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English Literary File

Welcome to English Literary File (ELF), the online, undergraduate journal of the USC Upstate English program. ELF highlights outstanding USC Upstate student writing in various fields of English studies, including literary analysis, literary theory, rhetoric, linguistics and creative writing.

Volume 7, 2017, Special Issue: Digital Texts and Multimedia Writing - Student Editor: Jay Meadows

Editor's Introduction
Martinelli, Nicole. Gretchen's Shade choose-your-own-adventure adaptation plus commentary, English 275
Davis, Keyona. Infographic on "The Queen's Looking Glass" by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, English 483
Burnett, Lauren. Infographic on Edward W. Said's Orientalism, English 483
Meadows, Jay. Deconstruction and Dance: Digital Theory Application Project with commentary, English 483
Cooper, Jacob. The Construction of a Play: Structuralism in Oedipus the King, English 483
Henderson, Kendall. Mapping a Path to Senior Seminar Research. Critical Positioning and Annotated Bibliography, English 490
Touzel, Colie, Lilia Medina, and Nyaja Gooden. The Honors Project Research Process: Mapping the Research Process for the Honors Program Capstone Project, Honors 401

Volume 6, 2015, Special Issue: Literary Research and Responding to the Critics

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David, Luke. Cells of Life: 2
Proposal, English 102
Sorrells, Danielle. "The Drops Which Fell from Shakespear's Pen": Hamlet in Contemporary Fiction: 5
Article Summary, English 300
Adams, Paul. The Psychosocial Effects of Feminine Beauty in A Streetcar Named Desire: 7
Cultural Studies Research, English 428
Wilson, Kristian. The Pitfalls of Postmodernist Criticism: Identifying the Gaps in Analysis of Contemporaneous Literature: 12
Critical Response, English 430
Woodstock, Spencer. Out of Many, One People: The Anomaly That Is the Jamaican Identity: 15.
Senior Seminar Presentation, English 490

Volume 5, 2013 - Student Editor: Alicia Farley

Full Issue
Redd, Stephen. Patent Failure: 2
Critical Response, English 101
Bennett, Erica. Should Welfare Recipients Be Drug Tested?: 8
Refutation, English 102
Foli, Elvis. Why Can't We Be Smarter?: The Reason Social Media Must Be Incorporated into Higher Education: 11
Proposal, Honors English 102
Ostendorff, Laura. Realism, Race and Identity of the Late Nineteenth Century: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: 16
Literary Analysis, English 280
Newkirk, Savannah. Being a Part, But Not Consumed: 19
Literary Analysis, English 300
Pinckney, Marissa. An Explication of Shakespeare's Sonnet 9: 22.
Poetry Explication, English 405
Poteat, Gordon. Language Crossing and Representation: Understanding AAE and Linguistic Minstrelsy: 24.
Research Paper, English 451

Volume 4, 2012 - Student Editor: Samantha Weiss

Full Issue
Erica Coward, "Shedding Light on Those Who Suffer in Silence" (Critical Response, English 101)..........page 3
Sarah Gullickson, "Show Me the Money" (Critical Response, English 101)..........page 6
Kelly Hall, "Arabs and Democracy" (Critical Response, English 101H)..........page 10
Paseo Douglas, "Daisy: The Dawn of Campaign Ad Slandering" (Ad Analysis, English 102)..........page 13
Stephen Few, "The Ancient Aliens Guy, His Hair, and Extraterrestrial Imperialism" (Proposal, English 102)..........page 15
Hannah Al-Sakati, "The Third World and Economic Prosperity: Irreconcilable Differences?" (Proposal, English 102)..........page 19
Trina Higgins, "A Dilemma" (Creative Writing, English 208)..........page 24
Liz McDowell, "Heart of Darkness: A Critique of Capitalism" (Theory Application, English 483).........page 29

Volume 3, 2011, Special Issue: Focus on Composition - Student Editor: Rebecca Humble

Full Issue
Justin Cooley, "The First 24" (Personal Narrative, English 101)..........page 3
Ira Pace, "…AKA: Failing… Falling Actually" (Personal Narrative, English 101)..........page 5
Marshall Henderson, "What You Leave Behind" (Popular Culture Analysis, English 101)..........page 7
Anne Marie Renalds, "Malcolm X: 'The Ballot or the Bullet" (Textual Analysis, English 101)..........page 9
Cori Harris, "Chains and Whips Excite Me" (I-Search, English 101)..........page 12
Ciera Burnett, "Where to Draw the Line Between Transracial Adoptions" (Critical Response, English 101)..........page 16
Matthew Guinan, "A Song and a Letter: Which is Better?" (Rhetorical Analysis, English 102)..........page 20
Victorious Nelson, "Are You Responsible? Analyzing the Teen Pregnancy Crisis" (Proposal, English 102)..........page 23

Volume 2, 2010 - Editor: Zach Snow

Full Issue
Domonique Finley, "Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words?" (English 300).....page 3
Vickie Dailey, "A Review and Commentary on Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee" (English 308).....page 7
Heike Wrenn, "The Woman in Modernism" (English 428).....page 9
Jena Rowland, "Postmodern Theory as a Frame for Contemporary American Literature" (English 430).....page 14
Sharon Kelley, "Playing God: World-Making Words" (English 490).....page 16

Volume 1, 2009 - Editor: Andy Lopez

Full Issue
Aaron Winters, "The Problem of Regulating Nanotechnology" (English 102)..........page 3
Mamie Condrey, "1965--A Year in My Life" (English 370)..........page 5
Tim Haywood, "Gender, Identity and Postcolonialism in Salman Rushdie's Shame" (English 398).......... page 10
Ashley Brown, "A Nice Piece of Fatherly Advice: Instruction on Imperialism in Rudyard Kipling's 'The White Man's Burden'" (English 419)..........page 12
Chase Huskey, "The Identity Crisis of the Modernist Era" (English 428)..........page 16
Lori C. Livesay, "New Sexual Ethics, Same Old Gender Constructs" (English 436)..........page 20
Jason Funderburk, "'The Great Subterranean Pool of the Subconscious': Psychoanalyzing the Subjectivity of Marlow and Kurtz in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" (English 483)..........page 22

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