The Department of English Undergraduate Journal
The latest from The Channel.
The 2014/2015 edition of The Channel (Vol. 8) is here! You can pick up a copy in the DESA office (Arts 305). Covering a remarkable swath of literary and cultural history, the eight essays featured in this volume engage with their objects of study in creatively critical ways. We are proud to put forward this selection, in the belief that it encompasses some of the most imaginative, dedicated work being done in our department this year. Ranging from literary analysis to cultural commentary to performance studies, the essays collected here are representative of the sheer breadth of study of undergraduate students in English here at McGill. We thank the brilliant writers, editors, and various helpers that brought The Channel to life this year for its eighth volume. Special thanks to Jenna Moore for her tireless support and acquisition of funding, which made this volume possible.
Authors published in The Channel's 2014/2015 issue.
Caroline Boreham is an English Honours student with a minor in French in her last year of study at McGill. Her honours thesis is on three Victorian novelists – all of whose first names happen to be George. She will be beginning a Masters in translation at Concordia next fall.
Shanti Gonzales is a second year Drama/Theatre student with a minor in Anthropology. When she’s not frolicking around theatres playing dress-up and make-believe, she’s playing dress-up and make-believe everywhere else. She also enjoys making and consuming the following: coffee, art, music, literature, and witticisms. She is the founder and executive artistic director of CoffeeSpoons Theatre, a community theatre project based in Boston, MA.
Jesse is a fourth year Arts & Science student with a major concentration in Physics and minor concentrations in English Literature and Social Studies of Medicine. He is academically interested in the way these areas of study overlap with, inform, and enhance one another. Beyond school, he enjoys photography, medicine, and being outside.
Katherine Horgan is a U3 undergraduate student, with a double-degree in English literature and Music, with a minor in Classical language. Her current work is with the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, and explores Millay’s classicism. She is also interested in classical conceptions of madness, and their influence on Renaissance portrayals of insanity. Her preferred poetry is any that involves shepherds. Katherine’s hobbies include whistling and reading the diaries of 17th century landowners. She loves opera and ballet, and hopes, someday, to be less annoying about it.
Laura is a U3 student working towards a double major in Psychology and Theatre Studies. She is interested in investigating storytelling and performance as tools for self-advocacy, care, and connectivity.
Philippe Mongeau is a U3 Arts student majoring in English Literature and minoring in Art History. His academic interests include – but are certainly not limited to – Book History, Queer Theory and, of course, Medieval Studies. He hopes to eventually gain entry in the University of Toronto’s Master’s of Library and Information Studies program. Meanwhile, he enjoys reading, writing, and working part-time at the McGill University Bookstore.
Brigid Savage is a third year Cultural Studies student, minoring in Indigenous Studies. Brigid was raised in Toronto, but now resides in the Plateau. Her studies have led her to an interest in women of colour as cultural producers, muses, and bosses. She likes red and pink candy, watching soul-crushing films and running her food blog.
Rachel is a 3rd year undergraduate student in the English literature and History Joint Honours program. Some of her favourite scholarly interests include: Shakespearean comedy, ancient Greek mythology, French Revolutionary history, and Victorian novels, with a dash of Lord Byron now and then to mix things up. When she’s not writing papers, she enjoys horseback riding, long walks on the beach back home in Florida, Regency novels, and all things Jane Austen and Downton Abbey. She also likes cats.
Past issues of The Channel.
Since its inception in 2008, The Channel Undergraduate Review has striven to integrate into one intellectual forum the Department of English's three streams: Literature, Cultural Studies, and Drama and Theatre. Our archives reflect the academic achievement of McGill's English students.
Vol. 5, The Channel 2011/2012
Vol. 4, The Channel 2010/2011
Vol. 3, The Channel 2009/2010
Vol. 2, The Channel 2008/2009
The Channel's 2014/2015 editorial board.
The Channel's editorial board is selected from undergraduate students in McGill's Department of English. Editors collectively read, discuss, and select essays for publication. This year, the editorial board is composed of five members.
Clara is a U3 Honours Drama & Theatre Student with a minor in Anthropology. Her fields of choice are queer/feminist performance and critical dance theory. This is her second year working on The Channel.
Emily is a U3 English Literature major with a minor in Environment. She studies book history and the development of the novel. Her interests include classical and medieval literature, illustration, typography, and natural history.
Jacob is a U2 student in Honours Literature with a minor in Philosophy. His interests include identity formation and problems of artistic representation, with a preference for postcolonial, queer, and narrative theories.
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