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Thinking Tradition
Tradition appears to me at this point as a dialectical enterprise and not necessarily as a solid grounding; a constantly shifting and fluctuating concept that, to exist, necessitates movement. Furthermore, the positions, our positions face to tradition, are not stable. It is important to see the instability of what we study. We are attempting to…
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Cyrano de Bergerac or the non-classical 17th century writer/philosopher
Cyrano or the non-classical 17th century writer/philosopher My research has also taken me to the 17th century (1657) to the work of Cyrano de Bergerac. The Other World : The States and Empires of the Moon and The States and Empire of the Sun. In my goal to trace representations of death in the canon (although the…
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Notes for “Un Arc-en-ciel pour l’Occident Chrétien” by Depestre
Published in 1967 and written in Cuba, this poem by Haitian poet René Depestre expresses his Marxist version of Négritude, a poetic rendering of his resistance and revolt against racism, colonialism and oppression of the black members of humanity. It is much like Césaire’s Cahier, an Orphean plunge in the depths of pain, destruction and…
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Death and French Writers – A Non-Comprehensive Chronological Survey
As preparation for the comprehensive exams I have gone through my notes, tried to rework my understanding of a few key texts that I will use to support my arguments during the exams, and have attempted to trace a secret line that will bind my story, after all as we are all well aware, we…
