The Rewriting of History in Amin Maalouf's The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. Abstract. This paper analyzes the narrative strategies that shape Maalouf's rewriting of the history of the Crusades, examines why considerations of the problems inherent to the historiographical act are relegated to the.
It publishes essays and review articles in English which explore critical theory in general and its application to literature, other arts and society. Regular special issues by guest editors highlight important themes and figures in modern critical theory. Recent special issues include: Bourdieu and the Literary Field Queer Theory's Return to.De Certeau, Michel, The Writing of History (1975), trans. from the French Tom Conley, New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. De Gay, Jane, Virginia Woolf’s Novels and the Literary Past, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006.In an important essay on Certeau’s theory of space, Ian Buchanan argues that “our understanding of culture must commence with an understanding of the formation of the subject,” and that the latter is addressed by Certeau through his essays on space (129-30).
To borrow a term from gaming, the interactive digital lyric—especially in its long form—is a work one can play and re-play. 4. Synaptic Writing New forms of reading require new forms of writing, and to discuss this I would like to hover for a moment around the idea of place.
Book description. This is the first book on British theatre historiography. It traces the practice of theatre history from its origins in the Restoration to its emergence as an academic discipline in the early twentieth century.
De Certeau emphasizes that all too often free speech is upheld in the abstract while social institutions work in such a way as to deny access to effective communication. The book's title essay was written in response to the revolutionary events of May 1968.
In what follows, I consider whether there is a set of particular qualities that might characterise a specifically feminist approach to critical spatial practice. I suggest that collectivity, subjectivity, alterity, performativity and materiality highlight modes of operation that feature strongly in a predominantly feminist mode of critical spatial practice.
We propose to examine Virginia Woolf’s relationship to history by reflecting on her reading and writing of history, be that the history of her own time, of the past, women’s history or literary history. This will involve analysing how the literary and historicity are interlinked not only in her novels, but also in the essays, letters and journals.