Writing Across Borders (LDCL4021B)

Literary analysis of Zong! and other related works. exploring the effect of trauma, both fresh and generational, on the mind and body.

When referencing the 'gramma of poetry', Wimsatt means to describe the set of technical tools used to make up a poem - the ways words and phrases are sown together. For example, through personification, metaphor and/or imagery. He notes the importance of being able to recognise these but stresses that "simply a report on appearances"[1]of a poem is not enough to construct a meaningful reading of it. One must establish how these techniques are used as tools to convey the meanings and the mess...