Author Archives: mooreconnor

Have you been struggling with writing? Paper assignments got you stumped? Have a great idea or argument but aren’t sure how to express it in writing? Then this is the video for you! In this video I share with you some common errors people make when they write and how to avoid them as well as […] Continue reading →

From my experience, a lot of people seem to think that skills and concepts learned in English classes aren’t of much use outside of the literary sphere. I, on the other hand think that knowing how to write is important… Continue Reading → Continue reading →

For this week’s post I’ve decided to do a close reading of Seamus Heaney’s poem, “Mid-Term Break”, first published in his collection titled Death of a Naturalist. We briefly looked at this poem in my English 220 class but ever since… Continue Reading → Continue reading →

You’ve probably heard a lot of people say how our modern works of fiction are heavily influenced by ancient Greek myths, but has anyone ever actually sat you down and shown  you the parallels? Unless you’ve studied the topic, you… Continue Reading → Continue reading →

Continued from Part I There was a great deal of backlash from prestigious academic institutions in Britain, notably Oxford and Cambridge, toward the adoption of the study of English in the years leading up to the First World War. Most… Continue Reading → Continue reading →

For my first ever post on this literary blog I thought it would be appropriate to start off with a bit of a history lesson. I want to travel back a couple of centuries and find out how literature as… Continue Reading → Continue reading →