When the year-long blogging task was initially explained to the class my first thought was; how can I get out of this? I had previously...

My thesis does not currently have a title, but it will focus on the representation of women in the novels of Haruki Murakami. I want to...

Mood for the Day: My stomach was in knots and I spent the duration of the drive to college reciting my presentation out loud in my car. ...

The time has come! My mind is made up and the subject of my dissertation is... Haruki Murakami. I think my previous blog posts probably...

Honestly, this book just felt like one long, sex-driven, fever dream. Was Shimamoto even real? Why is Hajime so painfully unlikeable? Why...

In my opinion, Murakami is really in his element when it comes to short stories. That's not to say all of his short stories are exempt...

This research talk took place on the 1st of February and was titled "Being Present: how ideas of physical space, place & non-place were...

During our Wednesday morning class of the module EN6009 on February 8th, we were tasked with editing a wikipedia article and live...

My main take away from reviewing the books I've read by Haruki Murakami is that he has never had a genuine and/or meaningful conversation...

Time to kick the old brain into gear and start thinking about the dissertation. It's go time! As enjoyable as it is to write about things...

This research talk took place on the 16th of November and was titled "Streaming Frenchness: What Netflix does to French Identity".The...

When writing my previous blog post about Carl Jung and his theory of archetypes I couldn't help but reflect upon my undergraduate...

Straying away from the theme of Scottish writers, here we have Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was from Alabama and was not only an author...

Here is another feminist Scottish writer. The links between Carol Ann Duffy and Jackie Kay go even further as the pair were in a...

Feminine archetypes and stereotypes is an area that interests me. Not only how these archetypes apply to women in reality but also how...

The second research talk I attended took place on October, 12th and was conducted by the author Rita Kelly who was discussing her short...

Carol Ann Duffy was “the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay poet” to be appointed as the British Poet Laureate from...

On September 28th the first research talk that members of our course were invited to took place. The talk was held online, through...