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[sl-walker]

One of the pages shippers have been Will Smithing at since it came out.

[rivetgoth]

I’m sure I’ll add more on this later but as I think on House of Leaves (finished it, loved it, listened through all of Poe’s Haunted and loved that too) I think the conclusion I’ve come to (and this isn’t a wildly novel conclusion, but ah well) is that it is at its core fundamentally an exploration of grief, and specifically grief of the loss of a family member. This is especially obvious because… Mark Danielewski has literally said that it was inspired by the death of his father. Poe’s album as well. So like, this is no secret. And I think this is invoked in the very obvious way of the fact that a house that should feel like a home but instead feels unsafe, surreal, and literally larger and emptier on the inside than it naturally should be is a very clear metaphor for grappling with the loss of a parent, right? But I think it goes deeper than that… I think House of Leaves also spends a lot of time dwelling on the weird, impossible to untangle intricacies of trauma, childhood and generational trauma especially, mental illness, and genetics… the things you carry with you and the things that loom over you from your family, especially those deceased who you no longer have direct contact with, left only with this awareness weighing down upon you.

I think Chad and Daisy are pretty clearly functionally author inserts of Mark and Poe, right? And Will Navidson then is their father? Both are even filmmakers. But I also think that Zampanò himself is Mark as well… his middle initial is literally… But complicatedly I’m not saying that Chad is Zampanò, I don’t think HoL is straightforward like that, it’s more like that’s another embodiment of the grief. The child experiencing that, the adult retelling it, grappling with it, imagining and reimagining it, and I think I believe that Tom Navidson is functionally an author insert of Zampanò into The Navidson Record, functioning kind of like a guardian angel to his childhood self, this sort of stand-in hero character who sacrifices himself to protect the innocence and life of the child self. I think the slippage of “me” within that one line, where he refers to Tom in first person, alludes to this, as well as his emotional outburst over his chapter where he tries to write about the relationship between Will and Tom. And in the very back of the book, there’s the fragment of a typed page where Zampanò considers an ending where Chad and Daisy die instead, are killed by the house, with this much more pessimistic tone (similar to when he gets upset about writing about Tom and Will), than what’s shown in the published/Johnny’s version of The Navidson Record.

And would it complicate things too much to say I think Chad, Zampanò, and Johnny represent a sort of trinity of different stages of Mark’s life—the child experiencing it in real time, the young adult trying (and failing) to cope with it all, and the elder now looking back and engaging with it from an aged perspective. I think Johnny represents that crushing weight of this impending, unknown genetic fuckery, constantly feeling the weight of this figure who died long ago but who you know lives within you, and you’re trying to figure out what’s traumagenic, what’s just this completely unavoidable tumbling towards fate—his mother died severely psychotic in an institution, is this unavoidable? Can he escape this future? How much of what he deals with is her, her influence, her fault, and how much is caused by trauma inflicted upon him. I really don’t like the theory that his mother/Pelafina “was” Johnny all along or that Johnny never existed or that he was a stillborn baby like in the story and she’s functionally created a Johnny headmate. I think it’s sort of silly, like I can see some interesting merit in it (there’s clearly a bizarre Oedipal psychosexual complex going on between Pelafina and Johnny and her writing these detailed accounts of her basically stillborn son’s sexcapades is a pretty fascinating idea), but I’m more interested in a sort of backwards-reading of that theory where the end represents Johnny kind of embracing or succumbing to his mother’s identity, for better or worse, and the idea of this baby in critical condition that maybe just maybe had a slim chance for life but dying the moment his mother asks him to revealing instead his relationship to her, the helplessness of those genetics and the control and power she exerts over him even in death. When Shilo Wallace says “You, I've mistaken for destiny / but the truth is my legacy is not up to my genes” at the end of Repo! the Genetic Opera, House of Leaves says… terrifyingly… what if it is? What if your genetics are your destiny? And then you lose that genetic lineage, it becomes just story, infamy, legend, but you’re there and alive and trying to grapple with it?

