Oh, to be Postcolonial

[nirinia]

Comparing the postcolonial projects of Coetzee and Gordimer would be a dream come true. Why am I stuck as an undergraduate with nothing fun to research for the next two years?

Going out tonight, and I'm giggly, giddy and delighted about it. Going to spend hours and hours on hair and make-up, just because I can. And I'll pick through my closet, drawers and shoe-towers for something stunning to wear. Don't think it's a good idea to wear my Cosmos when I'm drinking.

It is beginning to dawn on me why Nabokov had to specify what readers he wrote for. You don't read to relate to, or like the characters in a novel. And why he lamented the loss of his childhood Russia, and with it Russian. The sheer multitude of words in that language! They have a specific verb for 'going back and forth'.

I'm also terribly envious of Neil Gaiman's library. Come to think of it, if I continue accumulating books at this rate, I'll probably have one of approximate caliber in 20 years or so.

Comments

[basje.livejournal.com]

French has a word for when you think of the perfect comeback days after the conversation has taken place! Those are the kinds of words I love best :)

[nirinia.livejournal.com]

No, they do? That's absolutely perfect. Those useless, but perfect words are just fantastic.

[basje.livejournal.com]

Yes, something like esprit de escalier or esprit du escalier... I think Japanese has a whole bunch as well. They really are the best kind of words :)

[rawthorne.livejournal.com]

The only reason I'm considering doing an MA is for the potential to research and specialize in something I actually like. Undergrad studies are full of courses I wouldn't touch if I didn't need them to graduate.

[nirinia.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear! There's so much bullshit courses in BA's. Not to mention the fact that you're not supposed to think one independent thought, you're there to reproduce what's already been said.

[redleather26.livejournal.com]

...wooow. I want that library o.O