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Notes on Seminars
“You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales.” Sherlock Holmes I attended 3 seminars this semester, focusing on various topics that interested me or that I had never studied previously. Throughout the 3 seminars, I noted just how different the styles of presenting were, from using a…
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The Post-Colonial Humour of Arun Kolatkar
Kolatkar, in faded t-shirt, five-pocket jeans that he’d keep pulling up, and shod in a sturdy pair of unpolished shoes, retained about him the air of a tramp, albeit a stylish one. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Being unfamiliar with Arun Kolatkar’s work, this research seminar caught my interest. Dr Narang introduced the works of Kolatkar by…
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Commemoration and Criminals
Mystery is my mistress. I must heed her sweet call. Velma Dinkley The history of Ireland is inextricably linked with colonisation and the features that go with it. As someone who enjoys the context of any piece of writing to enhance the text itself, a seminar on the ways a decade of centenary commemorations should…
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Poetry in Motion: Rammstein’s Visual Lyricism
Und der Haifisch der hat Tränen / Und die laufen vom Gesicht / Doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser / So die Tränen sieht man nicht (And the shark has tears / And they run down its face / But the shark lives in water / So we don’t see the tears) Rammstein As an…
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The Curtains Are Blue
I hate metaphors. That’s why my favorite book is Moby Dick! No froo-froo symbolism, just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal. Ron Swanson Spending a lot of my time online has resulted in my assumption that most of the internet is made up of teenagers trying to get back at…
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Reflecting on Recognised Writing
In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things – read and write – and wait. Countee Cullen I have found that looking back on my own writing, particularly essays, can be a daunting task that becomes easier the more time has passed since the work was initially written. Attending my first research…
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A Start
Everything must have a beginning, to speak in Sanchean phrase; and that beginning must be linked to something that went before. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley A blank page is often the biggest hurdle to writing. In the case of this blog, even getting to a blank page proved tricky. Not one for simple decisions, I spent…
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