I kinda like the theory that Johnny rewrote the end of The Navidson Record to have a happy ending, or maybe Zampanò did. I think they both desperately want the story to have a happier ending. And honestly, I love the ending of The Navidson Record as published by Johnny. Though maybe cliché on paper I love the idea that there is a hopeful answer to all that emptiness and fear and a way to silence those endless inexplicable winding hallways and the answer is to replace that emptiness with genuine love. Like, to overcome that fear and embrace the ones you’ve loved for all that they are and that this love can fix all of that… It can make all of the fear and uncertainty of the empty, insurmountable, nightmare house literally dissolve... I think the end of Poe’s album (“If You Were Here”) speaks to that too.

Uh there’s obviously way more to it than that. House of Leaves is a lot of things. Duh. But I do think right now my primary takeaway is just how informed it is by the crushing helpless grief of the death of an immediate family member with which you have an extremely tenuous or strained relationship and the weight of family history.

[al-mayriti]

Noting that I went to a catholic high school in the midwestern US, I would say that between 30-40% of my classmates followed a life path similar to the following (so not even half, but still a significant amount):

1) Age 18-21: start dating someone in uni

2) Age 22/23: get a job shortly after graduation (or have one already organized, probably from a summer internship while in uni)

3) Age 22-24: get engaged to your uni bf/gf within a year of graduating, once you both have jobs basically

4) Age 23-26: wedding within a year or two of getting engaged, also buy a house if you have that kind of money lol

5) 9 months to 1 year after wedding (so 24-26 generally): baby!

I think it's important to note that this culture is able to continue because many college-educated young USAmericans are able to get a decent job very soon after graduating, which speeds up the rest of the process quite a bit. For people who are not able to get a job quickly, or who choose to do further studies, add on a few years. (And for people who don't go to uni, subtract a few!)

yeah i was gonna say, the only thing i envy of that is the getting a job so early and easy lol. i think that's also the main difference or why people aren't married so early here. in my experience (note that i went to a private upper class school so almost everyone went to university and pretty much everyone is employed right now except me lol)

1) 18-23. uni. a bunch of them were dating before uni, others during, some after, you know how it goes. and also a lot of them didn't date (like me).

2) 23-25. finishing uni, doing a master's degree, and or living abroad (usually to work).

3) 25-26. come back to spain and work here, or finished studying and got a job. they start dating seriously.

4) 26-28. if they've been dating for a while, engagement. if not, they continue the grind. if they live abroad especially which is honestly more than half of my circle rn they won't want to get engaged until they come back or decide to stay in the other country (normally their partner is from there).

5) 28-30. this is the future for me so i'm just speculating, but here is marriage + baby for those who can afford it. keep in mind most of us this age are still living with our parents so. that's another thing to have in mind.

more or less that's the idea here. you first want to have a stable job, then a stable house, and then you can start thinking about proposing and weddings and kids. and that doesn't happen soon.

[villtura]

I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the work you're doing!! Making us the Meryl and Milly plushies is so kind of you and as a fic writer who does a lot of Meryl and Wolfwood friendship pieces, your new post-Dragon's Nest art of them is absolutely EVERYTHING. Thank you so much!! 💜

aaaah thank you so much!! it's made me so happy to see the excitement around the milly and meryl plushies and i can't wait to ship them home to everyone <3

meryl and wolfwood are such interesting characters considering their similar temperaments and experiences with vash, so i love exploring potential interactions since we didn't get to see much of it in trimax :,) i'm so glad that you enjoyed my artwork of them!

