My Top Ten Texts From my First Year Studying English Literature
Looking back on my first year reading English Literature at Durham University, I talk about my favourite texts.
Literature
A Doll’s House: A Feminist Text?
An opinion piece, based on the drama, 'A Doll's House' by Henrik Ibsen.
‘I, too’: marginalised American identities in poetry (part two)
All three poems allude to earlier poets. Ginsberg notably references Whitman, ‘the great national poet’. Waggoner states this is not because of Whitman’s connections with patriotism but because he was…
‘I, Too’: marginalised American identities in poetry (part one)
History and narrative are intricately knotted together: narrative is ‘essential to the business of historical explanation’as it allows us to ‘fill in the gaps and provide a smooth flow of…
My 2018 Literature Journey
2018 was a year of immense change and personal growth, marking my entry into my first year at Durham University sixteen hours away from home, leaving both the school I…
How to Dominate your Dissertation and Deadlines
The failsafe strategy to tailor your work process according to your needs, in time for deadlines.
How to do the Cakewalk
When we think of the word journey, what often comes to mind is sailing across the sea, lifting off from the ground in an airplane or the shrill whistle of…
Fantasy Worlds in Medieval Romances
An exploration of fantasy worlds in Marie de France's 'Lanval', and 'Sir Orfeo'.
Shirley Jackson, Horror and ‘Feminine Perversity’
**trigger warning for sexual assault** Although Halloween has already passed us by, as the nights draw longer and the evenings colder, I’d like to consider one of the spookiest novels…
Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ : An investigation of the value of authentic performance in association with Durham University Classical Theatre.
Why should humanities students see this play? Read on to hear producer Isobel on the virtues of authentically performed Chekhov.