Welcome to my EPQ blog

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I have always been intrigued by the concept of an EPQ, this being for a number of reasons. One being that by the end result, I will have obtained a number of new skills, which will help prepare me in advance for the different learning style at university. I plan to update this blog weekly, as it will act as a record of all my ideas and various processes. I plan on basing my EPQ project around the representation of mental illnesses, such as depression, in modern literature. English Literature is a subject which I am genuinely interested in, and I hope to be able to continue my passion for it onto university level.

Having thought about my ideas in more detail, and considered what topics I believed I would be most passionate about, I created some focus questions, in order to help craft the route I want my project to take. They are as follows;

- How is mental health portrayed in modern literature and why is it still treated as a taboo subject?
- How has the way mental health is portrayed in literature changed throughout history?
- How can the portrayal of mental health in modern literature help spread awareness of the subject?
- Why is it important to spread relevant awareness and information about mental health in the 21st century?

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