This paper will discuss the notion of the Other as understood by Slavoj Zizek in "Eastern Europe's Republic of Gilead" and that demonstrates the idea of projected self-dissatisfaction.  It will analyze issues of Blast, The New Age, and The English Review for examples of the periodicals' portrayal of England's self-discontent and its impact on the nation's imperialistic policies.  The overall socio-political tone of each journal will be noted and considered in light of its portrayal of England, race, and imperialist politics. 

I will be writing a research paper that examines how WWI affected the nature of the literature found in the modernist periodicals. The question I am asking is: What was the influence of WWI on the fiction and non-fiction writing? I will be looking primarily at The New Age and The Owl  in formulating my analysis and I may also compare/contrast the treatment of the war in the periodicals with the treatment of the war in other modernist literature, particularly that of Viriginia Woolf. Hopefully I can find some journal articles to assist me in my research.

Julie

Proposal Topic: Women’s contributions to early twentieth- century magazine culture 

Thesis Question: How have women contributed to the literary world of the early twentieth- century through the “Little Magazines” even though they were not seriously recognized by male writers?