"Lolita": Manipulating Readers' Sympathy
An article examining the narrative techniques used in 'Lolita' that attempt to manipulate the reader's sympathy.
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Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Orlando: A Tale of Fury and Love
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (1928) is mock biography whose eponymous male protagonist becomes a woman.
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Jan 15
- 6 min
British Gothic Literature 101: Horror & Terror
Exploration of the two different strands of the Gothic - terror and horror - and the legacy of this division in contemporary debates.
jorgeecc1997
- Jan 15
- 6 min
“Our mighty mother!”: Setting up the stream of consciousness in “Ulysses”
James Joyce’s “Ulysses” is a novel that features one of the most characteristic narrative techniques in Joyce’s trajectory as a writer,...
meganmaistre
- Jan 8
- 7 min
Modern Drama 101: Bernard Shaw and Satire
This article looks at George Bernard Shaw's drama as a vehicle to promote his social beliefs.
Ella Fincken
- Jan 7
- 5 min
Frank O’Hara: A Study of Spatial Romance
This article explores the poem “Having a Coke with You” to discover its dedication to simple imagery, the city of New York, and realism.
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Dec 19, 2022
- 6 min
British Gothic Literature 101: The Doppelgänger
Analysis of the symbolic significance of human duality in Gothic fiction.
Ella Fincken
- Dec 19, 2022
- 9 min
Poetry and Politics 101: Victorian Poetry II - The Male Voice and the Vote
This article explores the Chartist's use of poetry as a political force of propaganda, agitation, and voice.
Anna Artyushenko
- Dec 18, 2022
- 6 min
Satirising the Apocalypse in Good Omens
Good Omens is a satirical novel about the Biblical Apocalypse, featuring the Antichrist as the protagonist.
meganmaistre
- Dec 18, 2022
- 8 min
Regressing Adolescence in 'The Catcher in The Rye'
This article examines how the Salinger's protagonist rejects the world of adulthood in favour of the safety and innocence of childhood.
Natàlia Vila
- Dec 18, 2022
- 5 min
The Rise of the Dark Academia Genre
Classical literature, brilliant minds, knowledge, learning, academic devotion, mystery, and a Romantic atmosphere permeate the...
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Shelley's "Ozymandias": A Discourse on Arrogance in Leadership
Analysis of the transcience of political power as condemned in Shelley's Ozymandias and examination of arrogance as a leadership trait.
Ella Fincken
- Dec 11, 2022
- 6 min
The Literary Legacy of the First World War
This article analyses the influence of war literature, particularly that of Wilfred Owen, in modern cinematic and literary representation.
meganmaistre
- Dec 11, 2022
- 7 min
Modern Drama 101: Realism and Naturalism in "Miss Julie"
This article looks at August Strindberg's play "Miss Julie" and how it conforms to principles set forward by the movement of Naturalism.
Anna Artyushenko
- Dec 11, 2022
- 8 min
Witchcraft in Literature 101: Feminism in Witches Series and Good Omens
Witches become the protagonists and acquire the characteristics of the role-models in the literary works by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Ella Fincken
- Dec 5, 2022
- 13 min
Poetry and Politics 101: Victorian Poetry I - The Female Voice
This 101 series explores how Victorian women engaged with the political in their poetry at a time when female commentary was condemned.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Dec 4, 2022
- 4 min
Romantic and Victorian Legacy and the Pre-Raphaelites
The aim of this article is to explore writers John Keats and Alfred Tennyson as two of the most important influences of the Pre-Raphaelites
meganmaistre
- Dec 4, 2022
- 6 min
Constructing the Female Myth in "The Virgin Suicides"
This article examines the narratorial depiction of the Lisbon sisters in "The Virgin Suicides" as mythical objects of desire.
Ella Fincken
- Nov 27, 2022
- 7 min
The Legacy of Otherness in the Postcolonial World
This article explores the theories of Said and Wynter to discover the ways colonial narratives of otherisation still manifest today.
meganmaistre
- Nov 27, 2022
- 6 min
Modern Drama 101: Modernism and Theatre
This article examines the transition into Modern Drama during the late 19th Century.
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