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plato, meet judith – AKA when my brain exploded
so I kinda struggled to get through Antigone’s Claim by Judith Butler. it is a seemingly short book containing an exceedingly and unapologetically dense commentary on Sophocles’ Antigone. to start off, I absolutely love Antigone; I’m not always sure where I … Continue reading → 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 Box
A good friend of mine once told me about how he thinks other people view the world. He sees people constructing boxes around themselves that are given any number of labels–”Christian”, “Buddhist”, “Atheist”, “Male”, “Female”, “Homosexual”, etc., in which we … 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 →
Im sorry Judith, what?
So I will not lie, reading Antigone’s claim was such a tough experience for me. I don’t even know if I really consider it reading, because I was honestly lost the WHOLE TIME. However, the lecture did brighten my horizons, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Antigone’s Claim
So, yeah, Andrew here. Just informing you guys on my thoughts on Antigiesgonshipahcle’s claim. I thought it was pretty cool. I suppose that I need to go into a little bit more detail than that. And also stop with the … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Antigone, alone
[For anyone who regularly reads this blog (are there such persons? :)) I should explain that from time to time I’ll be writing posts on particular texts as part of teaching in the Arts One program. Students are blogging about these texts, and when I have time, I will do so too. You can see […] Continue reading →
Fragments
Forgive me, I took a break to read the Bacchae* and just missed midnight! Our master was in despair. We obeyed him and looked inside. We saw her down at the tomb’s end, hanged by the neck, a noose made from her linen robe; and him, his arms around her waist; bewept his bride and […] Continue reading →
AnTiGoNe
Hi Friends, Sorry this blog post is mostly about me disagreeing with things.. First of all, I admit I looked at a few blog posts before starting mine and I noticed a few people talking about female empowerment in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Born to be different
So I happened by my copy of Antigone in my town’s used book store. I bought it before we had known what editions we would need, but somehow fate led me to buy the exact edition we would be using. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
