Alberta Hargreaves

Sayaka Murata’s short story A First-Rate Material follows Nana and her fiancee Naoki, who consistently argue over objects made from human remains. These arguments become the points of conflict throughout the story and show how the rich will always gain from commodification. It's also a comment on the growing anxieties of an ageing society.

A successful feminist poet should advocate equality between the sexes rather than widening the gap which is still present. Duffy is known for her feminist poetry and often writes about themes such as oppression and social inequality. ‘The World’s Wife’ examines the stories of
generations of previously marginalised women to show the ever-present patriarchal society. However, Duffy’s justification of women’s violent actions and her use of gender stereotypes in her poems seem outdated for a modern political climate.

“The notion of “experimental writing” is difficult to define with any kind of precision”. The most accepted definition is a text that approaches a subject in a radical way. Fight Club could be described to be radical, as it takes Marxism’s central ideas, postmodern tropes and surrealist literary devices in order to create a new radical approach to the role of the individual.