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By: Destiny Wallace
Issue date: 2/22/10 Section: News
"Theocrit" is an online Journal of Undergraduate Literary Theory and Criticism created by Ericka Hoagland, SFA assistant professor of English.
Hoagland started Theocrit in 2007 in hopes of getting students interested in exploring literary analysis and professional publishing. The Journal is staffed by students in SFA's English department.
The history of literature has always proposed analysis and criticism of what the writer is trying to communicate. Though the study of great writings has evolved, the essential discipline has remained finding the understanding of what the writer is saying about life.
The Web site intro page states, " English is essentially a kind of intellectual archeology; a process whereby the students and scholars use the written words left behind by authors from other times and places to help understand the world they lived in and how the past has shaped our present". Although there are many resources and journals, there is little opportunity for undergraduate students to experience an augmentation in their study of English literature.
Publication in "Theocrit" is not exclusive to English majors but open to all undergraduate students with the interest in writing literary theory and criticisms. This semester, editor and chief, Jason Pacas, Dallas sophomore, and assistant editor Kelley Gilmore, Rowlett sophomore, said they think involvement with "Theocrit" has enhanced their interest in becoming professionally well rounded under the advisement of Hoagland.
"The opportunity to be published gives the undergraduate students the venue to build on the professional ability to interpret and analyze English literature through compare and contrast with a foundation of close reading analysis," Hoagland said.
There are two other online journals at SFA that offer publishing opportunity-"REAL" (Regarding Art & Letters) and "HUMID."
Any student interested in learning more about being published can log on to http://theocrit.sfasu.edu.
Hoagland started Theocrit in 2007 in hopes of getting students interested in exploring literary analysis and professional publishing. The Journal is staffed by students in SFA's English department.
The history of literature has always proposed analysis and criticism of what the writer is trying to communicate. Though the study of great writings has evolved, the essential discipline has remained finding the understanding of what the writer is saying about life.
The Web site intro page states, " English is essentially a kind of intellectual archeology; a process whereby the students and scholars use the written words left behind by authors from other times and places to help understand the world they lived in and how the past has shaped our present". Although there are many resources and journals, there is little opportunity for undergraduate students to experience an augmentation in their study of English literature.
Publication in "Theocrit" is not exclusive to English majors but open to all undergraduate students with the interest in writing literary theory and criticisms. This semester, editor and chief, Jason Pacas, Dallas sophomore, and assistant editor Kelley Gilmore, Rowlett sophomore, said they think involvement with "Theocrit" has enhanced their interest in becoming professionally well rounded under the advisement of Hoagland.
"The opportunity to be published gives the undergraduate students the venue to build on the professional ability to interpret and analyze English literature through compare and contrast with a foundation of close reading analysis," Hoagland said.
There are two other online journals at SFA that offer publishing opportunity-"REAL" (Regarding Art & Letters) and "HUMID."
Any student interested in learning more about being published can log on to http://theocrit.sfasu.edu.
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