[xxgoldie]

as a husband wriothsley acts like s3 anthony bridgerton send tweet

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

I'm gonna finish Smallville by April 🥲

[nudibutch]

asking this as a fellow stone with some questions about where that comes from personally. are there things you like doing or imagining on your own but don’t like in practice, or are you stone in most of your fantasies, too? for me I only respond in a stone way when I’m with someone. on my own I like and imagine plenty that I can’t enjoy so don’t really want when I’m with a partner

more the former, like 60/40 or 75/25 (most of my fantasies involve things im not comfortable with with someone else, some of them are stone-specific). there are things i like fantasizing about on my own, but when it comes to in practice i am definitely not as comfortable with it. although i have capital D fully Divested with partners i trust, it takes a LONG time for me to get there (like well over a year), its usually a once-only or extremely rare event, and i havent let anyone touch me intimately or penetrate me in about 5 years (save for my pap smears, lol). i feel like with the right person i could explore that again, but it would take a monumental amount of trust. i think my brain is conditioned to "youre disappointing someone when you say no to this specifically" and i would need a lot of support if i ended up still not liking it.

i also think a lot of it is connected to the fact that ive only recently been touched or interacted with in a way that i DO like, so my body in general is extremely unpracticed/inexperienced with connecting my pleasure to my physicality. i dont think this is a cure-all by any means, but i have a feeling that if i got to a point of trust with someone to be able to do that more often, i think my body would respond very differently than it has in the past.

[poetryqueer]

planning document must be going well I just said the words “explaining the endurance of Platonism could be the life I’m living” to myself. Alone. At 2:30am. Because yeah. Could be.

[revvethasmythh]

like, I get why people don't like edgelord style characters and find them exhausting, i really do. but I was raised by a style of book that exclusively features edgelord protagonists that intentionally bars them from experiencing a single moment of dignity in their entire lives, and I think that explains why I love them, actually

[pochapal]

they're studying omelette route in undergrad english classes

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

What exactly is wrong with people who tag their hate posts as the thing they're hating on. Leave me alone no one made you be here

[whatjoshwrote]

Also, Shrek is inherently metafictional (self-aware) in the way it plays with fairy tale tropes - subverting them, playing with them or simply highlighting them so it makes sense that it also does the same thing to pop culture.

Other good examples of this are The Princess Bride and The Last Unicorn - both of which play with tropes extensively and give a few wink wink nudge nudges to pop culture in a way that doesn’t take you out of the story (although as always Your Mileage May Vary).

Shrek 2 + favorite pop culture references

[appleonjust-ice]

today i finally clocked how much coursework i actually have to do and yknow what it may actually be over

[romandavis-blog]

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Trending English Literature Dissertation Topics for 2024

For centuries, English literature has been a repository for most academic findings. It has been interpreted as satisfying the cravings of human beings for culture and history. As a literature student, it would be your task to ensure that the dissertation topic you choose reflects your interests while contributing to improving the entire field. The topic shows your passion and worth of your research. 

In 2024, advancements in English Literature dissertation topics, such as technology, climate change, and diverse perspectives, will lead to a trend toward modernization. Now, this trend has become more exciting than ever.

This blog will introduce some trendy dissertation topics for English Literature in 2024. The varied themes of discussion will inspire you to research.

Contemporary Themes in English Literature

Contemporary literature in the English language speaks to the present world, addressing social and psychological problems. It harbors themes relevant to readers and researchers and provides space to explore them. 

Exploration of Identity and Diversity

More recently, literature has raised fresh voices to incorporate new realities of identity. It has become a key to breaking sound barriers to telling stories of race, gender, and sexuality. Thistle has been considerably unmentioned in all stereotypes, and it has redefined norms to create room for marginalized communities. Topics such as "Race and Resistance in Modern Fiction" or "Gender Fluidity in Contemporary Literature" may evoke ideas for dissertations.

Literature and Mental Health

Mental health is emerging in literature as a developed ground for articulation. It sheds light upon struggles like anxiety, depression, and trauma that exist in the lives of many. Moreover, it helps humanize those issues, giving readers shape and space to understand and sympathize. You may want to take such topics as "Depictions of Trauma in Postmodern Fiction" or "Mental Illness as a Literary Device in 21st Century Novels." They will show how literature might inflate and influence society's perspective on mental health.

