The Fight for Equality in Alice Walker’s ‘The Colour Purple’
An opinion piece based upon Alice Walker's novel, 'The Colour Purple', and the significance of it towards Black History Month.
Literature
Bilingualism: why it matters to students of literature
Zazie Atkinson close reads Kafka to illustrate the layered understanding of literature a bilingual interpretation allows.
Gordon Burn Prize: A Review
After attending the Gordon Burn Prize at Durham Book festival Riana Dixon tells us about her experience
How Do You Even English?
Ellen O'Rourke, a second year English literature student, gives us her advice to first years starting the degree!
Why I Chose to Study English Literature at Durham
In the second instalment of our series answering the personal reasons some of us started to study English at Durham, Erin Waks tells us why she made her decision!
Why I Chose to Study English Literature at Durham
Anna Treherne, a fresher, tells us about the reasons she chose to come to Durham to study English!
Wide Sargasso Sea: a postcolonial reading (part one)
The postcolonial novel deals implicitly and explicitly with ‘the ideas of nation and nationhood’, regarding the struggle of nations after colonial control is relinquished to regain a sense of their…
Wide Sargasso Sea: a postcolonial reading (part two)
Part two of the novel is narrated by Antoinette’s husband, and describes how he marries Antoinette for her money due to his position as the second son in an age…
What links ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘Heart of Darkness’?: A Bakhtinian Reading (part two)
A conclusion to the similarities in chronotope between 'Jane Eyre' and 'Heart of Darkness'
What links ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘Heart of Darkness’?: A Bakhtinian Reading (part one)
A reading exploring the similar use of 'chronotopes' in 'Jane Eyre' and 'Heart of Darkness'