Literature in Lockdown: Zooming Through The Taming of the Shrew (Estela Green)
Literature in Lockdown is a special blog series in which our students share what they’re doing whilst face-to-face teaching is suspended at YSJU. In our latest post, Shakespeare: Perspectives student Estela Green shares her review of The Show Must Go Online’s Zoom production of The Taming of the Shrew. She watched this in lieu of our cancelled trip due to the closure of theatres back in March. There are silver linings after all.
(The Show Must Go Online Taming of the Shrew is available for free on YouTube here. Donations also welcome.)
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Literature in Lockdown: Holly Black’s The Darkest Part of the Forest
Literature in Lockdown is a special blog series in which our students share what they’re reading whilst face-to-face teaching is suspended at YSJU. In our third post, recent YSJLit Graduate (of both our undergraduate and postgraduate Literature programmes!) Silje Tunes shares her reading experience of Holly Black’s The Darkest Part of the Forest, as well as talking about which TV-series she is currently watching.
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Literature in Lockdown: Dystopia in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and our own
Literature in Lockdown is a special blog series in which our students share what they’re reading whilst face-to-face teaching is suspended at YSJU. In this post, Megan Sales discusses her initial reading of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale as a reflection of our own life under lockdown.
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York St. John English Literature Research Showcase 2020
Adam Kirkbride reflects on the English Literature Research Showcase which took place on the 12th of March 2020.
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Literature in Lock Down: Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses in Adaptation
Literature in Lockdown is a special blog series in which our students share what they’re reading whilst face-to-face teaching is suspended at YSJU. In our second post, Molly Routh discusses BBC One’s Adaptation of Noughts + Crosses.
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Postponement Beyond the Walls
The teams behind the Beyond the Walls anthology have some very important information regarding their student showcase, which was scheduled to take place in March.
Review of Beyond the Walls 2019
In anticipation of the publication of 2020’s Beyond the Walls anthology, I have been reflecting on past editions.
What Internet Publishing Means to Young Writers
BA Creative Writing student Emily Green reflects on what online publications mean for young writers, and how Wattpad, an online community, has helped young writers to become published later on.
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Autism Awareness at YSJU creative writing event TONIGHT
Today, on Thursday the 12th at 6.00 in HG 101 there will be a creative writing evening themed around Autism Awareness to help generate ideas for the next Autism Awareness Day on the 4th of April, 2020 – please come along and get involved.
The following week on Thursday the 19th at 6.00 in HG 101 there will be a more general evening for queries and questions about the event and any ideas people want to discuss for it.
People can submit their work to autismsuccesspathway@yorksj.ac.uk.
When the booklet is made they will receive a electronic copy.
Could people only submit either pdfs or word documents.
Thank you!
Dissertation Corner with Rose Kirby: Political Lesbianism and Fetishization
In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner, Rose Kirby tells us about her project on political lesbianism and fetishisation in early twenty-first century fictional realism.
What is the topic of your dissertation?
Political lesbianism, orientalist, sexuality and fetishes. A lot!
How did you choose the texts for the project?
I studied both of my dissertation books at different stages of my education. One was at AS-level Literature and Language, and the other I came across whilst I was studying ’Ecopoetics’ (ecocriticism, scientific papers and literature on the environment) on my exchange abroad in Stockholm.
Has your dissertation changed much since submitting your proposal?
Definitely! It’s expanded to include more ideology and methodology than I thought at first.
What have you enjoyed most and what have you struggled most with?
I have most enjoyed the freedom to research and get stuck-in with the subject matter surrounding my topics, and realising how much I love it! This is a double-edged sword though, it has been a challenge to keep on top of both researching independently and being a third year student with other commitments.
What has it been like working closely with an academic supervisor?
It has been really engaging and reassuring, to be able to have an intellectual conversation, where you are able to be influenced and encouraged by their expertise and support has been invaluable.
Beyond the Walls 2020: Call for Contributions on Contemporary Change
The blog and podcast team behind the Beyond the Walls anthology have written a piece on what they are looking for in their submissions. They also share some tips on which themes you can choose to write about.
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Need help with finding resources, referencing or formatting your essays?
Need help with finding resources, referencing or formatting your essays?
Katherine Hughes, the Academic Librarian for English Literature, can offer support in many areas of your study. For example, it is possible to book a tutorial with Katharine to get help with finding and evaluating sources. It is also possible to email Katherine (k.hughes@yorksj.ac.uk) or our general academic liaison inbox (academicliaisonteam@yorksj.ac.uk)
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Spoken Word – All About Respect
Here at All About Respect we are hosting a spoken word event to shine a light on sexual, abuse, violence and harm.
The event will be held on the 18th March at Spark, door open at 6.30pm and starts from 7-9pm.
We are looking for people to come a read their pieces of work produced and created around sexual abuse, violence and harm.
We are calling any creative writers, poets, drama, music students or anyone willing to take part.
Please email: molly.catterall@yorksj.ac.uk if you would like to participate.
If you would like to find out more about All About Respect, head to the Report and Support Website for information on campaigns, support materials, anonymous and direct reporting, training, and more.
Dissertation Corner with Amy Langton: Eighteenth-Century Women Writers
In this week’s dissertation corner, Amy Langton tells us about her project on the influence of war, poverty and slavery on poetry in eighteenth-century romantic female writers.
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