Reimagining Classic Literature

Though classic literature remains a veritable goldmine for research, modern approaches alter how we view these great works. New lenses uncover additional meanings and relations between these texts and the current world. 

Feminist Readings of Classics

Reexamining classical literature through a feminist point of view opens countless doors. Observing how eminent female characters are portrayed counsels on the roles they were confined to within their time. Such works as Jane Eyre or The Scarlet Letter might illuminate independence, oppression, or rebellion study themes. English dissertation examples might be "The Subversion of Patriarchal Norms in Victorian Literature" or "Reclaiming Female Voices in 19th-Century Fiction." 

Post-Colonial Readings

Classical texts often embodied the colonial mindset of the period. Aspects of post-colonialism study might challenge those narratives and consider how they perpetuated imperial ideologies. It also connects the canonical texts and broader historical and cultural contexts. Topics like "Colonialism in Shakespeare's The Tempest" or "Postcolonial Readings of Rudyard Kipling's Works" indicate how colonization leaves a footprint in literature and society.

Literature and Technology

The path to training technology has changed how stories are narrated and consumed. Modern literature reflects these changes, combining traditional storytelling with digital innovations and futuristic ideas worth considering for your thesis.

 Digital Storytelling 

Digital storytelling changed the structure of storytelling by creating new opportunities for reader engagement. The interactive spaces, hypertext literature, and digital fiction allow readers to travel through stories nonlinearly, putting them into the act. You should investigate how platforms such as Wattpad and apps like Episode create participatory storytelling experiences. You could propose exciting topics like "The Role of Hypertext in Shaping Modern Narratives" or "Digital Fiction as a New Literary Genre" for your research. It brings alive the narrative in innovative, dynamic ways: this field.

Literature in the Age of AI

With the increase of artificial intelligence, creative possibilities are breaking ground in the literary world. AI texts question our notions of authorship and creativity, while future worlds highlight the human-machine relationship. You may take up topics such as "AI-Generated Poetry and Its Impact on Literary Studies" or "The Depiction of AI in Contemporary Fiction." This intersection studies how technology influences creation and content in literature.

Climate Change and Environmental Narratives

Literature has become a powerful means of dealing with many global issues, like climate change. Its polished storytelling invokes all the people's emotional attachments. Writers and the great setting could be used to study various areas of human and natural life and the related catastrophes experienced by humankind regarding the environment.

Increasingly, environmental issues are at the core of contemporary literature. Writers speak of the impacts of climate change, easily intermingling the presence of fiction and science in real life to educate the mind. Novels like The Overstory, penned by Richard Powers, speak so well about the interwoven relationship between man and nature. Modern works could consider environmental justice, human responsibility, or ecological destruction. Those have educational purposes and provoke people to go out and take action. Hence, the inclusion of these narratives into research becomes valuable.

Eco-criticism is another lens through which to interpret how literature reflects environmental challenges and possible solutions. For instance, examples of English literature dissertations include "The Role of Nature as a Character in Postmodern Fiction" and "Climate Change and Apocalypse in Dystopian Novels." These would allow you to delve into how a storyteller employs modes of narrativity to criticize environmental policies and promote sustainability through their writing. These, therefore, mix literary analysis with pressing real-world issues.

Cross-Cultural Studies in Literature

Cross-cultural studies reveal the impact of diverse cultures on English literature, which is an excellent mix of themes, perspectives, and styles. Such a study would help one understand how the voices of the world come together to give meaning and shape to literary traditions. 

English literature has been enriched with bountiful global influences. Accordingly, these writers draw upon their experiences, adding depth and complexity to traditional themes and making them universal. For example, Salman Rushdie and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's writing is infused with cultural identity. Their works reflect the use of English and local ways of writing. Researching this could unveil how different global viewpoints challenge the boundaries of English literature. 

