Works that employ meta-fiction to break down the boundaries between the real and the fantastical teach us how to think outside the box.
Tag Archives: Aristophanes
How Quixote Hones Problem-Solving Skills
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Which Shakespeare Character Is Trump?
Wednesday It’s satisfying to see national pundits take a page out of Better Living through Beowulf and turn to the classics to understand Donald Trump. Okay, so NeverTrumper conservative Bret Stephens has probably never read this blog, but we both recognize how literature deepens our understanding of the world, including American politics. I particularly appreciate […]
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Life Imitates Aristophanes in Colombia
In Aristophanes’ great anti-war comedy, the women of Greece, led by Lysistrata, stage a sex strike, which gives them the leverage they need to end the Peloponnesian War. Currently there is a sex strike underway in a remote village in Columbia.
