Measuring the Representation of Women in Fiction
The Bechdel-Wallace Test is a feminist way critique of art. By answering 3 key questions, you can evaluate if a work has rounded female char
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Marisa
- Dec 5, 2022
Is the Netflix Adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover Worth Watching?
Netflix's adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' will hit the mark with those who enjoy steamy historical romances.
Marisa
- Jun 20, 2022
Why Austenites are Taking Issue with the New Adaptation of Persuasion while Bridgerton Gets a Pass
Why Austenites are Taking Issue with the New Adaptation of Persuasion while Bridgerton Gets a Pass
Marisa
- Jun 3, 2022
Netflix The Weekend Away Review
Netflix adaptation of Sarah Alderson's novel The Weekend Away (2020).
Marisa
- Apr 17, 2022
Book-to-TV Adaptation: Netflix Anatomy of a Scandal Review
I will admit that Sarah Vaughan’s 2018 novel Anatomy of a Scandal wasn’t on my radar until I saw the Netflix trailer. I was immediately...
Marisa
- Oct 19, 2021
That Creepy Feeling You Get with a Spooky Book
Why does somethings seem scary? Read about Freud's theory of the uncanny to understand how writers and movies manipulate our expectations.
Marisa
- Sep 2, 2021
Getting Serious About Humour!
It may seem like it removes the funny ha-ha part of humour to talk about why we laugh, but there is a good reason to take a closer look:...
Marisa
- Jul 26, 2021
A Historic Glimpse of the French Literary Salons
What is a literary salon? Literary salons have their origins in the Renaissance idea of gathering for debate in the courts of Italy and...
Marisa
- Jun 30, 2021
Book Diversity in Canadian Literature
Traditionally Canadian Literature, or CanLit, has highlighted voices of European settlers, been divided along English versus French...
Marisa
- Apr 28, 2021
Capturing the Gothic Life of Shirley Jackson on Film
I finally had the time to sit down and watch the 2020 movie Shirley (currently on Amazon Prime), based on a novel of the same name by...
Marisa
- Apr 21, 2021
Charlotte Brontë's Rejected Novel 'The Professor'
On this day in 1816, Charlotte Brontë was born! So, it is only fitting that I recently completed my reading of the first novel she ever...
Marisa
- Apr 11, 2021
School Textbooks Reflect our Societal Values
I recently wrote a post about What Makes a Literary Classic in which I was thinking about what we culturally consider a ‘classic’ and how...
Marisa
- Mar 8, 2021
Filling the Literary Gaps: English Female Writers 1750 - 1915
Not Just Jane: Rediscovering Seven Amazing Women Writers Who Transformed British Literature (2016) by Shelley DeWees is a delightful...
Marisa
- Feb 24, 2021
Reviewing One of the First English Novels
How do you review a book that is 300 years old? The grammar, punctuation, and narrative structure are not like anything we see in today's...
Marisa
- Jan 31, 2021
What Makes a Literary Classic?
Is it the amount of time that has passed? A wide readership? Originating from an ancient civilization? Defining a 'Classic' There is an...
Marisa
- Nov 2, 2020
Reader-Response Theory: Putting the "You" Back into Literary Criticism!
When diving into literary criticism, I always encourage people to start with reader-response theory because it is something most people...
Marisa
- Oct 22, 2020
Review of the Netflix Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 'Rebecca'
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again” (1). Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier has one of the most iconic opening lines in literature,...
Marisa
- Sep 14, 2020
Jane Austen’s “Spicy Allusions”
“...‘unbecoming conjunction’, a term Austen uses to describe what happens when two ideas or images or people, set side by side, reveal...
Marisa
- Aug 24, 2020
Western Literary Theory in 500 Words
Don’t let your eyes glaze over! These bullets distill the complex types of literary criticism. Not only have you likely already heard of...
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