A pedagogical exercise in metacognition that attempts to unpack my own reading and writing proced... more A pedagogical exercise in metacognition that attempts to unpack my own reading and writing procedures--from the viewpoint of a Rhetoric and Composition researcher. In this brief exercise, written toward the beginning of my graduate school career [and thus relatively unencumbered by a vast theoretical knowledge of the discipline], I reflect on the pragmatics of my own reading and writing strategies, and how this self-awareness might impact my teaching practices.
Caryl Churchill, known for her highly provocative theatrical interpretations of colonial and post... more Caryl Churchill, known for her highly provocative theatrical interpretations of colonial and postcolonial societies, sexuality, and the ills of patriarchy, comments critically on the performative aspects of gender and sexuality in her play Cloud Nine. Produced with the Joint Stock Theatre Group in 1978-1979, this incisive polemic narrating the lives of Clive and Betty, fictional colonizers of Victorian Africa, destabilizes its audience’s view of gender as a “natural” category. Read through the lens of gender performativity and Marxist criticism, Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine features characters whose relationships represent extremities of gender and sexuality stereotypes in order to highlight the significant role of the alienation of romantic and sexual desire caused by a strict adherence to normative gender behavior.
This paper analyzes Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel The Kite Runner through the critical lens... more This paper analyzes Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel The Kite Runner through the critical lens of Gloria Anzaldúa’s mixed-genre work Borderlands/La Frontera. I will compare and contrast stages of protagonist Amir’s life in terms of Anzaldúa’s concept of multiple subjectivities to answer the question, “How does Amir navigate the various socioeconomic and racial spaces of Afghanistan and the United States by utilizing multiple subjectivities?” I will argue that while Amir moves both towards and away from positions of centrality and marginality to construct a coherent personal identity, he does not achieve the synergistic quality advocated by Anzaldúa. This paper will utilize primary source texts and a variety of scholarly literature.
A preliminary exploration of the commensurability of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's sociopolitical va... more A preliminary exploration of the commensurability of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's sociopolitical values and the conventions of 'utopian' Herland.
A pedagogical exercise in metacognition that attempts to unpack my own reading and writing proced... more A pedagogical exercise in metacognition that attempts to unpack my own reading and writing procedures--from the viewpoint of a Rhetoric and Composition researcher. In this brief exercise, written toward the beginning of my graduate school career [and thus relatively unencumbered by a vast theoretical knowledge of the discipline], I reflect on the pragmatics of my own reading and writing strategies, and how this self-awareness might impact my teaching practices.
Caryl Churchill, known for her highly provocative theatrical interpretations of colonial and post... more Caryl Churchill, known for her highly provocative theatrical interpretations of colonial and postcolonial societies, sexuality, and the ills of patriarchy, comments critically on the performative aspects of gender and sexuality in her play Cloud Nine. Produced with the Joint Stock Theatre Group in 1978-1979, this incisive polemic narrating the lives of Clive and Betty, fictional colonizers of Victorian Africa, destabilizes its audience’s view of gender as a “natural” category. Read through the lens of gender performativity and Marxist criticism, Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine features characters whose relationships represent extremities of gender and sexuality stereotypes in order to highlight the significant role of the alienation of romantic and sexual desire caused by a strict adherence to normative gender behavior.
This paper analyzes Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel The Kite Runner through the critical lens... more This paper analyzes Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel The Kite Runner through the critical lens of Gloria Anzaldúa’s mixed-genre work Borderlands/La Frontera. I will compare and contrast stages of protagonist Amir’s life in terms of Anzaldúa’s concept of multiple subjectivities to answer the question, “How does Amir navigate the various socioeconomic and racial spaces of Afghanistan and the United States by utilizing multiple subjectivities?” I will argue that while Amir moves both towards and away from positions of centrality and marginality to construct a coherent personal identity, he does not achieve the synergistic quality advocated by Anzaldúa. This paper will utilize primary source texts and a variety of scholarly literature.
A preliminary exploration of the commensurability of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's sociopolitical va... more A preliminary exploration of the commensurability of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's sociopolitical values and the conventions of 'utopian' Herland.
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