Posted in Module Updates and Archives on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Frameworks I Outline Modulation
Final: 13 Nov, 2007[1]
Revised: 25 Nov
September
Actual
Session Content
Mon
4th
Introductions: Only 4 students showed up: made for a cozy introductory discussion.
Fri
7th
Introductions, full class: preliminary discussion on Eagleton prefaces and Introduction
Mon
10th
Eagleton Introduction, “What is literature”:
In four groups, and [...]
Posted in political aesthetics on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
a little trinity of frost’s
Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen [...]
Posted in the future of pakistan on November 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ten Poems
Habib Jalib
I
What Does Pakistan Mean?
Bread, clothes and medicine
A little house to live in
Free education, as may right be seen
A Muslim, I, too, have always been
What does Pakistan mean
There is no God, but God, The Rab-al-alameen
[...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
acapella: the bnu poetry jam
…we had the rock, now let’s have the roll.
a bnu poetry jam (to end all poetry jams?)
the real birth of the bnu voice;
not only sonorous as you proved only moonlights ago,
filled to the brim with lyrics and love and music, and
poetry and life, drama and stage presence,
in this lalaland we want [...]
Posted in political aesthetics on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Power to the people
Thursday 21st January 1971
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
talk to Robin Blackburn and Tariq Ali
for the underground magazine “Red mole”.
TA: Your latest record and your recent public statements, especially the interviews in Rolling Stone magazine, suggest that your views are becoming increasingly radical and political. When did this start to happen?
JL: I’ve always [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
structalism-grid.docstructalism-grid.doc
Hello peers;
i have worked on this grid, please go through it feel free to edit it, add more information to it, correct me etc. I have worked VEry hard on this grid, since we all know Reading and outlining Eagelton is quite hard.
I better get an A Now! *Sigh*
Let’s work on this together also let [...]
Posted in Literary Jazz on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Given that all meaning is essentially added on, the goal of any reading must be to produce meaning; and more meaning can be produced by allowing one’s own pleasure-oriented or politically-oriented desires to engage, openly and consciously, with the text. Those who claim to ‘respect’ the text are merely less open and conscious about the [...]
Posted in Module Updates and Archives on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
now that, thanks to all of you, we have the module just about finalized;
i am currently reconsidering everything, course-wise.
i’m open to ideas, constructive criticism, “humble” suggestions, anything you would like to bring on board, or take off it for that matter, the works.
i do have an idea.
i understand that you are overloaded with coursework this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Dear all:
I am currently working on preparing A detailed Grid for the structalism chapter, i would be putting up a Rough Version of the Grid, i will try to fill in as much information as possible, please feel free to edit it, correct it elaborate on certain points. I am sure if we all work [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Frameworks I Outline Modulation
Final: 13 Nov, 2007<!–[if !supportFootnotes]–>[1]<!–[endif]–>
September
Actual
Session Content
Mon
4th
Introductions: Only 4 students showed up: made for a cozy introductory discussion.
Fri
7th
Introductions, full class: preliminary discussion on Eagleton prefaces and Introduction
Mon
10th
Eagleton Introduction, “What is literature”:
In four groups, and with the instructor tackling the last, we went through and discussed five different definitions offered [...]
