Césaire, Walcott and Henri Christophe
[In the Arts One group in which I’m teaching, this week we read two plays about King Henri Christophe of Haiti, one by Aimé Césaire called The Tragedy of King Christophe (mid 1960s) and one by Derek Walcott called King Christophe (1949)]. In class today I had planned to have us talk about the […] Continue reading →
the two other sides of henri christophe
ok first of all i swear i finished this last night and just noticed now that i saved it as a draft and i didnt publish it. my bad. i fully admit my mistake, that was stupid, haha. so im … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Ruins or Stones: What are they really?
So, being the last week and all, I managed to forget about this blog post. And now, at 2:32am, lying in bed, I remembered! So here we go! This week we read two plays, both regarding the Haitian revolution. This … Continue reading → Continue reading →
I lurve plays
Yay last blog post! I thought these plays were a good way to end off the semester since they were both easy and enjoyable reads.I did really enjoy Rousseau and actually had fun writing the essay even though it clearly … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Tragedy of Seamus Fera
hey all, So this is my last official blog post for this term (I may do one farewell/happy Christmas one) but here we do. This week we read two plays: The Tragedy of King Christophe by Césaire and Henri Christophe … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Thoughts on Henri Christophe
I’m not even sure if we’re supposed to blog this week, but since this would be my week to blog, I’ll do it anyway. I really enjoy reading plays – they’re quick to read and easy to search if I want to reread something, so it was nice to read these this week. I’ll start […] Continue reading →
The Kingdom of Seamus’ World
This book was far more interesting than a lot of the books that we have read in the past and I’m glad I got through it. I think that it was easier to get into because it was a novel (I was super excited when I found out that this reading was going to be […] Continue reading →
Thoughts on Carpentier
Sorry that I’ve procrastinated a lot and therefore this is pretty late, but here are my thoughts: -Carpentier seems to be writing narratives about things probably not talked much about the Haitian revolution like Macandal and his use of voodoo … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Magical Truth
Apologies for the tardy blog post–it won’t happen again. Anyways, I felt rather confused about Alejo Carpentier’s book The Kingdom of This World. In fact, I feel similar to how I felt after reading the Master and Margarita. Confused, unsure of what to do next… novels like these just seem to go way over my […] Continue reading →
Magic is real — The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier
I forgot I had to do a blog post… Sorry! The Kingdom of This World is an interesting novel, and I’m still in the midst of digesting it and trying to get into the “magical realism” of the story. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →