From the Heroides: Re-Centering Myth through Epistolary Form

In The Heroides, Ovid writes many poems formatted as epistles from jilted women in mythology to their respective lovers. But why letters and why not monologues? After looking at his poems for Penelope, Dido, Ariadne, Oenone, and Briseis, I argue that the epistolary format establishes the female voice and power and uses an important part of Roman culture to maintain contact. In this format, Ovid is re-centering the myths around women and making them the main characters of their myth. By doing so, Ovid forces the reader to reconsider the “heroes” and life for females

Filling Out Internment: The Need for Honouliuli\u27s Inclusion in Internment Studies

Opened in 1943, the Hononuliuli camp was the lone permanent internment camp during World War II for Japanese in Hawaii. Following its closure, the camp was lost in history and went unstudied for many years. In 1998, a news reporter opened the public’s eye to the camp and began a re-investigation of the camp. Using a former prisoner’s diary, other prisoners’ interviews and memories, this paper makes the case for Honouliuli’s inclusion in the greater internment corpus. By analyzing various factors of Honouliuli compared to the various camps in the continental United States, we can see similarities and differences. From the isolation of the prisoners, to the cultural practices that made camp home, many factors make the Japanese American internment camps an intriguing space. The story of Honouliuli does not fall neatly into the two dominant narratives of Japanese American internment, but instead complicates what it meant to be a Japanese American at the time