Every year, the department has a call for the best essays written in classes throughout the department, and we had three categories this year: best essays for a lower-level (survey) literature course, for an upper-level literature course, and an upper-level writing course. The committee read through a variety of strong entries in each category and chose the following papers as our Spring 2020 winners!
Best Essay in a 3000-4000 level Literature Class: Lauren Jolly, for her essay, "“I’m Not Looking at You: An Examination of Sartre’s ‘The Look’ Within Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Kate Chopin’s ‘The Recovery’ and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline” in Dr. McMahon's Publication and Portfolio Capstone course.
Best Essay in a 3000-4000 level Writing Class : Kara Hodo, for her essay, "“The Composing Process, as Told by One Disorganized Mess” in Dr. Murphy's Composing Theories course.
Best Essay in a 2000-level Literature Class: Kate Carlin, for her essay, "Death: The Greatest Eye-Opener," in Dr. Grasso's British from 1800 course.
Congratulations to these three winners--and thanks to everyone who submitted essays! Remember that essays have a longer shelf-life than just a single class. They can be submitted to essay contests...they can be revised and adapted to future classwork...they can become the basis of an Honors thesis or related project...they can become great writing samples for graduate school applications...and they can become a snapshot of your intellectual journey at this stage in your life (so don't throw them away!).
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