Arts & Literature

Ranging from analyses of classic and contemporary literature to theater reviews and arts journalism, these pieces demonstrate how attention to literary and artistic form can reveal truths that bridge past, present, and future.

Image of painting depicting a ship on sailing on a body of water surrounded by large rocks.

The Hero: Tragic or Toxic?

By Tuba Gulmez

Photo of a stage performance of Othello. Image depicts a stage set with wooden bed room furniture. Two women are entering the bedroom and a man, Othello, is standing on the right side of the stage.

The Venetian Glass Ceiling

By Sheridan Bascombe

Image of mural of Marcel Proust on side of a house.

Worlds We Create: Art and Memory in Proust’s Swann’s Way

By Miranda Revilla

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Middle Fingers Up… Tell Him [Society Has Systematically Oppressed Me]

By Farrah Goff

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Mysticism and the Material Girl

By John Baran

Image of security camera on the side of a nondescript cement building.

Totalitarianism and Perpetual War: 1984, A Case Study

By Prachi Jain

Image of relief carving in side of the building depicting a scene in King Lear.

Excellent Fopperies: Soliloquies in King Lear and Measure for Measure

By Matthew Jones

Image of brochure for 'West Side Story'.

Sharks, Jets, and Juliet

By Yurika Takahashi

Image of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows park in Queens.

The Off-Stage Fight to Save a Theater

By David He

Image of two houses set into the hillside.

An Amazing Odyssey

By Marlon Altoe

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Are These Actual Dead?

By G. J. Israel

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