We Still Wander
“The Wanderer” paints a melancholy picture of nostalgia and a painful existence in a world where social classes are set in stone, but not only… Continue a ler »We Still Wander
Victor Soares Lopes
Bacharel e licenciando em Letras: Inglês/Literaturas pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Curador de conteúdo do projeto de extensão Literatura Inglesa Brasil, tendo atuado anteriormente como bolsista entre o período de 2022-2024, sob orientação da Profa. Dra. Marcela Santos Brigida. Oferece aulas de monitoria de Cultura Inglesa no Instituto de Letras da UERJ, sob orientação da Profa. Patricia Marouvo. Co-organizou o livro Dickens in Brazil: A Tale of Two Cities in Students Voices (Kellynch Press, 2024). Pesquisador da obra da escritora estadunidense Raven Leilani e tem interesse no romance contemporâneo em língua inglesa.
Christianity and commerce: an analysis of Old English texts
Since the early beginnings of Christianity, it seems that religion itself had an urge to be spread. Indeed, the bishops and archbishops were not only… Continue a ler »Christianity and commerce: an analysis of Old English texts
From the Anglo-Saxons to Gorillaz: an analysis of melancholy and its timelessness
Melancholy is a manifestation of sorrow that is inherent to human beings, and this has made this feeling appear in poems and songs for centuries.… Continue a ler »From the Anglo-Saxons to Gorillaz: an analysis of melancholy and its timelessness
There’s beauty in pain: an essay about “The Wanderer”
To live in a world where one feels lost is, by no means, to live at all. This sentiment is perfectly described in the Anglo-Saxon… Continue a ler »There’s beauty in pain: an essay about “The Wanderer”
A comparative analysis between the Old English poem “The Wanderer” and Hozier’s song “All Things End”: the elegy now and then
At some point along the end of the tenth century, a poem entitled “The Wanderer” was written by an anonymous writer in Old English, an… Continue a ler »A comparative analysis between the Old English poem “The Wanderer” and Hozier’s song “All Things End”: the elegy now and then
Echoes of Exile: the impacts of isolation conveyed in “The Wanderer” emerging through Taylor Swift’s songwriting
“The Wanderer” is an Old English Poem that conveys an elegiac mood as it follows the meditations of an exiled warrior towards his past life,… Continue a ler »Echoes of Exile: the impacts of isolation conveyed in “The Wanderer” emerging through Taylor Swift’s songwriting