Arthur Miller, The Crucible
Video from the lectures by Robert Crawford and Derek Gladwin for the Repetition Compulsion theme, March 2015.
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Robert Crawford gives what he calls a somewhat unconventional reading of The Tempest, arguing that we can see it as a directly political play in the sense that it may function as a criticism of King James I.
Antigone
It is not always entirely clear who (if anyone) or what is the tragic hero(ine) in Sophocles’s Antigone, or what exactly is the nature of their tragedy. One might have thought that the tragic figure was the eponymous Antigone herself, … Continue reading →
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Aimé Césaire, The Tragedy of King Christophe, and Derek Walcott, Henri Christophe
Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme
Sophocles, Antigone
Video of lecture by Robert Crawford for the “Remake/Remodel” theme
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Audio of lecture by Rob Crawford for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Video of lecture by Rob Crawford for the “Borderlines” theme