The Voice: Literature and Critical Theory Student's Union Journal 2020

LCT JOURNAL 2020

Sounded Blue Padraic Berting I wish December air spoke words of confidence, but all it does is cut my face with the precision of a novice Boy Scout wood carver. We walk through cold sand awash in the blue light of the fading sun on the water. The only words on the beach come from the boys sledding down the hill (I wish I remembered how to talk like them). Grey pigeons beat against the crying air, but fall into arranged place on the sinking wooden pier. I open my mouth to let the sound loose, but my jaw locks up, and the wind does the talking. What it said I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but we skip rocks like children in the hum.

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The Voice: Literature and Critical Theory Student's Union Journal 2020

Published on May 14, 2020

Literature and Critical Theory Student Union @University of Toronto

For this year’s Literature and Critical Theory Undergraduate Conference, we asked students to submit work surrounding the theme of “The Voice: Resonances in Literary Studies”. We attempted to ask questions related to: What is the place and role of the voice in academic literary inquiry? How do the voices of the translator, editor, critic, reader, and student of literature intersect to create literary disciplinary discourse? What are the implications of privileging textual models of communication over the oral in our disciplines, and what could alternative approaches to the voice and orality contribute to literary inquiry? Our 2020 journal includes eight academic papers from our conference and four works of poetry.