Continuing with Barry’s Beginning Theory, which is the kind of dense book I have to take breaks from, I’ve come across an bit of text which makes me stop anyway. The following quote is much elided, to cobble together the sense I want to respond to, but I think his meaning is intact. “Postcolonial criticism… is one of several critical… (more…)
Narrative in History
I’ve been concentrating on the literary aspects of the Humanities degree I’m going to be starting, but there are other components as well – history, philosophy, and so on. At the moment, I’m looking at the historical thing, because there’s something that bothers me. I’ve come across a few references in the recent past to “creating narratives”. This has usually… (more…)