Wayne C. Booth—Jane Austen, Emma, and Ironic Distance
Priscilla Collins In his essay “Control of Distance in Jane Austen’s Emma” (which is taken from his more seminal work, The Rhetoric of Fiction), critic and University of Chicago professor Wayne […]
O.J. Simpson—A Life of Crime, Possible CTE, and the Outliving of a Legendary Status
Skylar Taylor, Student Editor After being convicted in 2008 for armed robbery and kidnapping in Nevada, after coauthoring a book called If I Did It, after his $33.5 million ‘wrongful […]
House of Cards, On and Off Screen, To the End…?
Shawndre’ Young The phrase ‘house of cards’ is a well-known (and perhaps overused) idiom for an untenable situation that will collapse on itself if one part of the precarious balance […]
C.S. Lewis and Ways of Writing
Jessica Mau In his essay “On Three Ways of Writing for Children,” C.S. Lewis explains the ways books are written for young readers. Two of the examples that Lewis provides […]
A Spoonful of Sugar—C. S. Lewis and The Screwtape Letters
Britton A. Taylor This is the third part of our November series on C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters. The Screwtape Letters is a literary work by C. S. Lewis […]
The Art of Writing Papers
Dakota Smith If you ask different professors how to write a paper, they will likely have different responses. They may differ in forms of style or opinions, but there are […]
Learning to Forgive
Marc Ridge, Guest Contributor This is the author’s sequel to his earlier story. Growing up semi-poor in southern Indiana in the 1960s wasn’t so bad. My friends and I spent […]
C.S. Lewis and Tastes in Literature
Jessica Mau In his essay “Different Tastes in Literature,” C.S. Lewis discusses the difference between “tastes” of art and distinguishes between what he considers to be good and bad arts. […]
The World through the Lens of Christ—A Conversation With Dr. Ken Myers
Michaela Swedberg Dr. Ken Myers is a studied individual, having taught at numerous institutions over the course of his career. He is currently head of the History Department and Chair […]
C.S. Lewis, Screwtape, and the Real Issue with Temptation
Allison Kisiel This is part two in our November series on C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters. Temptation isn’t a concept that Christians should take lightly. Even nonbelievers need to […]
Statues as Symbols
Chyna Jones This analysis examines how identity trends can uproot historical culture.
Trumpocalypse Media
Nathaniel Keay A semiotic analysis of the media’s coverage of President Trump: