Essais
An Undergraduate Journal for Literary and Cultural Theory and Criticism
About Essais
Essais is UVU’s premier student publication for scholarly endeavors in critical literary analysis and literary theory. The journal also publishes work that engages with film, religious texts, new media, and other cultural artifacts. Essais means “efforts,” or “endeavors” in French, and this is the only journal at UVU devoted to publishing students’ rigorous forays into this notoriously complex and exciting academic terrain.
Submit Your Work
A publication in Essais will look great on any professional résumé or academic curriculum vitae. The journal invites current UVU students to submit academic essays that rigorously engage literature, film, and other cultural artifacts as well as rhetoric and critical/literary theory. Students may also submit up to one semester after graduation.
Join Our Staff
As with the other publications sponsored by the Department of English and Literature, the Essais staff is comprised entirely of current UVU student volunteers.