I love to read, although sometimes one wouldn’t know it. In searching for an after-graduation job, managing a new teaching position, and working on the dissertation and other writing projects, I haven’t had much time for reading anything non-school-related. Recently,…
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The Hunger Games: Pleasurable? Yes. Compelling? Maybe.
Tagged with: allegory, American literature, book discussion, dystopia, interpretation, ritual, television
Posted in Books, Fiction
Posted in Books, Fiction
American Horror Story Season 1 Finale
A few weeks ago I wrote about FX’s new TV series, American Horror Story, which centers on the Harmon family, who recently moved into a historic LA mansion with a sordid past: nearly all of the home’s inhabitants either have…
Tagged with: allegory, American Studies, conclusions, contamination, family, interpretation, television
Posted in Visual Media
Posted in Visual Media
The Ambulant Scholar 