Fall 2022) Although the idea of romantic courtship comes up in many medieval and renaissance texts, none show the gender roles and power imbalances quite like Sir Phillip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella. The collection of 108 sonnets tells of the main character, Astrophil’s, deep desire for an […]