Literary Studies

Kamryn Kobel, “’He Had Never Been Crazy’: Curing Through Cultural Orientation in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony ,” 1st Place Orientation depends on understanding your location and existence in relation to your surroundings. When you are severed and disconnected from your surroundings and cannot locate yourself among them, physically or mentally, you become disoriented. Leslie Marmon… Read more Kamryn Kobel, “’He Had Never Been Crazy’: Curing Through Cultural Orientation in Silko’s Ceremony,” 1st Place

Jasmine Mattey, “The Burden of History and Narratives of Resilience: A Critical Analysis of Inheritance and Trauma in Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred,” 2nd Place.  Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred is a literary crucible where the past and present converge to transport readers through time and space to reckon with the harrowing legacy of American slavery. The… Read more Jasmine Mattey, “The Burden of History and Narratives of Resilience: A Critical Analysis of Inheritance and Trauma in Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred,” 2nd Place