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On Monday, I found out how the US is an empire,
And that English is what Esperanto never grew up to be;
These things were bound to happen.
Somehow.
On Tuesday, I heard that the soul was a broken flying saucer,
Glomping God,
Yearning for the most metaphorical of kisses;
And that good men might be better off having their dishes broken.
There was also some debate on the do's and don't's of human sacrifice.
We didn't put things to practice; but some would have considered it fun.
On Wednesday, I found out that 'Apartheid'
Was about the discrimination of African Americans in South Africa
And thought, well, that's political correctness gone wrong.
The teacher was well-intended;
She was not possessed, but she was pregnant.
Same difference, really, but with an extra body.
Sometimes, it's best not to ask, just go with the flow.
On Thursday, I heard it proved that the teacher may always be right,
And that history may be a subjective mess.
But that's alright.
Because on Friday we learned that everything we learned can be its polar opposite.
And Saturday and Sunday...
Well. They have their uses.
And that English is what Esperanto never grew up to be;
These things were bound to happen.
Somehow.
On Tuesday, I heard that the soul was a broken flying saucer,
Glomping God,
Yearning for the most metaphorical of kisses;
And that good men might be better off having their dishes broken.
There was also some debate on the do's and don't's of human sacrifice.
We didn't put things to practice; but some would have considered it fun.
On Wednesday, I found out that 'Apartheid'
Was about the discrimination of African Americans in South Africa
And thought, well, that's political correctness gone wrong.
The teacher was well-intended;
She was not possessed, but she was pregnant.
Same difference, really, but with an extra body.
Sometimes, it's best not to ask, just go with the flow.
On Thursday, I heard it proved that the teacher may always be right,
And that history may be a subjective mess.
But that's alright.
Because on Friday we learned that everything we learned can be its polar opposite.
And Saturday and Sunday...
Well. They have their uses.
I'm a student in the British Cultural Studies Master's Program at the University of Bucharest.
On Monday, I have post-colonial/post-communist studies; on Tuesday, a class on the doctrine of love in Mediaeval England and a class in Symbolic and Physical Violence (through the ages); On Wednesday there's a Business Communication class; On Thursday, Modernity Studies and on Friday there's Discourse and the Public Sphere (or in the Public Sphere? I never know).
The obscure references:
The US can be considered to be one of the neo-colonizers, who impose themselves by their economic power.
Bernard de Clairvaux says that the soul is like a broken vessel yearning for God; also, he held some sermons on the Song of Songs in which he talked about the metaphor of the kiss (there were some theories at the time on how the soul was the bride and Christ was the bridegroom, so it made sense in context).
Thomas de Aquinas was said to be so fat that they had to carve a table so he could sit down and eat.
The Great Chain of Being is basically a mediaeval vision of the world saying that the world is structured very hierarchically; also that it is all connected. I had to do a presentation on the subject and was about to explain how astrology made sense if you looked at it from the point of view of the entire world in connection, but the teacher cut me off to say that nobody in Britain believes in stuff like astrology today. I think she's wrong, but, well...
The Hayden White reference about history being partly-written, partly invented is pretty clearly shown in the link.
Deconstruction says that everything contains its opposite in it - so by saying "She loved him" you're implying that there's a possibility of her not loving him. It's very paradoxical and sometimes makes sense, sometimes does not. Anyway, it's said by Derrida, who's an interesting fellow that keeps popping up in our classes.
On Monday, I have post-colonial/post-communist studies; on Tuesday, a class on the doctrine of love in Mediaeval England and a class in Symbolic and Physical Violence (through the ages); On Wednesday there's a Business Communication class; On Thursday, Modernity Studies and on Friday there's Discourse and the Public Sphere (or in the Public Sphere? I never know).
The obscure references:
The US can be considered to be one of the neo-colonizers, who impose themselves by their economic power.
Bernard de Clairvaux says that the soul is like a broken vessel yearning for God; also, he held some sermons on the Song of Songs in which he talked about the metaphor of the kiss (there were some theories at the time on how the soul was the bride and Christ was the bridegroom, so it made sense in context).
Thomas de Aquinas was said to be so fat that they had to carve a table so he could sit down and eat.
The Great Chain of Being is basically a mediaeval vision of the world saying that the world is structured very hierarchically; also that it is all connected. I had to do a presentation on the subject and was about to explain how astrology made sense if you looked at it from the point of view of the entire world in connection, but the teacher cut me off to say that nobody in Britain believes in stuff like astrology today. I think she's wrong, but, well...
The Hayden White reference about history being partly-written, partly invented is pretty clearly shown in the link.
Deconstruction says that everything contains its opposite in it - so by saying "She loved him" you're implying that there's a possibility of her not loving him. It's very paradoxical and sometimes makes sense, sometimes does not. Anyway, it's said by Derrida, who's an interesting fellow that keeps popping up in our classes.
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I cracked up at the tvtropes will ruin your life link in Saturday & Sunday.