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
- Full Issue
- 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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