“That we shall die we know”: Historical Fetters and Creative Liberation in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar1) Angelika Zirker and Susanne Riecker Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract In his tragedy Julius Caesar, Shakespeare builds largely on the 1579 translation of Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, usually […]
Blaming Helen in Twenty-First Century Myth Writing: A Response to Lena Linne Shelby Judge Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract This response to the article “Meta-Epic Reflection in Twenty-First-Century Rewritings of Homer, or: The Meta-Epic Novel” takes as its starting point the author’s metageneric interpretation of twenty-first century myth […]
Forster’s Self-Ironizing in “The Road from Colonus”: A Response to Laura M. White52) Shenyou Mei Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract E. M. Forster’s “The Road from Colonus” is a tale about the loss of inspiration. Its allusions to Sophocles’ “Oedipus at Colonus” and, more recently, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s […]
Romance and Metagenre: A Response to Burkhard Niederhoff Francesca Pierini Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract This short essay constiutes a reflection on meta-generic strategies and practises employed by authors of romance fiction. Conceived as a response to Burkhard Niederhoff’s article published in Connotations, it aims at making literary […]
The Woman Taken in Adultery: A Literary Perspective on Christ’s Writing in John 8:1-12 Alan Rudrum and Julia Schatz Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract Jesus’ writing in John 8:2-12 is a silence that has raised scholarly discussion from the very beginnings of the Early Church. Jesus has just […]
Meta-Epic Reflection in Twenty-First-Century Rewritings of Homer, or: The Meta-Epic Novel Lena Linne Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract The present article discusses meta-epic reflection in a selection of twenty-first-century novels based on Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. It defines instances of “metagenre” and “metageneric texts” as texts which, explicitly or […]
Parodies of Six-Word Stories: A Comic Literary Metagenre100) David Fishelov Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract The article discusses parodies of six-word stories and locates them within the broader context of metagenre in general, and humorous metagenre in particular. Parodies of six-word stories offer a playful, ironic perspective on […]
An Introduction to Metagenre with a Postscript on the Journey from Comedy to Tragedy in E. M. Forster’s Where Angels Fear to Tread Burkhard Niederhoff Published in Connotations Vol. 31 (2022) Abstract The article defines metagenre as a quality or dimension of a literary text: the way the text reflects […]
A Sentimental Journey: Lost in Translation Mark Loveridge Published in Connotations Vol. 30 (2021) Abstract This essay argues that Sterne’s pervasive interests in different forms of translation in A Sentimental Journey (1768) result in a text in which fuzzy, occult, and elusive language, calqued translation, wordplay, and suggestion are not […]
“New Alchimie”: Reading John Donne’s “Nocturnall” Through Poems by Kimberly Johnson and Alice Fulton Theresa M. DiPasquale Published in Connotations Vol. 30 (2021) Abstract The study of pre-Enlightenment literature is too often separated from the study of contemporary literature; literary scholars are too often out of touch with their colleagues […]
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