To understand Ukraine’s Zelensky, Adam Gopnik applies the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin.
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A Bakhtinian Reading of Zelenskyy
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How to View Prejudice in the Classics
How to handle instances of prejudice in the classics? Let the values battles fly.
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Grendel in Paris
As with other mass killings, “Beowulf” has lessons for the Paris massacre. Defoe and Rabelais, meanwhile, give us insight in the targeted satirical journal “Charlie Hebdo.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beowulf, Charlie Hebdo, Daniel Defoe, Gargantua, Lucille Clifton, satire, Shortest Way with Dissenters, Terrorism Comments closed
