As a Romantic poet who writes sense into (bodily) sensation, and sensation into sense, John Keats's poetic treatment of the body and its finitude arrests the central tension of human existence: A struggle between a desire to escape, or to embrace the bodily and fleshly finitude that is being alive.

Examining the postcolonial retellings in Wide Sargasso Sea : Its connections to Jane Eyre and its intellectual linkages to feminist-postcolonial scholarship/thinking. With Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jean Rhys presents a postcolonial response to Charlotte Brontë’s critically acclaimed work, Jane Eyre (1847). This prequel decentralises Jane's narrative as an empowering female heroine and focuses instead on the woman who has been unjustly remembered (or perhaps forgotten) as ‘Ber

How are the foundational Australian myths and narratives of colonial violence challenged in David Malouf's novel?

History of Colonial Racism and The "Lost Child" in Remembering Babylon

Music and dance are pertinent motifs throughout Jane Austen’s novels. Beyond reflecting the social conventions and reality of the Regency...

Key insights on problematising love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice from our complimentary open class held on May 2023.

Why were the Nazis (as reflected in Arthur Miller's Playing for Time) so obsessed with Germanic and European music? It may have to do with t

Illusion and Reality: What's the difference? How do we move forward from the seductive lies of illusions?

Why is Frankenstein's creature ugly? Is he even ugly? What does his "ugliness" mean?

Applying the "mind and self" angle of H2 Literature to Inventing Anna: Self-deception, deceptive appearances and self-actualisation.

Plath's poetry is not merely confessional or intimately personal. It is also culturally significant.

Deconstructing the "policy-speak" of the H1 and H2 Literature syllabus documents.

Thinking of slapping "diction" as a literary device into your analysis? Think again.

Studying literary contexts is more important than you think. Find out why by reading this article!

The more appropriate question: What is the relationship between motif and theme?

How do I clarify my understanding of the text? Sometimes, less is more.