William JJ BurgerDonna Tartt’s ‘The Secret History’ as Postmodern Tragedy (excerpt)The Secret History, the bestselling debut novel of American novelist Donna Tartt, follows a group of students at an elite liberal arts…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020
William JJ BurgerWhat the River Gave Me (Excerpt)THE RIVER looked the same as it had in my dreams.Mar 8, 2020Mar 8, 2020
William JJ BurgerThe Road from Emory to Alaska: Into the Wild and Bakhtin’s ChronotopeMikhail Bakhtin’s concept of the chronotope is perhaps best framed through the road movie. The authors of the essay “Bakhtin’s Chronotope…Mar 8, 2020Mar 8, 2020
William JJ BurgerGender and Fashion, from Judith Butler to Frankie CosmosJudith Butler, an American philosopher and gender theorist, collapses the distinction between sex and gender, arguing instead that “all…Mar 8, 2020Mar 8, 2020