Literary Essays
Find here a combination of newer and older essays of varying quality. The Atlantis essay explores Doty from a Post Humanist perspective. The Carried Away essay explores how what is not written in the story text can be read by readers. The 419 essay explores nationalism, digital connectedness, and the role Canadians play as "editors" in personal, national and international stories. The essay on Beautiful Losers examines an experimental story stucture employed by Cohen that is based on Jungian pychoanalysis structures and archetypal characters. The final essay explores the Dudek-Layton relationship and makes sense of it using the Mimetic Theory of Rene Girard.