literature-and-literary-theory

The second series of Rivals has put the bestselling author’s brand of saucy jollity back on screen, but what is her bonkbuster nonpareil? In the last of Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles – her epic, engrossing sagas of bucolic life among horse-riding poshos – Rupert Campbell-Black, template-handsome cad turned loving husband, is now (I did the maths) 67. Taggie has cancer, which is bracing, sinc…

A new book, ‘Marilyn and Her Books’ by Gail Crowther, explores the starlet's personal library of 400 volumes and the misogyny that doubted her intelligence.

There’s a reason art novels and emotionally charged art writing feel especially irresistible right now. In a cultural… The post 8 Art Books to Read This Summer That Capture the Chaos of Creative Life appeared first on Arts To Hearts Project .

The unsettling performance artist, who has made some electrifying stage shows in his time, is taking a leap into literature with an eye-opening book, In Pursuit of a Wonderful Nothing. A hard sell, he thinks There are commercial strategies to promote your first book, and then there’s what Kim Noble planned. “I asked the publishers if I could hire a digger, then go to a roundabout, dig a massive h…

BackgroundEpic poetry represents an important component of literary education and plays a significant role in shaping historical consciousness and cultural identity among students in multicultural learning environments. The aim of this study was to examine students' affective, cognitive, and arousal responses to two selected epic narratives centered on Marko Kraljević and Alija Đerzelez within an…

In Jonathan Swift's satiric novel Gulliver's Travels, the titular Gulliver finds himself in an absurd scientific academy, proposing nonsensical ideas like that decisions by rulers should be made ...

After visiting an island brothel in Bangladesh, the novelist was inspired to write an imagined uprising. She explores the radical fictional worlds where women have the power In the spring of 2024, I am finally able to visit Banishanta, the island in southern Bangladesh that has been haunting my dreams. When I arrive I find it is little more than a long patch of grey mud, with a string of flimsy h…

_Journal of School of Languages (Josol)_ 1 (1):223-245. 2010Nigerians seem to have lost their sense of value especially since after the war. In the past people have value for self worth. The Nigerian society can be redeemed and rebranded. The purpose of this paper is rebranding Nigeria through literature and literary studies. The focus is on dramatic arts as an instrument for rebranding Nigeria. …

_Cinej Cinema Journal_ 14 (1):231-267. 2026This study explores how post-1990s commercial cinema absorbs and reconfigures the narrative ambiguity of art cinema. Through formalist and cognitive analyses of Pulp Fiction, Memento, Mulholland Drive, and Inception, this study identifies a hybrid form of complexity that merges aesthetic indeterminacy with market-oriented storytelling. The concept of hyb…

This article presents a meta-critical synthesis of the paradigm shifts in life writing—encompassing both biography and autobiography—as documented in thirteen (13) articles published in the journal Biography between 1972 and 1979. Through thematic analysis assisted by artificial intelligence technology (Google Notebook LM), subsequently validated through manual review, this study identifies four …

The present study explores metadiscourse as a crucial linguistic phenomenon in academic writing for EFL learners. The main focus of the research includes the theoretical foundations, objectives, and classifications of metadiscourse markers in scholarly communication. Particular attention is given to Hyland's interpersonal model of metadiscourse, which differentiates between interactive and intera…

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Selecting a creaking talent underlines the political demands even the most successful coach in Champions League history cannot escape When Neymar was 18, he made his debut for Brazil as part of the rejuvenation of the national squad after the disappointment of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. At the time, Lionel Messi was 23, obviously a star, and Brazil had to have their equivalent. Neymar ha…

From a darkly comic new novel to a gripping 1950s memoir – Katherine Rundell, Malala Yousafzai, Matt Haig and others appearing at Hay festival pick titles to tempt you Malala Yousafzai Activist I have loved going to the theatre ever since I saw my first musical (Matilda in London, when I was 15 years old) – and I love reading about it, too. In Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, a British-Palestinian…

This stellar adaptation of James Graham’s award-winning play is a stirring take on national identity – even if not all the actors look like the real footballers. Put it this way, Wayne Rooney will be very pleased indeed To watch Dear England (Sunday, 9pm, BBC One) – the BBC’s stellar adaptation of James Graham’s Olivier award-winning play – you must first understand the incomparable damage to the…

From As Nasty As They Wanna Be to Saltburn and The Full Wax, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 What is the most populous city directly on the Mediterranean coast? 2 Which ruler last had a coronation in 1963? 3 What school subject, abbreviated, is plural in Britain but singular in the US? 4 Which married couple have 12 Olympic golds between them? 5 Gatsby, Gowen and Tibbs were which est…

A divorcee gets blackmailed by a camboy in a bingeable twisty thriller, and the musical master’s biography is gossipy and erudite. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

Abstract This article presents a critical thematic literature review examining how contemporary Western research conceptualises the intersections of oracy, embodiment, power relations, oral literacies, and critical thinking in primary literacy education. Analysing peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2025, and informed by longstanding Australian and international scholarship, the revi…

Heartbreak disrupts attachment, identity, and meaning. Poetry may help the mind give shape to what ordinary language cannot hold.