Diasporic literature becomes literature dwelling on the lives of culturally hybrid humans and predominantly covers aspects like identity, belonging, displacement, self-definition, etc. As authors such as Jhumpa Lahiri and Hanif Kureishi depict, they take the subject into their pages. One could address titles such as “The Representation of Identity in Diasporic Fiction”-or “Cultural Hybridity in Postcolonial Literature.” These topics enable you to examine how literature could become an equitable portal over-drives between cultures and makes sense of the complexities of being in two worlds.

English Literature and Pop Culture

Pop culture has changed how we connect with literature and its relevance to contemporary audiences. From film adaptations to graphic novels, these trends provide exciting avenues for research.

The Role of Literature in Contemporary Media

Many literary works find new life through films and television series, bringing classical or contemporary stories to the public. An adaptation, such as Pride and Prejudice or The Great Gatsby, turns the stories toward today's audience, mixing conventional themes with pop culture trends. Dissertation topics in English Literature, such as "Evolution of Literary Adaptations in the 21st Century" or "Pop Culture Influence on Reception of Classical Text," can fall into this category. It is an active interaction between literature and media.

Graphic Novels with English Literature

Graphic novels combine art and thinking with storytelling, closing the gap from past literature to forms of expressive phrases today. Thesis topics  from graphic novels are "The Changing Role of Graphic Novels in Defining Literary Genres" or "Visual Storytelling as a Medium for Social Commentary." This field displays how literature continues to change yet still clings to its past.

Gender and Sexuality in English Literature

Thematic concerns associated with LGBTQ+ have entirely evolved in English literature. These transformed from being hidden narratives to being celebrated themes. Initial writings have employed either concealment of, or dissimulating queer identities, whereas modern literature openly indulges in and highlights its diverse experiences. Fresh perspectives have also emerged, though, offering and challenging traditional norms as authors reflect a broad spectrum of identities based on gender and sexual orientation. 

Some suggested dissertation topics include "Contemporary Fiction and the Representation of Queer Identities" as well as "The Role of LGBTQ+ Literature in Shaping Social Change." Such areas enable you to examine how literature reflects and shapes the current debate around gender and sexuality.

Regional and Marginalized Literature

In recent years, regional or marginalized voices have garnered significant interest in literature. Such writers offer fresh perspectives, laying bare cultural, social, and political discourses. They also present the lived experience against the grain of most dominant environments. These voices speak further into a view of the world, much more than what a dominant narrative can offer. 

You could consider topics for research like "The Rise of Indigenous Literature in the 21st Century" or "Marginalized Voices in Postcolonial Literature." Understanding these areas can help you realize how and why it is essential to give space to these voices and be enriched by the myriad of stories and experiences that fill English literature.

Wrap Up

Topics for English literature dissertations in 2024 mirror the shifting trends in literature and society, from identity to mental health and climate change and from feminist readings of classics to postcolonial lenses. The scope is enormous. In choosing your dissertation topic, one should center on areas that speak to you but also flourish and add to the field. It should conform to current literary sensibilities but lend itself to answering uniquely. For assistance, consider hiring professional academic writers' services to clear your ideas and guarantee your successful research pilgrimage.

FAQs

What are some of the hot topics in English literature trends during 2024?

Some hot issues in 2024 are coming to terms with identity and diversity, mental health, and feminist or post-colonial readings of classics. Digital storytelling, climate change narratives, and cross-cultural studies in literature constitute other themes.

How would one opt for an appropriate dissertation topic in English literature?

Choose a topic that appeals to your interests and engages with broader contemporary discourse. Focus on mental technology or diversity alongside a classic text for a unique entry point.

Where is climate change featured in English lit dissertations?

Climate change is generally addressed in terms of ecocriticism and the dystopian idiom. Dissertation topics in current narratives can include research on environmental justice, impersonality as ecological destruction, and humanity's social impact on climate change.