#english lit major

[professionalintrovert]

are you ever reading a good book and watching a good show and creating fun things and suddenly you think to yourself oh wait, life is worth living

#booklr #light acamedia #book quotes #dark academia #book blog #books and libraries #book blogger #bookish #english lit major #bookstore #books and literature #english literature #literature #litblog #litblr #books and thoughts #bookish thoughts #bookish things #introvert #introvert problems #booknerd #bookworm #bookworm problems #bookworld #creator #creative writing #creative inspiration #cozycore #cozy aesthetic #cozy vibes

[burningvelvet]

i’m so fucking sick of people (say, the people currently winning the lawsuit) claiming that the internet archive infringes their precious darling copyrights—if they want individual books taken down, why should the trial not only be about those?—why must they punish the entire catalogue? i use the archive primarily for old historical books, academic books, many books that are niche or 100+ years old which no one can buy anywhere, nearly no one would buy even if they could, and which the vast majority of real libraries do not even carry. i use the internet archive practically every single day for research and studying and it is my #1 resource by far. why do people value profits over knowledge? why do people value profits over accessibility? this is a library and the publishing companies are mad because it allows people to read their works for free. IT’S A FUCKING LIBRARY! poor people deserve to read and access archives. poor people make up the majority of the human race. all this trial is accomplishing is making thousands of great books inaccessible to poor people because publishing companies want to save a few bucks. sure, you can borrow books from other libraries via interlibrary loaning, but doing so takes WEEKS due to shipping. the internet archive saves people an enormous amount of time and money. this is a major case of book burning being put into action and practically no one outside of academia gives a fuck or even knows about this issue because journalists know this story won’t sell well and thus aren’t bringing attention to it. i am disgusted and my hope for humanity is in the gutter.

#internet archive #hachette v. internet archive #literature #english literature #lit major #english lit major #literature major #archive #libraries #library #save libraries #save the internet archive #books #reading #digital library #digital archive

[spalanai]

born to slay. forced to write essays.

#me fr #born to slay #slayyyyy #slay #tumblrpost #english major #english literature #literature #literature major #english lit major #english lit studyblr #english lit memes #english lit student #academic essay #essay #school memes #memes #reality #college memes

[luulamia]

Istanbul, May, 2022

a quiet nice morning in the neighbourhood… it was really refreshing before plunging deep into my finals. i had a short morning class, then i took myself out to read the last fifty pages of this amazing book. journalling with an iced latte to keep you company was also pretty therapeutic for me.

#literature #currently reading #literature student #english lit major #english lit studyblr #english literature #light academia #reading #postmodern novels are killing me #coffetime #morning coffee

[faeriecap]

forget the lowercase fanfic titles i’m so excited to see the two tiered creative titles that english lit, art history, mythology, and celtic studies students write now that eat your young is out 💀

#HWERE WAS THIS SOMG WHEN I WROTE LIKE THREE ESSAYS ON JOHNATHAN SWIFT #a modest proposal #i speak #hozier #eat your young #art history #english lit student #english literature #english lit major #english lit memes #celtic #celtic studies #food studies #mythology #johnathan swift #saturn devouring his son #academia

[lauriemarch]

finally finished undergrad <3 john steinbeck, east of eden

#dark academia #light academia #studyblr #booklr #studying #light acadamia aesthetic #study notes #little women #book blog #john steinbeck #east of eden #grad cap #english #english lit major #english literature

[onlyzizi]

yeah i could get proper sleep and eat a healthy diet but that would get rid of my sickly appearance which is required for an english major to graduate.

#english major #english lit major #english literature #english student

[andannotations]

Day idek of working on my thesis

I’ve started with the writing which is very freeing. I’m also doing a significant amount of coursework so it means there’s a fixed amount of time I’m working with. Not to mention a second shorter thesis I’m doing in translation. That one doesn’t consume all of my time though. I’m thinking of setting aside two hours for exegetic writing and slowly increasing it as the semester goes on.

