Posted in Cultural Connections, honor, storytelling on Jul 6th, 2007
Looking at the Lancelot reading again I want to parallel the evil dwarf with the evil Jinn of the Arabian Nights. That’s pretty obvious– they’re both wretched, tricky creatures, even if the Jinn is not that bright, not to mention their hideous physical features. Is this a ridiculous statement, though? Should this be regarded as [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, translation on Jul 2nd, 2007
As I told Dr. Kennedy this morning, I wanted to see Arabic influences in the description of Camilla’s tomb in Eneas. While this may or may not be reaching, the description of the elaborate jewels and materials used to create the tomb, as well as the exotic fabrics adorning Camilla in death seem to have [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, storytelling, translation on Jun 28th, 2007
It is due to my frustration regarding all things “computerized” that I am just now posting on Dronke. My apologies.
When Dronke goes into the issue of translation, I perk up. In hindsight everything is a phenomenon, and we are able to distance ourselves sufficiently to “study” the past. The warnings that history is doomed to [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, storytelling on Jun 26th, 2007
In the Irwin chapter of “Oceans of stories” the fact that almost every story has a link to another does not surprise me in the least. If you think about it, there are only so many ways to tell a fable or to teach a moral to others. Almost every culture has thier own version [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, evolution on Jun 26th, 2007
I tried, I really did. But pushing past all fo the name dropping and big words is tough for a tired student so I will try my best to give out some interpretations on “A History of 12th Century Western Philosophy.” I would write about Colish’s work but failed to find it. I’ll look again tomorrow [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, vulgarities on Jun 25th, 2007
Oceans of Stories
There were a number of strange and unnerving ideas placed forth by Irwin that I have never thought about before. For starters I have never contemplated the origins of stories until today. It shouldn’t be surprising that the original story, THE story, cannot be traced back to any particular, original idea. This reminds [...]
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