Rounding off our Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Two blogs is Michelle Mastro discussing Angel/Angelus and the problematic vampire boyfriend. And as always, if you have any comments or want to share the posts, use the hashtag #BuffySlays20. The vampire boyfriend figures prominently in supernatural romance. Passionate but worldly, he plays to perfection the older beau character type—usually portrayed … Continue reading Angel/Angelus: The Problematic Nature of the Vampire Boyfriend in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Buffy and the Beast: The Complicated Depiction of Werewolves and Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Part One)
Today in our Buffy Blog series we have the first part of Kaja Franck’s exploration of Werewolves and Masculinity in Season Two. As always, you can keep the conversation going using #BuffySlays20. Though Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), as the name suggests, generally centres on vampire-hijinks, the seasonal narrative arcs featuring the latest ‘Big Bad’ are broken up by … Continue reading Buffy and the Beast: The Complicated Depiction of Werewolves and Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Part One)
‘Bloody hell. Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks. Oh, God. I’m English!’: A Linguistic Analysis of Spike’s ‘Cockney’ Accent
Kicking off our Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Two posts in our Buffy Blog Series we have Holly Dann from the University of Sheffield exploring Spike’s ‘Cockney’ Accent in ‘School Hard.’ Tell us what you think using the hashtag #BuffySlays20! James Marsters’ English accent on Buffy the Vampire Slayer has undeniably divided opinions. His portrayal of Spike … Continue reading ‘Bloody hell. Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks. Oh, God. I’m English!’: A Linguistic Analysis of Spike’s ‘Cockney’ Accent
The Woman in White: Heroinism, victimhood, and the paradox of Buffy
Today on the blog we have Sheffield Gothic alum Kathleen Hudson discussing Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Season One finale ‘Prophecy Girl’ in relation to heroinism, victimhood, and the paradox of Buffy. As always you can carry on the conversation using #BuffySlays20. In “A Receipt for Novel Writing”, her 1799 parody of novel-writing and the Gothic romances … Continue reading The Woman in White: Heroinism, victimhood, and the paradox of Buffy
Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
In this post, Sheffield Gothic's Hannah Moss reviews Hulu's recent series, The Handmaid's Tale. To explore the Gothic origin's of the show's source material, check out Hannah's previous discussion of Atwood's novel here. You only have to turn on the TV or flick through a magazine to see that The Handmaid’s Tale is a hot … Continue reading Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
Celebrating Twenty Years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sheffield Gothic's Top Ten Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer If for some inexplicable reason you have somehow managed to escape the cult phenomenon that is Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then let me tell you now, you have really been missing out. With its debut episode airing twenty years ago on 10 March 1997, it … Continue reading Celebrating Twenty Years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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