The OWU English Department Blog
During Mid-Semester Break in October, I traveled to the Bahamas on a cruise with my parents. It was my first time out of the country, and I was taking “Caribbean Women Writers” with Dr. Comorau at the time. I was ready to get some exposure to the region—even though, geographically, the Bahamas are in the Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean Sea.…
I consider myself a connoisseur of gummies. They have always been my favorite, and I have always been opinionated. One could say that gummy candies have been a consistent presence in my life.
Two summers ago, I was at a bus stop eating candy from a bag. The bus was late by two hours and I found that nervously chugging gummies while reading Dostoyevsky or Hemingway helped me pretend to be calm.…
Too often technology and the Humanities are assumed to be mortal enemies, but the Scholars of Sturges are using their liberal arts expertise to change this perception. Dr. Nancy Comorau was recently interviewed by Inside Higher Education about her use of technology for student final projects in her “Queering the Cannon” first-year literature tutorial and her “Re-Placing Great Britain” Travel-Learning Course.…
When I entered my Modern British Literature course with Dr. Hipsky, I was expecting to read works that were written with the express purpose of being different for the sake of being different. After all, the “Modernism” era had a good bit to do with breaking away from traditionally accepted styles. …
“If you get the ring to land on the jar in the middle, you get to keep the fifty dollar bill taped to it, see?” Andy hands me a small, red plastic ring. I toss it. It misses. // “It’s called entrapment,” Bud explains, “People can’t help but try it once they see that money.”…
Being enrolled in a Travel-Learning Course (TLC) my freshman year (ENG 228: Re-placing Great Britain: Alternative Narratives of National Identity) was a highlight of my experience at OWU. It was my first international flight, and the class centered around subject matter that would broaden my worldview.
I still struggle to narrow down my favorite moments of the trip–in which we visited London, Liverpool, and Manchester in two too-short weeks–to even a top three.…
So who are you and what did you do?
I’m Catharine Boyle. I’m an English and Sociology double-major, and over the past year I’ve had three different internships. Last summer, I was an Event Coordinator at the Columbus Zoo, this past Fall I was an intern at People in Need in Delaware, and this year I’m a tutor at the Writing Center on campus.…
I’ve been thinking a lot about Woody Allen recently—mainly Annie Hall and the relationship artists have with their work. I love Annie Hall. I love the characters; I love the colors; I love Annie. The way Woody Allen builds a sepia-toned world around Annie and Alvy’s intimate understanding of one another is truly masterful.…
Someone that I respect here at OWU told me I was prepared for the real world. I’m not sure I believe them, but through my experience abroad, I’ve learned that I can do it, whatever “it” turns out to be.
I treasure a small notebook with anecdotes written by study abroad friends.…
On the first day of class this semester, my professor asks everyone to stand up and introduce themselves: name, hometown, and year in school. I give an awkward response: “My name is Keegan Lammers, I’m from… here, and I’m a senior… in high school.” Heads turn, eyebrows raise, my professor chuckles, but that’s the end of it.…