Tag Archives: metamorphosis

Myth Reading Group 23 February: My Lord Bag of Rice

Posted on 18 February 2023 by ὑποκείμενον

The Myth Reading Group will meet on ‘Zoom’ on Thursday 23 February 2023, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. The theme for the Spring Term is Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Myth Reading Group 18 May: Minerva and Arachne in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Posted on 11 May 2021 by ὑποκείμενον

The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Tuesday 18 May, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. This week we continue our exploration of Athene by … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Thursday 19 March: The San-Bushmen of the Kalahari in Laurens van der Post’s “Heart of the Hunter”

Posted on 13 March 2015 by essexmyth

This week Fliss Rich introduces a discussion of the myths of the San-Bushmen of the Kalahari, and of van der Post’s exploration of their tales and lifestyle in his travel book Heart of the Hunter (1961). Click the link to … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thursday 12 March: Re-interpreting Narcissus: John Cheever’s “The Swimmer”

Posted on 8 March 2015 by essexmyth

This week Petra McQueen introduces a discussion of the myth of Narcissus as re-interpreted in John Cheever’s short story “The Swimmer”. Click the link to see our poster: P-Narcissus Myth Reading Group Thursday 12 March 2015 1-2 p.m. Room 5B.332 … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Thursday 5 March: The Minotaur in Twentieth Century Art and Literature

Posted on 2 March 2015 by essexmyth

This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of the myth of the Minotaur and the labyrinth in twentieth-century art and literature. Click the link to see our poster: P-The Minotaur Myth Reading Group Thursday 5 March 2015 1-2 p.m. Room … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thursday 19 February: The Spirit Mercurius

Posted on 17 February 2015 by essexmyth

This week Prof. Roderick Main introduces a discussion of “The Spirit Mercurius”, a Jungian reading of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale “The Spirit in the Bottle”. Click the link to see our poster: P-The Spirit Mercurius Myth Reading Group Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Thursday 12 February: Transforming Hawaii

Posted on 9 February 2015 by essexmyth

This week Brittany Kuhn introduces a discussion of Hawaiian myth and legends in relation to the story of Queen Kapiolani and her defiance of the volcano goddess Pele. Click the link to see our poster: P-Pele Myth Reading Group Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Thursday 5 February: “‘The here and now’: storytelling and the “nothing landscape”

Posted on 4 February 2015 by essexmyth

This week Dr Pietra Palazzolo introduces a discussion of the use of myth and metamorphosis in Graham Swift’s Waterland: “The here and now’: storytelling and the ‘nothing landscape’”. Click the link to see our poster: P-Waterland Myth Reading Group Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Thursday 29 January. Eternal Bounty: Idun and her Apples

Posted on 22 January 2015 by essexmyth

This week Dr Leon Burnett introduces a discussion of Norse myth and metamorphosis: “Eternal Bounty: Idun and her Apples”. Click the link to see our poster: P-Eternal Bounty Myth Reading Group Thursday 29 January 2015 1-2 p.m. Room 5B.332 Texts … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Thursday 22 January. Alice Oswald’s “Tithonus: 46 minutes in the life of the dawn”

Posted on 20 January 2015 by essexmyth

Join us for a discussion of Oswald’s Tithonus. Click on the link to see our poster: P-Tithonus Myth Reading Group Thursday 22 January 2015 1-2 p.m. Room 5B.332 Please read the texts below, and listen to Oswald’s performance on Radio … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading Group | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment