I wrote this essay independently: I chose the text and what focus to use on the text, hence why I feel entirely responsible for the low marks I got on this. On the other hand, I still think it was a bold essay and that I made my point in a cohesive and structured way. Not in my tutor's opinion though, clearly.

Archetypes in Sherlock Holmes
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( an image of the self reflected in a perverse mirror )

On the subject of Victorian Literature again, here is the full-on essay on George Eliot and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. I don't understand why my tutor marked me down on this one, in spite of the lengthy comment she left me, so I'd welcome input on this one. Overall, in my opinion, I could perhaps have written more, but then again, at the time I couldn ( Read more... )

Victorian Literature. Yes, well, it didn't go as I expected it to. Don't get me wrong, the module in itself was enjoyable (well, more or less), but my results puzzle me. Perhaps I genuinely did not understand the questions. Maybe it's for the best that I didn't get into the similar module for next year ( Read more... )

So, I actually rather enjoyed this Drama module - Devising Theatre. We talked about fairy-tales a lot, we used Jungian theories on archetypes, Joseph Campbell and Christopher Vogler came up... It was amazing. And the performance was decidedly entertaining - I'd include the video, but I can't seem to be able to upload it... :/ I shall briefly ( Read more... )

Forgot I still had this essay lying about from last spring. :) It's the last part of the Foundations of Poetry and Drama portfolio where I compare and contrast John Webster's writing in The Duchess of Malfi to Jean Racine's in Phèdre. Loved talking about two heroines, even if they are so different.

The Tragedy Of Being Human
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( explain what is meant by tragic hero )

London by W. BlakeI've never been a fan of poetry, though I used to write some for myself because I believe in its power of catharsis. The part I'm not a fan of is the analysis, the meticulous research of patterns that scholars all around the world apply to poems and poets alike. Probing William Blake's verse was such a challenge that I pulled out ( Read more... )

The module Making Theatre Happen revolved around devised theatre, which is a form of theatre where the piece doesn't come out of a structured play already written by a playwright. It is based on a collaborative effort of a group of people, and it relies heavily on improvisation ( Read more... )

Whilst I loved Debates in Literature lectures, writing the required essay was harder than I expected. Hence the shortness of it, I expect; nonetheless, I did honestly enjoy researching and learning about the relationship between text and author, and the readers.

On a different note, Miss elainemalfoy is entitled to regard this as a late (or early) present for ( Read more... )

Ever since having been set this essay in Performing Theories, I racked my brains for something that would either narrow the topic or at least give me an idea of what to write about it. Nothing. I was listening to an audiobook when inspiration (or desperation) struck at last, and here it is. Unabridged. :P

Does Theory Matter?
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( wands away, there will be no need to talk )

Reading Fiction also required me to write an essay where I'd compare two of the seven novels we had studied, according to a question or a theme. The books I had chosen were originally intended to answer another topic - the significance of silence/inarticulacy - until I actually tried to jot down something and found that all I wanted to talk about ( Read more... )