Contents

Editors’ Introduction

  1. Deleuzian Ideals & Escapism: An Examination of Un/Natural Environments in There is No Evil & The Delinquents Written by River Riddle for CompLit 382: Cinema & Psyche (Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Lachman)
  2. Exploring the Boundaries of Reality: Multiple Worlds and the Thin Line Between Utopia and Dystopia Written by Matthew Ruccio for CompLit 131: Brave New World (Instructor: Nefeli Forni Zervoudaki)
  3. Love and Fear in Poetry by Mansur al-Hallaj and Fariduddin Attar Written by Marissa Bell for CompLit 340: Mystical Literature (Instructor: Prof. Jessica Barr)
  4. Stitched-On Sex: Forced Feminization in Horror Written by Lucius Pereira Murphy for CompLit 357: Junior Year Writing (Instructor: Prof Corine Tachtiris)
  5. The Inseparability of Vice and Virtue in Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange Written by Dev Tandon for CompLit 131: Brave New World (Instructor: Nefeli Forni Zervoudaki)
  6. Struggles in Identity: Analysis of American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Written by Clara Tuch for CompLit 335: American Comics (Instructor: Prof. N. Couch)
  7. Power Dynamics: The Role of Control in Relationships in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Sally Rooney’s Normal People Written by Isabel Emerson for HM&FNART 102: Traversing Differences with Critical and Creative Thinking: Global Issues (Instructor: Michael Kowalchuk)
  8. Sewage Baby Blues: Defamiliarization and Schlock in The Suckling Written by Lucius Pereira Murphy for CompLit 394TI: Literary Theory and Criticism (Instructor: Prof. María Barbón)

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