ENG 2131 Lecture 10: Sailing to Sarantium Notes
7 Nov 2016
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Kay: a literary author, not just an author of the fantasy genre. Roots of his novel based on actual historical place/history. Sailing to byzantium william butler yeals. Constantinople: known for being very involved and challenging things that were accepted. Issues of the time which are still current issues without creating controversy in a. Journey through a landscape that is familiar in history/geography, but also made very strange (fantasy that makes those things likely to happen in book but unlikely in reality) Themes: political power, art (expressing opinions in a world where it"s dangerous to expression opinions) and the artist. Hermeneutics: interpretation of texts (all kind of texts) Originates from greek, where there was a desire to interpret ambiguous statements from the divine. Novel puts importance on people who can interpet things; hermeneutics. What does it mean when a stadium full of people and white wall suddenly turns black. What is it possible for an artist to do.
