Metafiction in ‘Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry’
Gray’s dictionary of literary terms defines metafiction as: ‘Fiction about fiction, in particular novels which examine the nature of...
A Baudrillardian Reading of Pynchon's 'Crying of Lot 49' and Gibson's 'Johnny Mn
The works of Pynchon and Gibson can be illuminated by Baudrillard’s theories on the post-modern. In particular, we shall be reading...
A Freudian reading of Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' and Jeunet's 'Alien Resurrection.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS Psychoanalysis does not simply provide an explanation of how we come to be masculine or feminine. It implies that...
A Guide to Reading Beckett
Here are three entries from a Beckett 'Dictionary,' designed as a guide to key terms and concepts when studying Beckett including some...
Science's Fictions Debt to Gothic Writing
The Gothic genre has always explored humanity’s unconscious preoccupations and sources of paranoia. When those anxieties are caused by...
Hoard
This was published in the Hampshire Young Writer's collection in 2003. There was certainly was some influence from Tolkien's Smaug and...
Cheering Crowds
A 50 word mini-saga called 'Cheering Crowds'. Entertainment: Crowds gathering, cheering, waving and shouting Rarely witnessing such an...
