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 →
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
Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of this World
Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen
Video of lecture by Kevin McNeilly for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
T S Eliot, The Waste Land
Video of lecture by Kevin McNeilly for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
The Waste Land
The final stanza of T S Eliot’s The Waste Land encapsulates much of what has gone before. It comprises four languages, multiple allusions, abrupt transitions and changes in register and tone: London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down … Continue reading →