{"id":419,"date":"2020-04-05T20:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/?p=419"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:19:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T17:19:35","slug":"walcott-presentation-and-discussion-questions-4-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/2020\/04\/05\/walcott-presentation-and-discussion-questions-4-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Walcott Presentation and Discussion Questions 4\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uueYosrGE-Vc5z1ViAZaIK31DJrK7Mee\/view?usp=sharing\">Derek Walcott Presentation Video<\/a> (Updated link&#8211;might take a few minutes to load)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1Q7ZXKM251Wj6rD4Ds3XP6tw-jfsOyc0yZxClrMgCelw\/edit?usp=sharing\">A link to the PowerPoint that I used in the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you make of Walcott\u2019s understanding of his own identity? Did you see the hybridity that so many have pointed out?\u00a0 How does language factor into his identity and his works? How and what do you think Walcott\u2019s identity translates to the poems? Are the main characters supposed to reflect his own identity?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What does it mean for Shabine to leave Maria in \u201cThe Schooner Flight?\u201d What did she symbolize and what effect did his constant recalling of her have? Did you see any similarities between her and Hounakin\u2019s wife from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sea at Dauphin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sea at Dauphin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is said to be influenced by Synge\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riders to the Sea<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. How do the works compare? What are the similarities and differences in their treatment of religion and the way that they describe the sea? Do you see any connection between Synge\u2019s and Walcott\u2019s identities?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do these works accomplish? How do they compare to the prior things we have been studying? What have they done to further your understanding of the Black and Green Atlantic?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have a few more questions, but I will save them until Wednesday because they focus more heavily on Heaney&#8217;s piece.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Walcott Presentation Video (Updated link&#8211;might take a few minutes to load) A link to the PowerPoint that I used in the video &nbsp; What do you make of Walcott\u2019s understanding of his own identity? Did you see the hybridity that so many have pointed out?\u00a0 How does language factor into his identity and his &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/2020\/04\/05\/walcott-presentation-and-discussion-questions-4-6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Derek Walcott Presentation and Discussion Questions 4\/6&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3685,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[429185],"tags":[437974],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-questions","tag-april-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/blackandgreenatlantic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}