Back in 2019, I set out to read all the new novels about the Trojan War, focalised on the perspectives of various ‘silent’ women in the Iliad. I didn’t get very far, because though I found it an interesting enough exercise, they left me rather cold. This is not because I’m some sort of HomericContinue reading “The First World War in Pat Barker’s ‘The Silence of the Girls’”
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Perseus and Andromeda in ‘The House of Mirth’
Finally, a new post! I’ve been thinking about this one for a while now but in this school term of COVID-19 protocols plus all the usual practice exams and reports, I have not had the head space to get anything together. This one is not so grounded in scholarship as the last two but I’mContinue reading “Perseus and Andromeda in ‘The House of Mirth’”
The Birthday Party and Oedipus
Not natural bedfellows perhaps but maybe that doesn’t matter to Oedipus… I’m not entirely sure how much this adds to scholarship on either play but the comparison of the texts was very interesting for me as I hope it will be for others. Again, I’m slightly on edge about its unpolished state but I’m keenContinue reading “The Birthday Party and Oedipus”
Lady Macbeth and Hecuba – an exploration of trauma
Guess who has been working all hours on this post and 0 hours on her reports? This post draws heavily on Chapter 2 of my thesis in which I explore traumatic memory in Euripides’ Hecuba. It has been cut heavily to suit the demands of the post, so if you are interested in reading myContinue reading “Lady Macbeth and Hecuba – an exploration of trauma”
Tragic Geek launches!
In 2017, I finished my PhD in ancient Greek literature, about the relationship between memory – individual, collective and cultural – and the formation of political societies. I explored the ways in which represented remembering and forgetting in the Odyssey, Euripides’ Trojan Women and Plato’s Theatetus, forged political communities and allegiances both in the worldContinue reading “Tragic Geek launches!”
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