The Tichenor Prize in English

Donated in 1888 by Charles Orlando Tichenor (Lawrence Class of 1862), a Civil War attorney, The Tichenor Prize in English is awarded to the student who writes the best critical essay about a work of English literature. In Spaces In-Between: The Emergence of the Utopian Imagination in Moshin Hamid's Exit West, Em Sweeney explores the role that technology plays in the utopian imagination of Hamid's novel, thinking about how the magical doorways which create utopian possibilities for migration are modeled on the cellphones which also play an important role in the novel. Thinking about the dangers as well as the benefits of this utopian reimagining of migration, the essay offers a thoughtful interpretation of Hamid's novel.

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