Ato Quayson, Professor of English at Stanford University. I want to share with you my reflections on the relevance of the humanities at the present time
Looking forward very much to this panel discussion on UNSEEN CITY with illustrious and wonderfully supportive colleagues and fellow travellers @LisaAppignanesi@neilaltman@CriticReading, Ranjana Khanna, and Peter Boxall. Thank you Ray Ryan and the @CambridgeUP@CUP_LitPerform
@chikaunigwe Thanks for this, Chika. I have wondered about this hunger for skin lightness myself for a while. Some of it comes from the period of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, where one’s skin color was instrumentalized as the difference between freedom and unfreedom.
Home from the first English Department meeting at Stanford of 2021/22. Thanks to Brommon Bespoke Tailors of Accra for the threads and to Grace Toleque for the photographs. https://t.co/V6Fc9P511y
Back home from chairing the first 2021/22 in-person meeting of the Stanford English Department. Many thanks to Brommon Bespoke Tailors of Accra for the threads, and to Grace Toleque for the photographs.
"Postcolonialism has also been a term used to reinterpret western canonical literature from a variety of fresh and diverse perspectives."
Professor Ato Quayson FBA (@CriticReading) on the meaning and importance of postcolonial literature: https://t.co/kWwaHtomCO
I just received a copy of Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature in the mail. Thank you to all my many teachers who throughout my education taught me that the imagination is no one man's country and the only qualifications an abiding curiosity to learn about other worlds.
Episode of Critic.Reading.Writing on Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The text is firmly placed in the context of atrocities in the Congo. https://t.co/2iGKlnlSbk
Dear Readers,
Here is what I want to designate as a 1-minute thought-tile, the first of many. But for longer relflections, go to Critic.Reading.Writing on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe, hit the notifications bell, and share widely. Enjoy!
Here is a 1-minute clip on the first episode of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, already up on Critic.Reading.Writing on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe, hit the notifications bell, and share widely. Enjoy!
I will be dropping regular reflections on Aeschylus’ Agamemnon in the lead-up to my discussion of the play in this week’s episode of Critic.Reading.Writing on YouTube. Please remember to hit the subscribe and notifications buttons and share widely. Enjoy!
Reflection on Sophocles’ Philoctetes. Episode is up on Critic.Reading.Writing on YouTube. Please remember to hit the subscribe and notifications buttons and all share widely. Enjoy!
Reflection on Sophocles’ Philoctetes. Episode is up on Critic.Reading.Writers. Please hit the subscribe and notifications buttons and share widely. Enjoy!