In this blog post, I will comment on my first blog post, my literary autobiography, and consider the cultural factors that could maybe be “hidden subjects.” I’ve made comments below each section using super […]

In reading Gabrielle Griffin’s chapter on interviewing in Research Methods for English Studies, the thoughts diverged into two separate directions. I was at once drawn to the obvious connections between the G […]

In Penny Summerfield’s chapter on “Oral History as a Research Method” in Research Methods for English Studies, she describes oral history as having become distinct from ethnography and the oral tradition in the 1 […]

I struggled with unifying each of the readings for this week’s discussion. I’m eager to hear from our guest lecturer in class, as Deegan’s summary of digital humanities in Research Methods for English Studi […]

I found this week’s chapter from Research Methods for English Studies, “Numbers and Words: Quantitative Methods for Scholars of Texts” by Pat Hudson very interesting. I, like Catherine Belsey, who Hudson had sough […]

I found Vivian Jones’ “Feminisms,” to be an interesting read alongside Belsey’s chapter on textual analysis in “Research Methods for English Studies,” particularly the references to Barthes’ “The Death of the Au […]

In reading “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” in relation to the “Discourse Analysis” chapter in Research Methods for English Studies, two discourses stood out as pervasive in the poem: Christianity and […]

In reading the three pieces, there are obvious connections between Green’s essay and “Sir Gawain” as Green’s essay is written about “Sir Gawain.” I can see why Rose’s chapter was paired with this poem as there is […]

Hi! I’m starting this blog for EN 501 and have been asked to write a post about my literary history. So here it goes!

How did I start reading?

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t reading, really. I can […]