Literary Analysis

When it comes to discussing books, there are two main ways readers can go about it: reading closely (this is by far the most popular), or reading distantly. But with…

Math has so much to offer readers. It can open up wonderfully new ways to enjoy literature.

In schools today, there is too often a deep line dividing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) from the humanities. That line is falsely drawn, and it limits the potential…

In Normal People by Sally Rooney, it turns out Marianne’s scant breakfast speaks volumes about her emotional state.

How does Sally Rooney’s use of pronouns in Conversations with Friends reflect the gender and sexual fluidity of her main character?

When reading a book, our eyes scan over thousands of words so regularly and our minds imagine the story into reality so effortlessly that we forget something important. Every individual…

After reading Christina Hammonds Reed’s novel The Black Kids, I wanted to return to the concept of “nobody” from Emily Dickinson’s poem. Reed refers to the poem both directly and…

The relationships between characters can say a lot about a story. Readers gain a unique insight into these relationships when they observe the number of times characters’ names are used…

Love triangles in literature abound. The Great Gatsby would lack greatness if it was just about Daisy and Tom. A married Edgar and Catherine with no vengeful Heathcliff would render Wuthering Heights a total…