by james@greybear.co | Mar 30, 2022 | Teaching, Title
In Teaching through Imitation you will find an essay by Thomas Karshan on the history, theory, and practice of imitation in relation to his Ludic Literature MA module, an account by Will Rossiter of his use of imitation in his final-year undergraduate module ‘The Italian renaissance’, and an essay by Tim MacGabhann on the experience of studying literature through imitation.
by james@greybear.co | May 10, 2021 | Teaching Through Imitation Content
By Vijay Khurana. A Little Death is a parody project in which the author rewrites the same passage of Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ again and again (and again and again), in various styles, in an attempt to reveal the secrets of one of the 20th century’s most influential short stories, while also exploring other writers and forms through the imitation of style.
by GabrielAdmin | Aug 20, 2019 | New, Teaching
Introduction In the final week, we turn to the haiku, a well-known but often not well-understood form of ancient Japanese poetry, as well as other Japanese forms such as the haiban and the renga. The haiku form was created by a group of Japanese 17th century poets,... 
by GabrielAdmin | Aug 20, 2019 | New, Teaching
Introduction This week turns to the complex stanza, which arises out of the Baroque stylings of the golden age of Spanish poetry. The complex stanza is one in which there is a fixed and repeated, but intricate and twisting, pattern of rhymes and rhythms which the poet... 
by GabrielAdmin | Aug 20, 2019 | New, Teaching, Uncategorized
Introduction This week looks at the sonnet in an attempt to get students to see beyond just the rhyme scheme and metrical traditions, but to see the sonnet as a particular vehicle for various different kinds of rhetorical effects. The structure of the sonnet... 
by GabrielAdmin | Aug 20, 2019 | New, Teaching
Introduction This week looks at the Persian poet Hafiz (also transliterated as Hafez) and the poetic form of the ghazal which he mastered. Hafiz’s was a lyrical poetry, with his ghazals often celebrating love or expressing feelings of loss. He was born in Shiraz,... 
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