SFA's literary journal Theocrit gearing up for second publication this year
By: Angela Thomas
Issue date: 10/5/09 Section: News
Theocrit, a relatively new journal, has emerged on SFA's literary scene and will publish its second issue near the end of the fall 2009 semester.
Theocrit is SFA's online journal for literary criticism and interpretation and is published once every semester. The staff consists entirely of undergraduate students.
"This is a journal by undergrads featuring undergrads, and it's also for undergrads," adviser Dr. Ericka Hoagland said. "It runs the gamut from traditional, close readings of essays or poetry to bigger papers that involve research."
Hoagland said at its core, Theocrit essays are literary analyses or interpretations.
"They can be different genres," she said. "They can be like Shakespeare, from the medieval period, and readings of specific authors, or it can be comparative. It's very broad, and it can involve literary criticism, too. Somebody could do a feminist reading of a Shakespearean play, for example."
According to Hoagland, Theocrit has been in the making for the past few years. "It started as an idea and didn't turn into a product until about a year and a half later," she said. "In 2007, when I came here as a new faculty member, I started meeting with some students after sending out an announcement for interested students. The first year was really spent talking and talking about it. We didn't really get anything together. It wasn't until the spring of 2009 that we got our first issue out."
The current editors are Stephanie Blackburn, editor in chief and Arlington junior; Kelley Gilmore, assistant editor and Rowlett sophomore; and Jason Pacas, assistant editor and Dallas sophomore. "I would be remiss if I didn't mention two people who were with me from the very beginning," Hoagland said. "Caitlin Conway and Jennifer Dean were the ones who came to all the meetings and helped figure out certain things we wanted to do with the journal. They were the first of the titled positions. Jennifer was the editor in chief throughout the development phase as well as the inaugural issue in the spring. And Caitlin, similarly, was the assistant editor."
Theocrit is SFA's online journal for literary criticism and interpretation and is published once every semester. The staff consists entirely of undergraduate students.
"This is a journal by undergrads featuring undergrads, and it's also for undergrads," adviser Dr. Ericka Hoagland said. "It runs the gamut from traditional, close readings of essays or poetry to bigger papers that involve research."
Hoagland said at its core, Theocrit essays are literary analyses or interpretations.
"They can be different genres," she said. "They can be like Shakespeare, from the medieval period, and readings of specific authors, or it can be comparative. It's very broad, and it can involve literary criticism, too. Somebody could do a feminist reading of a Shakespearean play, for example."
According to Hoagland, Theocrit has been in the making for the past few years. "It started as an idea and didn't turn into a product until about a year and a half later," she said. "In 2007, when I came here as a new faculty member, I started meeting with some students after sending out an announcement for interested students. The first year was really spent talking and talking about it. We didn't really get anything together. It wasn't until the spring of 2009 that we got our first issue out."
The current editors are Stephanie Blackburn, editor in chief and Arlington junior; Kelley Gilmore, assistant editor and Rowlett sophomore; and Jason Pacas, assistant editor and Dallas sophomore. "I would be remiss if I didn't mention two people who were with me from the very beginning," Hoagland said. "Caitlin Conway and Jennifer Dean were the ones who came to all the meetings and helped figure out certain things we wanted to do with the journal. They were the first of the titled positions. Jennifer was the editor in chief throughout the development phase as well as the inaugural issue in the spring. And Caitlin, similarly, was the assistant editor."
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