"The Farmer's Bride": Female Poetry and Dramatic Personae
This article looks at Charlotte Mew's poem "The Farmer's Bride" and the notion that female lyric voices cannot be viewed as representative.
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Martin Chef
- 5 days ago
- 6 min
Baudelaire's "Invitation to the Voyage": Polymorphy and Locus Amoenus
By inspiring an important part of modern French poetry, such as symbolism, Baudelaire's work is considered as a cornerstone in the...
Deborah Zaccai
- 5 days ago
- 13 min
Survey of Italian Literature 101: ‘Il Novecento’ Part I/ Crepuscolarism, Futurism and Hermeticism
The first part of the article covers Italian literary movements, key authors and their contributions in the early 20th century.
Ella Fincken
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Judith Butler and Gender Performativity
This article discusses Judith Butler's theory of gender to explore the argument that gender is a cultural construct and not a natural fact.
Megan Maistre
- Mar 19
- 8 min
Controversial Literature of the 20th Century 101: Lady Chatterley's Lover
This article discusses the controversy surrounding D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and the novel's infamous trial in 1960.
Deborah Zaccai
- Mar 19
- 8 min
Bridge Symbolism in “The Bridge on the Drina” by Ivo Andrić
This article will focus on the symbolism of the bridge from the novel The Bridge on the Drina, and its significance.
Ella Fincken
- Mar 13
- 5 min
Analogy and Love in the Time Traveller’s Wife
This article explores the significance of time travel in romance fiction through an analysis of Nifenegger's novel The Time Traveller's Wife
Sara Manente
- Mar 13
- 5 min
Fanfiction and its Subversive Narrative Modes
Fanfictions are stories created by fans about existing texts, and often challenge ideas of authorship and originality within narrative.
Deborah Zaccai
- Mar 13
- 16 min
Survey of Italian Literature 101: ‘L’Ottocento’/ Romanticism, Realism and Decadentism
This essay will provide insights into the historical, cultural, and social issues that shaped Italian literature in the 19th century.
Deborah Zaccai
- Mar 6
- 7 min
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić: Croatian Andersen and Tolkien
Comparing how Brlić-Mažuranić's works use mythology and fantasy to explore themes, highlighting similarities with Andersen and Tolkien.
Martin Chef
- Mar 5
- 7 min
Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist: Universality and intimacy in mythical narratives
There is no universally accepted definition of "philosophical fiction"; however, some distinctive features found in literary works...
Martin Chef
- Feb 21
- 7 min
Tristan and Iseult: A Fragmentary Tradition
Few literary works have had a cultural echo that could withstand to be compared with that of the story of Tristan and Iseult in...
Megan Maistre
- Feb 20
- 8 min
Modern Drama 101: American Theatre and Tennessee Williams
This article looks at American theatre during the post-war years, highlighting the work of Tennessee Williams.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Feb 20
- 9 min
Existentialism on Contemporary Literature 101: Albert Camus and the Alienation of The Stranger
Albert Camus’ The Stranger is read as a personal reflection in which Camus defines his vision of the absurd.
Natàlia Vila
- Feb 13
- 11 min
Modern North American Literature 101: Socio-political Overview: Roots and Context
Foreword The series “Modern North American Literature 101” presents the major historic, social, economic, and most importantly, literary...
Felix Purat
- Feb 13
- 6 min
Translation in the Globalized World
This article compares two translation scholars while illuminating the nature of the translation worldview as pertains to global affairs.
Angela Tsui
- Feb 5
- 9 min
Sexual Desire as Punishment in Euripides' Hippolytus
"Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest" (France, 1901, p.24). Anatole France in The Revolt of the Angels reconfigures...
Deborah Zaccai
- Feb 5
- 8 min
Vampirism: Reality or Myth?
This article explores the evolution of the vampire archetype & its impact on pop culture, evaluating evidence for & against their existence.
Martin Chef
- Jan 30
- 7 min
Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology: Naturalism in the American countryside
Throughout the ages, many writers have endeavored to portray reality through their works and through the prism of different aesthetics,...
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Jan 29
- 4 min
Atonement: The Downward Spiral of Childhood
Ian McEwan’s Atonement explores the portrayal of children’s contact with sin and trial.
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