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Analysis and discussion of Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe (3). Some conclusions
12 Dezembro 2022, 14:00 • Miguel Ramalhete Gomes
Analysis and discussion of Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe. Zuleika and the literary tradition. Epic and greatness. Poetry and education. Zuleika and slavery. The circus games. Being undone by an epic ideology. The poetic voice of the last poem and "wearing the character". Some conclusions. Ezra Pound and knowing one's address in time.
Analysis and discussion of Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe (2)
5 Dezembro 2022, 14:00 • Miguel Ramalhete Gomes
Analysis and discussion of Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe. Ursula Le Guin, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction”. Epics and novels; heroes and people. Zuleika's voice. The adultery novel. Petrarchan tropes deconstructed. The figure of Venus and transgender theory. History and anachronism.
Analysis and discussion of Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe (1)
28 Novembro 2022, 14:00 • Miguel Ramalhete Gomes
Analysis and discussion of Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe. Rewriting English and Roman history. Multiculturalism and uses of Latin. Inverting colonialism. Peter Fryer, Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (1984). The Roman emperor Septimius Severus.
Introduction to Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe
24 Novembro 2022, 14:00 • Miguel Ramalhete Gomes
Introduction to Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor’s Babe. The verse novel. The "novelized epic". Literary tradition and aspects of the epic. The novel's language. Its attitude to rewriting history.