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history mind map💚💛 yeah, I’m true biology student but I’m filling my leave from college time with studying history!

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Castle Hochosterwitz, Austria (by Johann G)

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180503 // Multitasking is out ;) I used to work on different projects simultaneously, because I somehow thought it would be more efficient and time-saving. While working on one project after another without distraction, I’m feeling more focused and it raises my creative thinking. Also since I’ve implemented single tasking, I feel less exhausted after finishing my last point on my to-do-list, so even if you feel like saving time, the energy that is spent wiser is a ressource of yours which is as important as time. 

Here are my other posts on self improvement :) get inspired

Also add me on Instagram if you haven’t already: @allcutified_desi 

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Masterpost of Free Gothic Literature & Theory

Classics Vathek by William Beckford Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë The Woman in White  & The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Monk by Matthew Lewis The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin The Vampyre; a Tale by John Polidori Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Dracula by Bram Stoker The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Short Stories and Poems An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Songs of Innocence & Songs of Experience by William Blake The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Pre-Gothic Beowulf The Divine Comedy  by Dante Alighieri A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe Paradise Lost by John Milton Macbeth by William Shakespeare Oedipus, King of Thebes by Sophocles The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

Gothic-Adjacent Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood Jane Eyre & Villette by Charlotte Brontë Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems by Coleridge and Wordsworth The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens The Idiot & Demons (The Possessed) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas Moby-Dick by Herman Melville The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells

Historical Theory and Background The French Revolution of 1789 by John S. C. Abbott Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. Bradley The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance by Edith Birkhead On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle Demonology and Devil-Lore by Moncure Daniel Conway Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Inman and Newton On Liberty by John Stuart Mill The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle by Frederick Wright

Academic Theory Introduction: Replicating Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture by Will Abberley Viewpoint: Transatlantic Scholarship on Victorian Literature and Culture by Isobel Armstrong Theories of Space and the Nineteenth-Century Novel by Isobel Armstrong The Higher Spaces of the Late Nineteenth-Century Novel by Mark Blacklock The Shipwrecked salvation, metaphor of penance in the Catalan gothic by Marta Nuet Blanch Marching towards Destruction: the Crowd in Urban Gothic by Christophe Chambost Women, Power and Conflict: The Gothic heroine and “Chocolate-box Gothic” by Avril Horner Psychos’ Haunting Memories: A(n) (Un)common Literary Heritage by Maria Antónia Lima ‘Thrilled with Chilly Horror’: A Formulaic Pattern in Gothic Fiction by Aguirre Manuel The terms “Gothic” and “Neogothic” in the context of Literary History by O. V. Razumovskaja  The Female Vampires and the Uncanny Childhood by Gabriele Scalessa Curating Gothic Nightmares by Heather Tilley Elizabeth Bowen, Modernism, and the Spectre of Anglo-Ireland by James F. Wurtz Hesitation, Projection and Desire: The Fictionalizing ‘as if…’ in Dostoevskii’s Early Works by Sarah J. Young Intermediality and polymorphism of narratives in the Gothic tradition by Ihina Zoia

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masterpost on how to write a literary analysis essay, thanks to the lectures I get from the best English teacher in the world

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Pauline’s book recs : a MASTERPOST

It’s time for a summer cleaning, so I thought I would organise my book recs once and for all. I’ll try to update this post once in a while and I also added it to my info page so that you can access all those links super easily. HAVE FUN.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE (ANTIQUITY) Where should I start? The fundamental works Where should I start? The mythology-oriented works Where should I start? The translation edition A very touristic overview of Ancient Greek literature Different texts for Antigone Different texts for Elektra  Different texts and translations for The Odyssey

CLASSIC BOOKS (ALL ERAS) First things first : a few favourites Where should I start? My first classics A very touristic overview of literature reading Modern classics Reading women : a few favourites Where should I start? English and US literature  Where should I start? Modern Italian literature Where should I start? German and Austrian literature Where should I start? Russian literature Where should I start? Renaissance literature Where should I start? French Medieval literature Where should I start? Victorian literature Reading classics to children Children literature for adults  Short-length classics Short stories One last thing: books I don’t want to check out

POETRY First things first : a few favourites Second things second : a bunch of recs Where should I start? Poetry Learning French? Easy French poetry Narrative poems  Mystic poems Poems about separation Poems about love Poems about happiness Poems about exile

DRAMA First things first : a few favourites

NON-FICTION First things first : a few favourites On feminism On translation On literary analysis and adaptation On biographies and diaries On writing theory On art history On reader-response theory On Sufism Literary interviews Essays

YEARLY SUMMARY Best of 2015 : Fiction Best of 2015 : Poetry 2015 - 2016 awaited releases 2016 Summer reading list Best of 2016 : Fiction Best of 2016 : Poetry

