English in Transition by ENG 1001 Tutorial Group Discussion Board https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg Query, Comment, Answer, Share en-us 2021-09-26 18:18:55 UTC 2026-03-06 19:02:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f4bb.png Week Two: The Sonnet ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1770639928 What are some of the rhetorical devices used in a sonnet you have carried out a close reading on this week? ]]> 2021-09-27 10:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1770639928 Week Three: Othello ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777263917 Keeping in mind James Hirsch's article on the history of the soliloquy (see readings for week three), can you define the 'soliloquy'?  ]]> 2021-09-29 07:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777263917 Week One: The Sonnet ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777273468 How does the form of the sonnet 'The Forge' (1969) by Seamus Heaney create meaning?]]> 2021-09-29 07:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777273468 Week Three: Shakespeare and the Soliloquy ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777288182 What are the possible implications of the fact that Iago delivers more soliloquies than any other character in the play? ]]> 2021-09-29 08:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777288182 Week Three: Othello ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777352375 What is the significance of music and song in the play and how do they contribute to Shakespeare's thematic concerns? ]]> 2021-09-29 08:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1777352375 The Handkerchief ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1810102376 Hi all,
following out discussions yesterday about Othello, I wanted to flag up a very interesting article by Ian Smith which investigates our assumption that Desdemona's handkerchief was white, arguing that it was, in fact, a black handkerchief. Smith then goes on to link that assumption to the prevalence of racist ideologies in society today. Definitely worth a read! 
  • Smith, Ian. “Othello’s Black Handkerchief.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 1, [Folger Shakespeare Library, The Shakespeare Association of America, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University Press, George Washington University], 2013, pp. 1–25, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24778431. 
- Rhonda
]]> 2021-10-12 08:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1810102376 William Blake Podcast ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1816469025 I wanted to share this BBC podcast on William Blake with the group - a good starting point for your research into his poetry this week: 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gh4pg

-Rhonda]]> 2021-10-14 08:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1816469025 Week Five: What are some of the characteristics of Blake and Barbauld's poetry? ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1826871757 2021-10-19 11:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1826871757 Week Seven: Victorian Poetry ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1837774344 This week you had the opportunity to suggest additional poems for our class discussions. So, during our next tutorial we will examine:
  • Thomas Hardy's poem, 'In the British Museum'. When reading this poem, think about how Hardy explores the meaning of objects and how objects mean different things to people from different cultural backgrounds and experiences.
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese. Focus particularly on sonnets 3, 22, 29 and 43. When reading Barrett Browning's sonnets think about how the sonnet form is reworked. 
  • Robert Browning's poems 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess'. What are the interesting features of these poems? 

]]> 2021-10-23 09:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1837774344 Week Seven: Victorian Poetry ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1837783518 I wanted to share a link to this very interesting podcast about Victorian poetry. It does focus quite a bit on the texts of Matthew Arnold, however, you do get a good sense of the main issues writers were addressing during this period.  
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b007d9k6 ]]> 2021-10-23 09:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1837783518 Robert Browning: What are some of the interesting features of Browning's dramatic monologues? ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1864101407 2021-11-03 09:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1864101407 Elizabeth Barrett Browning ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1864510664 Not strictly related to poetry, but Melvyn Bragg's informative podcast discusses EBB's Aurora Leigh, which some of you might be moved to read after our recent discussion about her fabulous sonnets. Enjoy!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0745d37]]> 2021-11-03 12:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1864510664 Week Eight: Oscar Wilde ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1864539059 The University of Oxford have generously provided a series of podcasts on Oscar Wilde, including one which focuses on his plays. You will find the link to all five podcasts below.

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/oscar-wilde]]> 2021-11-03 13:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1864539059 Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1871413097 One of Browning’s most entertaining monologues in my opinion is, “The Labratory,” 
I have posted a link to the full poem on this post. Browning’s (and indeed the Victorian public’s) fascination with violent macabre narratives is prevalent in this poem, as it is based on the real life story of a psychotic alchemist who decides to poison her lover. The dramatic monologue as a poetic form is perfect for allowing the reader to get inside the mind of twisted individuals and here it is no different. My favourite example of where we can see the truly demented mindset of this woman is when Browning conveys her excitement in creating her poison, as she refers to the array of poisons as ‘treasures’.  And refers to the contents of the room as a ‘wild crowd of invisible pleasures!’ But the whole poem is rich with these types of dark linguistic features. Personally I believe this poem to be the best example of Brownings dramatic monologues due to the setting of the apothecary and the character of the perfume maker being so uniquely twisted. It appears to be an obvious influence on one of my favourite novels, “perfume” by Patrick Suskind, so anyone who got enjoyment out of this poem, I would recommend giving that novel a read]]> 2021-11-06 10:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1871413097 Week Eight: Oscar Wilde ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1877904273 Provide one example of Oscar Wilde's witty comments in Lady Windermere's Fan. Is Wilde simply showing us how clever he is or is there a serious point underneath the witticism and, if so, what is it?  ]]> 2021-11-09 11:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1877904273 Week Nine: Modern Poetry ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1877916035 Here is a link to Professor Geoff Ward's talk, 'Why is Modern Poetry Difficult?', which I thought might be helpful to listen to before next week's tutorial. Enjoy!]]> 2021-11-09 11:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1877916035 Samuel Beckett Podcast ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1897041960 Please find here the link to a BBC podcast discussing both Beckett's life and work. Enjoy!]]> 2021-11-17 14:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1897041960 In your opinion, what is one of the most significant moments in the play Waiting for Godot and why? ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1897057442 2021-11-17 14:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1897057442 What has been your favourite text on the ENGLISH IN TRANSITION module and why? ENG1001 https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1908652548 2021-11-23 15:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ENG1001/zv0y7h7zmhvi7fbg/wish/1908652548