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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 →
The Kingdom of This World
I actually enjoyed reading this weeks book, as it was a novel. Since master and margarita was the only other novel we have read so far, it was nice to take a break from all the philosophy and dry history … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Kingdom of This World
I actually enjoyed reading this weeks book, as it was a novel. Since master and margarita was the only other novel we have read so far, it was nice to take a break from all the philosophy and dry history … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Magical history bus tour.
So, I guess I have some thoughts on the importance of history and stuff like that. I was and will probably always be interested in history because of the fact that it’s applicable to nearly everyone of us. I mean, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
A Note on Silencing the Past
From reading Silencing the Past from Trouillot… I can’t help but feel a bit nervous about all the things in history that we don’t know about and the things that we might perhaps never know about. One question – and I can’t remember specifically what the question was, but the gist of it was why […] Continue reading →