Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
📍Birmingham, UK
Stories (1965/0)
Book Review: "The Dilemma" by B.A Paris
When I first read the summary of this book (without spoilers obviously!) I thought to myself 'this is going to be really predictable but I'm going to read it anyway.' Honestly, my predictions could not have been more wrong and the book, from start to finish, was a heart-pounding psychodrama told through the eyes of husband and wife - Adam and Olivia. As the story flips back and forth between them and we get to see more and more of their lives unfold, we take a moment to also realise that there is a certain element of trust missing from the relationship and wonder to ourselves if these issues from the past are going to survive these next blows.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Families
3 Great Female Characters from Obscure Modern Classics
Women have always been sidelined in modern literature - especially that of the 20th century which actually seems more male-dominated than you actually think it was. From the poets of the 1930s writing about the horrors of the Great Depression to the writers of the experience of the Second World War. It has all been orientated on the male experience. There have been, in between, the experiences of women. But we do have to go hunting for them.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Viva
What Are the Publishers Missing?
Literary culture is where literature and culture meet in a dazzling display of socialising, friendships and artworks based upon our favourite novels, poetry and plays. For many years now, the aspect of 'literary' or rather of 'what is literary' has been up for debate. After genre fiction, literary fiction took over with the ability to transcend genre. But what exactly does that mean?
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Is Targeted Advertising Turning Us into Addicts?
Social media has been on the rise in the last decade and with it has come some very unique changes to society. When I was a child, targetted advertising only existed on television. Depending on what time you watched and what channel you were watching, the companies would advertise appropriately in order to pick up the correct demographic. This was purely based on viewing statistics and nothing else. But with today's social media gathering data to the extreme, with websites knowing more about us than we do - has targeted advertising taken it too far? Is it now altering our conscious decisions on what we do day by day?
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Psyche
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Conrad Veidt
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
3 Obscure Novels About Male Relationships
I don't think that male friendships, male relationships and men's mental health is something that is explored enough in the more obscure modern novels of the 20th and 21st century. We have the obvious books we can name such as "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice which explores not only the suicidal depression of the main character but also the homosexual relationship he has with Lestat (it is also one of my top five favourite novels of all time, so there you go). And we also know of the novel "Brideshead Revisited" in which Charles Ryder is bewitched by the mysterious but juvenile and self-destructive Sebastian Flyte. We have seen how Christopher Isherwood writes his life lessons of father-son type relations in "The Memorial" and the brotherhood of "A Meeting by the River". We even have the introspection explored in novels like "Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis by the narrator Clayton, and Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as autobiography, and finally Chuck Palahiuk's "Fight Club" characters of Tyler Durden. The list goes on.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Humans
Book Review: "The Magician" by W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham is an amazing writer and honestly, I have read quite a few novels and short stories by him including his very famous novel "Of Human Bondage" which was made into a film starring Bette Davis (which was also a brilliant film). "The Magician" though was also a really different novel by W. Somerset Maugham in the sense that it was darker, it had more superstition and it was not necessarily comfortable from time to time. It is about a couple of people who meet a man called Oliver Haddo - who I think is supposed to be based on Aleister Crowley but I'm not sure. The book explores the philosophy of the occult and its beliefs. It also explores aspects of dark magic and superstition. There is a ton of stuff to explore in this novel and again, it is very different to most W. Somerset Maugham novels I have read.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Claude Rains
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
- Top Story - February 2021
3 Obscure Novels of the World WarsTop Story - February 2021
Some of the most turbulent times in modern history have been the world wars lasting from 1914 through to 1918 and then again from 1939 through to 1945. Many authors have written novels set in or about this time - both fiction and non-fiction. Some of the most famous including "The Book Thief" by Marcus Zusack (fiction), "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank (non-fiction) and even "All Quiet on the Western Front" by EM Remarque (semi-autobiographical).
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Serve
Book Review: "The Elephant's Journey" by Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and his prose has often conjured overwhelming emotions within me. This book is no exception. Even though the book is supposed to be a bit witty and a bit odd, I found it also very emotional because it still contains these moments within Jose Saramago's novels that characterise them for the reader: these moments of pure emotion, these philosophical introspective thoughts, this moving storyline that normally involves growth of being.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Killing for Company" by Brian Masters
I'm pretty sure that it said somewhere in the book that Brian Masters himself is against the word 'evil' as it is an adjective that opens up so many different arguments. But I am going to use the word 'evil' because there is not any other way I can find to describe this man, he makes me sick.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Criminal
3 Great Novels by Richard Yates
Richard Yates. An author known for his treatment of the destruction of the American Dream has written many great novels including one that was adapted into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road. But that is not the only great book he wrote whilst he was in his prime. In fact, it was only one of many. I have read many novels by Richard Yates and I don't think I can say that any of the ones I have read are actually bad. Of course some are better than others, but there are none that I can say I wholeheartedly did not enjoy.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks