March 17, 2005

• Readings for
  St. Patrick’s Day

  Time of this entry: 12:00:36 PM.

  Hence,

  1. A commentary on “Darkening of the Light,” the I Ching, Hexagram 36:

  “Here the climax of the darkening is reached. The dark power at first
  held so high a place that it could wound all who were on the side of
  good and of the light. But in the end it perishes of its own darkness,
  for evil must itself fall at the very moment when it has wholly
  overcome the good, and thus consumed the energy to which it owed its
  duration.”

  2. 
     Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler
     
     
  3. 
     Under Western Eyes, by Joseph Conrad

  4. 
     Narrativity: Theory and Practice, by Philip John Moore Sturgess

     Sturgess’s book deals with the narrative logic of the above novels by Koestler and Conrad,
     as well as some Irish material:

     Narrativity: Theory and Practice

     TABLE OF CONTENTS Pt. I The Theory of Narrativity Introduction 3 1 Narrativity and its Definitions 5 2 A Logic of Narrativity 28 3 Narrativity and Double Logics 68 4 Narrativity and the Case against Contradiction 93 5 Narrativity, Structure, and Spatial Form 117 6 Narrativity and the French Perspective 139 Pt. II The Practice of Narrativity Introduction 161 7 The Logic of Duplicity and Design in Under Western Eyes 166 8 A Story of Narrativity in Ulysses 189 9 Narrative Despotism and Metafictional Mastery: The Case of Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds 235 10 A Double Logic and the Nightmare of Reason: Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon 260 Conclusion. A Reading of Maria Edgeworth’s Castle Rackrent 287 Bibliography and Further Reading 312 Index 317

  These readings are in opposition to the works of Barbara Johnson published by Harvard University Press.

  For some background, see
  The Shining of May 29 (JFK’s birthday).

  Discussion question:
  In the previous entry, who represents the
  Hexagram 36 “dark power” – Matory or Summers?

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