As an MFA student, I did not only study creative writing, but a host of other topics, including Victorian Literature, 20th Century British Literature, Theories and Practices in Composition, and Literary Theory and Criticism. Below is a sample of some of the work I did in those disciplines.
A Discovery of H(y)dden Evil with Austrian Economics
In this article, I looked at Robert Louis Stevenson’s popular novella through an Austrian Economic lens. This school of heterodox economics has very little academic engagement within literary theory, so I not only aimed to reveal the novella’s a priori truths on human nature, but to also show the viability of Austrian Economics as a tool for literary theorists. CLICK HERE TO READ.
S-Town, Foucault, and the Panopticon
For this project, I created a podcast that analyzed the fantastic podcast S-Town through a lens of Foucaultian power relations. To add to the complexity, I decided to interview a friend of mine to parallel the narrative, interview structure that S-Town employs. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.
The Performance of Victimhood in Little Dorrit: A Shifted Moral Center
In this paper, I enter into the discourse of Little Dorrit and argue that she is not the moral center of the novel. Instead, I urge a rethinking of the novel in terms of a shifted moral center that has no one character at its center. CLICK HERE TO READ.
F*ck Anti-Foundationalism
Using a traditionally non-scholarly tone and format, I argue against a prevailing epistemological position in the field of pedagogy. While my audio quality may be poor and my comedy may be cringe, this is my most philosophical piece. CLICK HERE TO WATCH.
The Many Gothic Monsters in The God of Small Things
In this article, I add to the discourse of Arundhati Roy’s novel being postcolonial neo-gothic by examining various characters in the context of the typical gothic monster. CLICK HERE TO READ.