{"id":63,"date":"2022-09-18T19:16:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T19:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2022-12-21T04:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T04:19:44","slug":"essays-by-theme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/essays-by-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays by Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-1536x570.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/741\/2022\/09\/Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving-2048x761.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Chaucer&#8217;s Canterbury Pilgrims&#8221; by William Blake, 1810 (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Blake_Canterbury_Pilgrims_engraving.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This list of student essays is organized by the theme with which it engages. As the list of texts evolves with the syllabus over different semesters, so do the themes, motifs, images, and ideas of interest to students. To read an essay, select it by clicking on the respective link. Each essay is the intellectual property of the student author and should be cited as such.<\/p>\n<p>To browse essays organized by the subject, or text of study, please <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/essays-by-text\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GENDER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/judith\/\">Claire Davies, \u201cThe Power of Breaking Gender Rules and Old English Literature Traditions in <em>Judith<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/silence-a-romance\/\">April Chronowski, \u201cThe Intersectionality of Gender in <em>Silence<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/gawain-green-knight\/\">Nick Dlugos, \u201cThe Genuine Emotionality of Sir Gawain\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/astrophil-and-stella\/\">Vivian Deng, \u201c<em>Astrophil and Stella<\/em>: The Perceived Power of Female Rejection\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/muzzle-for-melastomus\/\">Emily Steiger, \u201cRachel Speght\u2019s <em>A Muzzle for Melastomus<\/em>: The Muzzle For Men\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/muzzle-for-melatomus2\/\">Genevieve Duska, \u201cGender and Feminism in Speght\u2019s <em>A Muzzle for Melatomus<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/swetnam-arraignment\/\">Paulina Allen, \u201cThe Justification of Gender Inequality in <em>The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/lanyer-salve-deus\/\">Heiner Badilla Sanchez, \u201cGender and Religion in <em>Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/cavendish-blazing-world\/\">Juliana Hall, \u201cExploring Gender in Cavendish\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Blazing World<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RACE\/RACISM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/four-branches-mabinogi\/\">Ella Incantalupo, \u201cThe Lack of Wholeness: Broken Bodies and Nationality in<em> The Four Branches of the Mabinogi<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/king-of-tars\/\">Ian Quinn, \u201cReligious Racism and Enduring Legacy in <em>The King of Tars<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/king-of-tars2\/\">Melissa DeFabritiis, \u201cRacism and Microaggressions in <em>The King of Tars<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-samson-agonistes\/\">Faith Field, \u201c<em>Samson Agonistes<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/behn-oroonoko\/\">Emily Levesque, \u201cAphra Behn, Oroonoko, and Racism\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/behn-oroonoko2\/\">Grace Cairns, \u201cRace in Aphra Behn\u2019s <em>Oroonoko<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NATION\/NATIONALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/four-branches-mabinogi\/\">Ella Incantalupo, \u201cThe Lack of Wholeness: Broken Bodies and Nationality in<em> The Four Branches of the Mabinogi<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/shakespeare-henry-v2\/\">Sophia Lindstrom, \u201cThe Power of Narrative: Romanticized Historiography and Nationalism in <em>Henry V<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/shakespeare-henry-v\/\">Lily Daher, \u201cThe Power of Politics in <em>Henry V<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>POLITICS\/HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/shakespeare-henry-v\/\">Lily Daher, \u201cThe Power of Politics in <em>Henry V<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/shakespeare-henry-v2\/\">Sophia Lindstrom, \u201cThe Power of Narrative: Romanticized Historiography and Nationalism in <em>Henry V<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-tenure\/\">Samara Addo, \u201cPolitics in Milton\u2019s <em>The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-tenure2\/\">Jamie Burke, \u201cMilton\u2019s <em>The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates\u2019<\/em> Place in 17th Century British Morality\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GEOGRAPHY\/GEOPOLITICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/four-branches-mabinogi\/\">Ella Incantalupo, \u201cThe Lack of Wholeness: Broken Bodies and Nationality in&nbsp;<em>The Four Branches of the Mabinogi<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/cavendish-blazing-world\/\">Juliana Hall, \u201cExploring Gender in Cavendish\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Blazing World<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DISABILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/four-branches-mabinogi\/\">Ella Incantalupo, \u201cThe Lack of Wholeness: Broken Bodies and Nationality in&nbsp;<em>The Four Branches of the Mabinogi<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-samson\/\">Mia Tewes, \u201cPresence of Religion in <em>Samson Agonistes<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-sonnets\/\">Eddy Jose Ramon, \u201cMilton\u2019s Sonnets and Religious Beliefs: Connections and Influence\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SEXUALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/silence-a-romance\/\">April Chronowski, \u201cThe Intersectionality of Gender in <em>Silence<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/defrance-bisclarvet2\/\">Julia Dantzler, \u201cBisclavret as a Queer-Coded Monster in Marie De France\u2019s \u2018Bisclavret\u2019\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RELIGIOUS BELIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/judith2\/\">Scott Williams, \u201c<em>Judith\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;Importance\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/king-of-tars\/\">Ian Quinn, \u201cReligious Racism and Enduring Legacy in <em>The King of Tars<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/swetnam-arraignment\/\">Paulina Allen, \u201cThe Justification of Gender Inequality in <em>The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/renaissance\/lanyer-salve-deus\/\">Heiner Badilla Sanchez, \u201cGender and Religion in <em>Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-samson\/\">Mia Tewes, \u201cPresence of Religion in <em>Samson Agonistes<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/milton-sonnets\/\">Eddy Jose Ramon, \u201cMilton\u2019s Sonnets and Religious Beliefs: Connections and Influence\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CLASS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/silence-a-romance\/\">April Chronowski, \u201cThe Intersectionality of Gender in <em>Silence<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/defrance-bisclarvet2\/\">Julia Dantzler, \u201cBisclavret as a Queer-Coded Monster in Marie De France\u2019s \u2018Bisclavret\u2019\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/defrance-bisclarvet\/\">Fengying Guo, \u201cLove in Marie de France\u2019s \u2018The Lay of the Werewolf\u2019\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/canterbury-tales\/\">Jeremy Whitman-Kinghorn, \u201cA Modern Interpretation of Class in the Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s <em>The Canterbury Tales<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/canterbury-tales2\/\">Sarah Nim, &#8220;Historical Context through the Stereotypical Class Clowns in Chaucer&#8217;s <em>Canterbury Tales<\/em>&#8220;<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/17th-century\/cavendish-blazing-world\/\">Juliana Hall, \u201cExploring Gender in Cavendish\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Blazing World<\/em>\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EMOTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/medieval\/defrance-bisclarvet\/\">Fengying Guo, \u201cLove in Marie de France\u2019s \u2018The Lay of the Werewolf\u2019\u201d<\/a> (Fall 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a 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