Monthly Archives: March 2019
Approaches to Literary Criticism
There are many ways in and out of works of literature. Here are a few of the most widely espoused. This is by no means a complete list, but it covers many of the most historically influential approaches. Agonistic Criticism … Continue reading
Are We Failing Our Boys?
We are making admirable strides toward redressing millennia of gender inequities, toward FINALLY not shutting women out of government, business, universities, the arts, and so on. Of course, we’re far from there yet, as a glance at the sea of … Continue reading
How to Prevent Another PARCC Mugging: A Public Service Announcement
NB: Everything said of PARCC here applies, as well, to all the standardized tests in English language arts currently being used by state departments of education. In other words, PARCC is singled out, here, as an example of a general … Continue reading
Ideology | Cartoon | Bob Shepherd
Copyright 2001. Robert D. Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Capriccio | Cartoon | Bob Shepherd
Copyright 2001. Copyright Copyright 2001. Robert D. Shepherd. All rights reserved. For other artwork by Bob Shepherd (and essays about the nonliterary arts, go here: https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/category/art/
A Ditty for the Don, Cheeto Trumpbalone
Ah, I feel a song coming on. There’s a big sinkhole at Mar-a-Lago. Let that sink in. Donnie is our president Although he did not win A popular plurality, And that is just a sin. Ask me what I think … Continue reading
The Propaganda Value of the Omniscient 3rd Person POV
An omniscient, third-person point of view typically (but not always) assumes a Godlike understanding of how things are, and readers go along with this . . . until they don’t–until the POV of the little man behind the curtain becomes … Continue reading
