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Assignment Rough Draft - Done
Mar. 17th, 2016 09:01 pm
Have finished the rough draft of Assignment 2, which has 1,094 words. Time for a substantial rewrite and incidental war database sprinkles to substantiate my argument, but that will be tomorrow. Picture unrelated - just pretty :-)
War Databases Research - Going Slow
Mar. 11th, 2016 09:18 pm
I have begun the essay, but It is mostly framework stuff. 206 words - over 20%, but I am reading through the account of the the ambulance trains and the affects of specific gas warfare. There are two accounts of the war trains - I really wanted some from the beginning and end of the war, or from two opposing factions. Right now I am done for the night.
Picture is unrelated - just reminds me of home.
Research War Databases - Prologue
Mar. 10th, 2016 04:24 pm
Not done a lot today, but hoping to remedy that situation very soon.
21:09
I have been collating material but it is a bit of a slog - I need to concentrate on the medics on the frontline and it means picking through the data bases as I need a history and cultural context timeline to tie it all it. Done for now. A bit under the weather at the moment - hopefully this will pass.
War Writing Since 1914 - Poetry End
Feb. 25th, 2016 07:46 pm
There was a group of disgruntled Truro diaspora on the way home tonight, mostly because we had a 4 hour trip for sod all. Anything I heard in that lecture, I could have picked up from Primo or other databases, or even the Imperial War Museum website. As it is, I have to think about restructuring the essay before electronic hand in 12pm tomorrow. Plus dreams - I am either trying to break into places or break away from them. Bizarre.
Time to write the last of the War Poetry - I maybe some time....
21:12
I would say my editing style has been akin to slash and burn agriculture. Final submitted 1,021.
War Writing Since 1914 - Poetry Day 6
Feb. 23rd, 2016 07:30 pm
Just trying to lose 250 words - this time, they won't even allow a 10% margin. If I can get it done by tonight, it means that I will have a free day tomorrow. Unfortunately, Hubby has nicked my car, as his is unwell at the moment. Curses!
21:10
I have managed to shed 130 words, but can only really shave a max of a further 22 words off, bringing it down to the 10% margin. Any less and there won't be much of an essay left! I have emailed her re the 10% either way (according to some, she wasn't keen on the idea), but I will leave this a day or so before having another look. No more for now.
War Writing Since 1914 - Poetry Day 5
Feb. 22nd, 2016 02:07 pm
The power of propaganda, eh? I covered this when I was writing my transactional analysis in year one of the degree. It is the power of language that interests me.
Interesting, because I compare it to the previous advertising of the Victorians in comparative peace time - which was full of information, lacking in buzz words etc. Anyway, time to redraft/overhaul the essay. May look on JSTOR for a couple of essays, but must keep it short.
20:28
1,182, haha - looks like I have shortened it by five words or so, but I have edited and substantially rewrote the beginning. Will tackle JSTOR tomorrow.
20:28
1,182, haha - looks like I have shortened it by five words or so, but I have edited and substantially rewrote the beginning. Will tackle JSTOR tomorrow.
War Writing Since 1914 - Poetry Day 3
Feb. 20th, 2016 10:00 pm
Didn't start til very late but have made serious progress. Some of it well written, the other part is gutted out to be started on tomorrow - hopefully much earlier than today. 1,064 all told. Will finish first draft, add sprinkles, then overhaul the lot.
War Writing Since 1914 - Poetry Day 1
Feb. 17th, 2016 04:00 pm
I am starting off with Mary Borden, who was American and who fronted her own field hospital in France from 1915-18 - poem beneath the cut.
20:04
326 - seriously bugger all achieved writing wise, but I have sorted out the structure a bit, so I can write a better compare contrast, themes etc.
War Writing Since 1914 - Poetry Chosen
Feb. 15th, 2016 05:10 pm
I have chosen Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and Mary Borden's 'At the Somme: The Song of the Mud'. There are many compare/contrast text and meanings from two different perspectives. Have written out the framework (232 words) and I am ready to crack on with the essay. I figure if I have time on Thursday, I will return my library books and see what is left re the war poets (either that, or find scholarly articles online).
Brooke - The Soldier
Sassoon - The General, Glory of Women, On Passing the New Menin Gate
Gurney - To His Love
Rosenberg - Break of Day in the Trenches, Dead Man's Dump
Owen - Dulce Et Decorum Est, Strange Meeting, Disabled, Futility
Jones - In Parenthesis (part 7)
Yeats - An Irish Airman foresees his Death
May Wedderburn Cannan - Lamplight
Mary Borden - The Song of the Mud
As part of the 'War Writing Since 1914' module, we have had to watch the 1930s version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Boy, that was grim. I am not a lover of movies in any case, especially westerns and war films (or anything with a gun and a hat). However, it touched me - mostly because they didn't over dramatise it and therefore it felt more authentic. I also have a better appreciation as to my mother's set up. She was a child during the second World War and lived near Redhill in Surrey. It is the place where all the dogfights happened and she witnessed many scary things. I didn't appreciate it when we were growing up and it is no suprising that she became a bit 'FUBAR'.
The casualties of war - not just on the killing fields, but on the playing fields of south east England too :-/