THEMATIC LISTS By character Works featuring Persephone Works featuring Kassandra Works featuring mermaids Works featuring the femme fatale archetype Works featuring female villains Works with Nature as a character Works with introspective characters Works with narcissistic characters Trope : Star-crossed lovers Trope : Friends to lovers Trope : Villainous love Trope : Toxic mother figure By theme Rewriting Greek and Roman myths LGBTQ (a terribly lacking list) Introspection and self-discovery Melancholy and sadness Happiness and hope Symbolism and atmosphere Moral corruption Spiritual decadence Sex politics and philosophy The female rage World War I Southern Gothic Great love stories Unusual love stories Dystopias Crime novels Medieval historical fiction Beach reading Travel reading By book Books similar to The Secret History Books similar to Wuthering Heights Books similar to A Grief Observed Books similar to The Brothers Karamazov Recommended editions of Romeo and Juliet Recommended editions of Shakespeare’s Sonnets Recommended translations of Tristan and Yseult Books adapted to the screen (1) Books adapted to the screen (2) By author Favourite French writers Favourite Contemporary writers What to read? By Women French writers What to read? By Anne Carson (And some prep reading for Anne Carson) What to read? By Richard Siken What to read? By Roland Barthes What to read? By Agatha Christie What to read? By E. A. Poe What to read? By Priya Sarukkai Chabria If you love Angela Carter  If you love Louise Glück  If you love Virginia Woolf  If you love Sylvia Plath  If you love Marguerite Duras If you love Emile Zola

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This list is everything. No really, it has everything!

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this semester, my goal is to study as hard as Rory Gilmore wish me luck.

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“MY WRITING SOUNDS CHOPPY”

the part of writing academic essays i really struggle with is making them flow. i always feel like my essays sound somewhat “clunky”, and i’ve been researching ways to correct this. whilst recently reading barbara fine clouse’s book, 265 troubleshooting strategies for writing nonfiction, i came across a chapter on this very subject, and so far it has been unbelievably helpful so i thought it would be a good idea to share it. i’ve listed all the pointers she gives below, however, i have adapted the examples using finnegans wake as i was trying to test it out for myself.

use difference sentence openers—open with a descriptive word:

‘unusually, the diagram is constructed out of four points, rather than three. This introduces…’

‘curiously, Joyce uses multilingual puns to create an image…’

‘interestingly, the interplay between the family adds to a feeling of …’

open with a descriptive phrase:

‘despite my better judgement, it seems that’

‘although the chapter appears frivolous and nonsensical, it is in fact’

open with a subordinate clause: (a dependent word group with a subject and verb):

‘when joyce first wrote the opening chapter of finnegans wake’

‘when the children are first participating in the ‘night lesson’

‘before the parents enter the equation, the children appear to be’

‘if the chapter takes the form of a lecture…’

open with to and the verb:

‘to argue my point convincingly, we must examine Plato’s theory of the cave’

‘to gain an insight into shem’s destructive nature, we should analyse….’

open with the subject:

‘shem’s destructive persona is revealed throughout the text using…’

‘joyce approaches metaphysics through vico’s new science’

‘the diagram is formed of two circles and a triangle, echoing…’

vary the placement of transitions:

‘in addition, joyce seems to be using metaphysics as a means of’

‘shaun’s appearance, on the other hand, is calm and collected, taking on a serious persona as..’

‘the night lesson’s use of education as a tool for understanding metaphysics is, to some extent, reasonable, however…’

combine short sentences:

use one of these words: and, because, but, for, nor, or, so, yet

short sentences (choppy): finnegans wake is ambiguous.

combined: finnegans wake is ambiguous, but its complex style leaves room for interpretation.

follow long sentences with shorter ones and short sentences with longer ones:

‘shem embodies the figure of vico. although he frequently switches place with shaun, he appears to maintain a crazed persona throughout the chapter.

‘shem’s crazed persona appears to embody the traits of vico’s ‘first universals’, for he appears to be driven by his senses with little understanding of reason. this forms the chapter’s complex structure.

use parallel construction:

not parallel: ‘shaun is quick-witted, sharp and he is intelligent.

parallel: shaun is quick-witted, sharp and intelligent.

(barbara fine clouse, 265 troubleshooting strategies for writing nonfiction (pp. 99-102).

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A Guide to Audio Journaling

This past month (or longer, I think) I switched from regular, written journaling to audio journaling, and I thought it’d be great to share my experience: the practice, what I actually do, why I do it, and some things to think about if you wanna try it out.

I keep all my audio journals on the voice memos app on my phone, but if any of you know an alternate platform to do so, feel free to share!

Anyway, hope this helps, and as usual, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send me a message or drop me an ask. Have an awesome week :)

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Please read if you’re a student

You are NOT PROCRASTINATING, if - you’re sick - you have headache - you feel pain - you’re exhausted - you feel anxious - you have had big changes in your life that make you feel tired/restless/anxious/sad - you have to skip a class/take rest because of reasons I mentioned above. It’s not procrastinating. You’re not lazy. Everyone needs to have rest and take care of themselves when they’re sick. IT IS NOT OKAY TO WORK IN PAIN. Don’t burn out. It’s not worth it. Do not feel guilty. After some rest and relaxing you will study even more effectively. If you feel pain, - take a medicine if it works for you - put all of your books away - take warm shower - eat at least 1 healthy thing and 1 treat/feel-good-food, drink water - go to bed, sleep or read a book/listen to music that is not related to your school (if you have headache/migraine I suggest you to switch off the lights and just sleep) - just take your time - it’ll be all okay.

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Summer in Los Angeles on film.