Sunday, March 25, 2012

Notes 3-23

Read Jill's blog
Please blog about The Story of Qamar al-Zaman and His Two Sons for next class meeting.

Image of a whole circle, two halves of a circle, and a circle with perforated edges: to recreate the world of whole beginnings through imagination.
The middle shape (two halves) is the adventure with the "ripped" part embodying the quest.

The lunatic poet of Kubla Khan (Beware, beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair) and his message: listen to me.
Chapter 5 in Frye is all about the relationship of twins (Qamar and his beloved's twin-like appearance?)

(pg 104) The King and the Corpse
The triple goddess

He was not historical, but everything he did was TRUE.
Arthur is not dead--he lives because we have imagined him.

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