Tag Archives: myth & emotion

Thursday 18 June: Werewolves and the Uncanny in Angela Carter’s Short Stories

Posted on 15 June 2015 by essexmyth

This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of werewolves and the uncanny in two stories by Angela Carter: “The Werewolf” and “The Company of Wolves” from The Bloody Chambers and Other Stories, 1979 (in Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short … Continue reading →

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Thursday 11 June: “The Father Costume”: A Dystopian Odyssey?

Posted on 8 June 2015 by essexmyth

This week we continue our exploration of myth and emotion with a session introduced by Petra McQueen on Ben Marcus’s short story, “The Father Costume” (Leaving the Sea, London: Granta Books, 2014, pp. 179-194), in which a father and son … Continue reading →

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Thursday 4 June: Myth, ecstasy, and objective cognition: the mystical visions of C. G. Jung

Posted on 1 June 2015 by essexmyth

This week Prof. Roderick Main introduces a discussion of “Myth, ecstasy, and objective cognition: the mystical visions of C. G. Jung”. In this session, we shall look at the mystical visions C. G. Jung describes in Chapter X of Memories, … Continue reading →

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Thursday 28 May: The Singing River of Pascagoula

Posted on 25 May 2015 by essexmyth

This week Brittany Kuhn introduces a discussion of the Singing River of Mississippi and the Pascagoula tribe: “The Singing River: All for Love or Love for All?” Click here to see our Poster: P-Singing River Myth Reading Group Thursday 28 … Continue reading →

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Thursday 21 May: Myth and Terror

Posted on 17 May 2015 by essexmyth

This week Dr. Ben Pestell introduces a discussion of “Myth and Terror”. Click the link to see our poster: P-Myth and Terror Myth Reading Group Thursday 21 May 1-2pm   Room 5B.111 Extracts: The Epic of Gilgamesh, and Sophocles’ Antigone  

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Thursday 14 May: The Sense of the Sacred: “Our Lady of the Swallows” by Marguerite Yourcenar

Posted on 8 May 2015 by essexmyth

This week Dr Leon Burnett introduces a discussion of the sense of the sacred in Marguerite Yourcenar’s story “Our Lady of the Swallows”, in relation to this term’s theme of “Myth and emotion”. Click the link to see our poster: … Continue reading →

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Thursday 7 May: Old Myths for New Bards

Posted on 1 May 2015 by essexmyth

This week Jeremy Solnick introduces a discussion of Kate Tempest’s poem Brand New Ancients (2013), in relation to this term’s theme of “Myth and emotion”. Click the link to see our poster: P-Tempest Myth Reading Group  Thursday 07 May 2015 … Continue reading →

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