#english literature #college studyblr #college life #english lit major #college #grad student #grad blogging #dissertation diaries #dissertation #studyblr #books and libraries #study motivation

[yourliteraryspace]

a full moon night either brings out the poetry in me or the werewolf. there's no in between.

#literature #academia #english lit major #literaturememes #english literature #full moon #poetry

[syllyism]

new dating sim idea: you play as an isekaied english literature student and meet all the characters from the novels/plays they studied: joining the crew of light polycule, hamlet screaming at you, victor frankenstein mansplaining alchemy etc etc.

the player can either let nature run its course and have the characters' stories play out as they are, or intervene with their knowledge obtained through dramatic irony and rewrite their fates. perhaps you could sylvain gautier-ify hamlet and fix him of his misogyny 🧡

#english lit a level #english #english lit memes #english lit major #english literature #english lit student #dating sim #dracula memes #dracula #hamlet #hamlet memes #frankenstein #mobage #english lit studyblr #sylvain gautier

[professionalintrovert]

too old for booktok, too ugly for booktube, just dumb enough for booklr

#booklr #light acamedia #dark academia #book quotes #book blog #books and libraries #book blogger #bookish #bookstore #english lit major #books #book aesthetic #bookworm #reader #reader problems #book nerd #book nerd problems #bookworm problems #booktok #booktube #books and literature #english literature #literature #blogger #bookblogger #bookstagram #studyblr #books and reading #booklover

[thecursivecat]

mini-crisis

having a mini-crisis because i have wanted to be a librarian (or archivist) for years and years and years but now ? i really don't want to return to school after my masters of arts in english lit... i feel ready to work ? i want to have some money and some savings and start getting some experience ? i just don't know if i even want to be a librarian/archivist anymore... someone send help (or advice)!!

#studyblr #mlis #identity crisis #what do i do with my future #corporate girlies what do i do #academics weigh in #librarian #archivist #gradblr #english lit major

[itsshizyne]

Dedicating my life to defending Ophelia one day at a time!!!!!

If Ophelia has 0 fans…then I have left this world.

#hamlet #english #shakespeare #ophelia #horatio #english literature #english lit major

[fulltimecatwitch]

my english major ass is ready to analyze the f*ck out of the new Hozier album

#hozier #english lit major #englishmajor #dark academia #english literature #forget about essays and books #i've finally found a purpose for my degree lol

[tuurverheydepoetryandprose]

At the same time I stopped working as a TA at my Uni’s English literature department, a researcher got hired to do an entire literature course about Taylor Swift.

Here’s some context for that. At this Uni’s English literature department Toni Morrison gets one book in one course, James Baldwin one mention, Octavia Butler, Audre Lorde, all practically absent. I could go on. Black or white, American, British etc. Dozens upon dozens of canonised genuinely groundbreaking authors barely get a passing reference in the curriculum. The only other author to have a full course devoted to him at this department is Shakespeare. Taylor gets a full course. It was such a sensation there were newspaper articles and broadcast features.

Now, the researcher in questions seemed like a nice enough person, so nothing against her. Nor do I have anything against Swifties or people who claim lyrics can be literature. That’s fine.

What I do have a problem with is this insistence that Taylor Swift is this truly exceptional genius who deserves all the attention there is to give, placing her above more historically significant, seminal and embattled voices.

I do not understand why there is this need to proliferate the work of this young billionaire while more insightful, more innovative and more pertinent voices get sidelined or silenced.

Love what you love, but come on.

#taylor swift #swifties #university #english literature #english lit major #uni #uni life

[sufferthesea]

I am officially graduated and have received my Bachelor of Arts degree! Straight A's, 4.0 GPA, and Summa Cum Laude my entire college career across 3 degrees and 2 colleges! Of course I had to include my favorite movie on my graduation cap. 🦖🦕💖🎓

#time to sleep and catch up on chores #and consider a master's program #graduation #english lit major #jurassic park