In this post, I will explore the lens of Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in relation to Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Starting with Judith Butler’s ideas. In general, when some people think of sex and gender they think of our bodies. Lately, the idea of gender as a fluid and cultural entity has become more acceptable […]

This week I did my first presentation on Wimsatt and Beardsley’s essays The Intentional Fallacy (1946) and The Affective Fallacy (1949). Within these writings I found many criticisms of the author’s intentions and criticism of the way we read and interpret a text. First, I will mention the Intentional Fallacy. From this text, I found […]

Many women in Virginia Woolf’s time period were women of noble birth or money. There is a tainted view on women’s writing because of this. Woolf writes about the oppression of women but I feel like that view can’t help but be a bit twisted. Virginia Woolf had money and she was more privileged than […]

Amy Bender is a fantastic writer. I found myself fully engaged in every story, believing her crazy storylines and loving the crazy characters. Amy Bender uses many techniques we discussed this semester, one of her best techniques is tone. In The Remeberer, the tone is full of loss but acceptance. This creates an atmosphere that helps the […]

I have never been a writer. At least, I never wanted to be a writer. I am the antisocial literature major, the one that never goes to open mic night for fear of being coerced into speaking. It’s an irrational fear, I know that. I love to hear people recite poetry. Especially if it is […]

While reading and discovering new lenses, I found myself drawn to the idea of Marxism. These political and economic theories formed the basis of the introduction to communism. Communism has been feared for years because of our on again, off again relationship with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, better known as USSR. One thing […]