.... that you need to have read Pride and Prejudice by March 20th - well actually, the 22nd - so that we can start work on it on the 24th. And you should recognise the heading of this post if you have started reading the book by now, which I hope you have.
Meanwhile, we have begun to draw together aspects of narrative in Auden's poems, before going on to look at the remaining three poems, and today talked about Auden's use of miniature dramatic scenarios rather than full-scale narratives in his lyric poems and ballads. We also talked about the way metaphorical layers of meaning are constructed differently in each of the four poems - from the myth-like narrative of 'O Where Are You Going?', which is set in a surreal nowhere-land, to the symbolic realism of 'O What is that Sound?' and 'As I Walked Out', and the philosophical monologue of 'I Would Tell You.' We also talked about the different use of the narrative voice in each of the four, and how these can create ambiguity by withholding information in certain ways.
Next up are Miss Gee and 1st September 1939 - and then, be warned, there'll be an essay.
Dr S
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