Sub Rosa

When I did my Victorian modules last year, I really wanted to tackle Dracula and compare it with the earlier Frankenstein and use other comparatives. I was persuaded to study either/or A Dolls House/The Yellow Wallpaper and compare it with The Bell Jar.  Basically, because of prolonged absences re Hubby's illness, it was better to tackle something I had read and use the feminist theory module to work on.  I did it pretty well, but felt sad that I couldn't put my reading of Dracula to good use.

( Books for Monsters/Madness major dissertation )

I can see another psychoanalytical/feminist theory stance here, possibly even post colonial - there is also something called 'Queer Theory' too - though I haven't really got any knowledge of it.

Onward to tomorrow - am not going to uni as I have been a bit poorly over the weekend and need to catch up :-/

I finished my last classic 2 days ago and I look at the others and think "Meh." I have lost all incentive and am just not interested in reading at the moment.  Nor writing anything much, hence posting lots of videos.  Call it the doldrums, but I can't get excited about Little Dorrit/Oliver Twist/Brideshead Revisited et al. Yet they sit on my table and my conscience ratchets up the guilt.  Have picked up H.G Wells' Time Machine instead as it is meant to be a dystopic classic.That and Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Think part of my inertia is that I know the registration day for year 2 now and also that I will be at college on Mondays/Thursdays, a change from last years Wednesday/Friday.  I kinda liked the 4 days off, to be frank.  Not a good attitude, I know - I just think I will feel a whole lot better when I touch base with my lecturer.  I just don't want to think about it just yet.