English Literature: Lockdown Edition
Millicent Stott reflects on life as a first-year English Literature student adapting to online learning
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Confessions of a Bamboozled English Student
Taking readers into a world of espionage, hardship and heavy duty napping - here are some confessions of an English Student not currently writing her summative.
Can Modern Drama be Tragic? A look at ‘Waiting for Godot’ and ‘Death of a Salesman’ (part 2)
"Both plays investigate the idea of ‘human greatness’ by calling into question what is ‘great’ or even meaningful about humanity, to craft modern tragedies which redefine the tragic genre to…
Can Modern Drama be Tragic? A look at ‘Waiting for Godot’ and ‘Death of a Salesman’ (part 1)
"Ultimately, tragedy does need a sense of human greatness, but I would argue that ‘human greatness’ is not denied by modern drama, but reframed within a background of cosmic indifference…