English literature

Oscar Wilde’s The Remarkable Rocket (For Alfonso) is a play by Neil Bartlett retelling the story by Oscar Wilde under the new context of an after-sex bedtime story instead of the humorous children’s story for his son Cyril it originally was. This new context allows for historical context linking to the Old Bailey trials of 1895 during which Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years of hard labour during the years 1895-1897, along with intertextuality from others of Wi...

A learning Journal analysing the novels and stories studied over the course of the stories and storytelling module of English literature at brighten university. It includes an analysis of red riding hood, metamorphosis, the Turn of the screw, the remains of the day, grand theft auto, and the last of Us 2. The journal should contain 5 to 6 entries or items totalling approximately 2,500 words and represent your own selection and reflective and critical discussion of ideas, issues and narratives en...

This anthology is an exploration through poetry the idea of intensely strong faith and how the realities of life, and the mortality of that life shakes that faith. Though this idea is applicable to most if not all religion types, the poems in this anthology are specifically focused towards the typical Christian God. The anthology is in a specific order in order to express the hypocrisy found in Christian teachings and the journey a believer might make in discovering those hypocrisies and losing ...

This anthology is an exploration through poetry the idea of intensely strong faith and how the realities of life, and the mortality of that life shakes that faith. Though this idea is applicable to most if not all religion types, the poems in this anthology are specifically focused towards the typical Christian God. The anthology is in a specific order in order to express the hypocrisy found in Christian teachings and the journey a believer might make in discovering those hypocrisies and losing ...

An assignment from the poetry module of English literature at Brighton University. Analysing One Art by Elizabeth Bishop using quotes and context.

This is an assignment for the literature and theory module of English literature at Brighton university. It analyses the books Is There Nowhere Else We Could Meet by Nadine Gordimer, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, and Discourse on the Logic of Language by Marlene Nourbese Philip using the post-colonial theory.

‘I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “Oh Lord, make our enemies very ridiculous.” And God granted it…’ (Voltaire, ‘Letter to Etienne Damilaville’, 1767). How can two Enlightenment and/or Romantic texts by different visual artists or writers studied in the module be understood as ‘satire’? This essay explores this question by analysing Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope.

This is a critical commentary for a portion of a script as part of the drama in society module for English Literature at Brighton University. The assignment will include the critical commentary alongside a script written by the student based on/ or an extension of play(s) studied in the module. This critical commentary is on a script based on the play Top Girls by Caryl Churchill.

Creative writing portfolio for a piece I made myself including a commentary. It is an example of a standard grade.