Antigone
I quite liked Antigone, it served as a nice break after The Republic. In reading the play I found a couple of things I found interesting, the main point being the role of the prophet, Tiresias. I found it amusing that when Haimon told Kreon what he was doing was wrong he was met with a swift […]
The Remaking of Antigone- Jean Anouilh
Hey all, So I know that no one else read this play, but I wanted to write a blog post anyways. So I am almost done this weeks book Silencing the Past and I felt that seeing how I was this week, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Villains in Arts One Litterature
Recently I got a chance to read the newest book by one of my favorite authors, Chuck Klosterman. He’s generally writes creative non-fiction with a heavy emphasis on culture studies. His newest work, I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Villains in Arts One Litterature
Recently I got a chance to read the newest book by one of my favorite authors, Chuck Klosterman. He’s generally writes creative non-fiction with a heavy emphasis on culture studies. His newest work, I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Goldilocks
Whenever I read I’m often struck by similarities to other things I’ve seen/heard and sometimes I laugh a little bit at these moments. The people around me are usually pretty used to the sight/sound of me laughing randomly and sometimes they ask me what’s up. In the absence of people being around me while I’m […] Continue reading →
Antigone’s Claim and Other Nonsensical Thoughts, A Second Edit
Okay, so maybe I’m not quite done here. I blame the coffee I had earlier. I have to study for my Anthropology midterm but nope, not right now. Why? Because Antigone is why. To be honest, I don’t know how I feel about Antigone. I can’t hate her but I can’t like her. […] Continue reading →
Antigone’s Claim and Other Nonsensical Thoughts, An Edit
Someone help me, I can’t stop thinking about Antigone and Antigone’s Claim. I can’t seem to put everything on one post because once I publish something, another thing pops up. Damn you, Sophocles. Damn you. Right now I’m thinking about Sophocles’s intention when writing the play, because I think if I figure that […] Continue reading →
Naming the unknown –– Antigone’s Claim by Judith Butler
What we have here is The Ambiguous Case of Antigone, where she is “unintelligible and unthinkable”. So… why do people even bother trying to understand her? Here’s why I think so many people have attempted to define and classify Antigone … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Antigone’s Claim and Other Nonsensical Thoughts
Truth be told, I didn’t read all of Antigone’s Claim because I found it quite dry. However, after today’s lecture I think I’ll give it another go (but that means I have to juggle between rereading Antigone for the essay, Antigone’s Claim, and Dr. Faustus). Perhaps the second time around I’ll be able to get […] Continue reading →
Judith Butler, Antigone’s Claim
Video of lecture by Jill Fellows for the “Remake/Remodel” theme