Foe
I really enjoyed reading Foe overall, but I can completely see why some people here may have not enjoyed it so much. It doesn’t lend itself to explaining certain aspects when it needs to – instead of clarifying certain back stories and messages at times, the text decides to include pointless details and troubling narrative […]
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Watchmen
I’ll get this off my chest first – why an alien, Veidt? I think the movie had it better (it is just an explosion – mind you not near as horrific as the comic book’s depiction). So Watchmen is at heart, a graphic novel, which seems to be an increasingly popular medium for literature […]
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Foe and the Narrative View of Self
As someone with a long standing interest in Marya Schechtman’s narrative view of self, I was fascinated by reading J.M. Coetzee’s novel Foe (a retelling of Daniel DeFoe’s Robinson Crusoe) this term in Arts One. The book seems to me to be … Continue reading →
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Foe and the Narrative View of Self
As someone with a long standing interest in Marya Schechtman’s narrative view of self, I was fascinated by reading J.M. Coetzee’s novel Foe (a retelling of Daniel DeFoe’s Robinson Crusoe) this term in Arts One. The book seems to me to be … Continue reading →Continue reading →
Podcast: Frankenstein and “The Daisy Dolls”
Discussion with Jon Beasley-Murray and Kevin McNeilly
Podcast: Beowulf and On the Genealogy of Morals
Discussion with Jill Fellows and Kevin McNeilly
Podcast: Civilization and Its Discontents and Borges
Discussion with Jon Beasley-Murray and Jill Fellows
Arts One Exam prep: Some Thoughts
While the texts/authors in a given Arts One list are presented in a vertical column, the trick to getting the most out of the course (and preparing for its exam) is to think horizontally. A typical Arts One theme will … Continue reading
Arts One Exam prep: Some Thoughts
While the texts/authors in a given Arts One list are presented in a vertical column, the trick to getting the most out of the course (and preparing for its exam) is to think horizontally. A typical Arts One theme will … Continue reading
Watchmen
After not really enjoying “Foe”, reading “Watchmen” was what I needed. A classic comic book tale to sweep me away and let me wander through this eerily similar yet vastly different world created by Alan Moore. I’d already read most … Continue reading → Continue reading →