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  From Hills and Bogs: Seamus Heaney and R S Thomas   This week we move away from the urban and the directly radical, direct action turmoil of the capitals of Europe and USA, to the poetry of two writers whose work ‘fashions’ self out of land, identity from myth and landscape, and a discourse … Continue reading Seamus Heaney and R S Thomas, Lecture Notes, 3000 words →

Discuss the relationship between characters’ narratives and characters’ identity in Black Dogs The narratives in Black Dogs do not solely emanate from the characters to whom they belong as the principal voice and perspective of the novel is given over to the first person narrator, Jeremy. The characters’ narratives are delivered to us through the … Continue reading Black Dogs – Characters’ Narratives and Identity, 2000 words →

‘The Distant Past’ by William Trevor:  Discussion of how the theme of cultural encounters is developed using narrative techniques, language and structure.   William Trevor’s short story, The Distant Past, addresses the complexities of cultural encounters in a subtle and ironic way that emphasizes the value of the short story as a literary form.  “But … Continue reading William Trevor Short Story ‘The Distant Past’ Essay – 1st class standard degree level 1500 words →

A close reading and compare & contrast of Art Spiegelman’s The Complete Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers looking at the second generation Holocaust survivor text in comparison to a first hand account of the attack on the twin towers.   The Complete Maus tells the story of Artie, a figure representing Spiegelman, … Continue reading English Literature 6000 words, Holocaust Fiction of Art Spiegelman. →

  ‘How do any two of the texts/writers from the unit negotiate any one of the following concerns: a: belief (atheism, occultism as well as religion); b: space vs place; c: myth; d: modernity; e: conflict.’   I will focus on the concern of space vs place in relation to Ian Sinclair and Seamus Heaney. … Continue reading Space v Place in Seamus Heaney and Ian Sinclair Poetry, 1st class degree essay, 3000 words →

Comparative Close Reading I will do a comparative close reading of ‘The Tollund Man’ by Seamus Heaney and ‘Welsh Landscape’ by R.S. Thomas. There are interesting points of similarity and difference between the poems. Both deal with problematic constructions of contemporary personal and national identity in relation to narratives of the past. Heaney offers a … Continue reading Seamus Heaney + RS Thomas Poetry Comparison – English Literature BA 1st class 2000 words →

Gender and Performance The representation of gender and performance on the 1950s American theatrical-stage continues to invite much theoretical response and opinion. Renowned playwrights and dramatists of the era have produced some of the world’s best-loved scripts and memorable characters that, to this day, remain highly regarded and heavily influential. The first stage performance of … Continue reading 2500 words Gender and Performance in 1950s US theatre →

Discuss the relationship between characters’ narratives and characters’ identity in Black Dogs   The narratives in Black Dogs do not solely emanate from the characters to whom they belong as the principal voice and perspective of the novel is given over to the first person narrator, Jeremy. The characters’ narratives are delivered to us through … Continue reading 2000 words, 2.1 English literature. Discuss the relationship between characters’ narratives and characters’ identity in Black Dogs →

Compare the way the issues raised in Othello by William Shakespeare and The Rover by Aphra Behn are established in the first Act of the plays.   In the following essay I will discuss the main issues raised by Shakespeare and Aphra Behn in their respective plays Othello and The Rover. I will also explore … Continue reading Compare Othello and The Rover (Aphra Benn) – 1500 words 2.1/1st →

Discuss the theme of mortality and immortality within Keats’s Ode on a Grecian Urn and Byron’s Child Harold’s Pilgrimage canto IV, stanzas 139-144.   In the following essay I will discuss the themes of mortality and immortality, time and timelessness to show how these romantic poets conveyed their views upon the fragility of human life. … Continue reading Keats and Byron Compare 1500 essay 2.1/1st →

Violence is everywhere in Paula Spencer’s Dublin. Look at its manifestations throughout the story     Introduction   As suggested by the first word “I” (Doyle, 1998, p.1) in The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, the events of the novel are narrated entirely in the first-person, representing the subjective perspective of its protagonist Paula Spencer. … Continue reading Roddy Doyle 2000 words 1st or 2.1 ENGLISH LITERATURE →

Analyse the second beheading scene in the fourth part of the poem. Comment on the words and actions of Gawain and the Green Knight before, during and immediately after it.   Note on transcription: In order to maintain standard keyboard formatting, I have rendered the characters ‘thorn’ as ‘th’, ‘yogh’ as ‘3’ and simplified diacritical … Continue reading Gawain and the Green Knight 1500 words →