Wow. Today's
panels were overwhelmingly informative and brilliant.
I've taken as many notes as my hands would allow; the most
being from the first speaker - Dr. Jim Hannon, whose address was systematically
structured both in terms of chronology and theory.
He even went as far as listing out some of the theoretical
schools within his paper - which of course was of great help to us who were
there today.
Naipaul indeed is a global commodity - not merely limited to
a national or even a regional scale - and as Prof Ramchand stated (he speaks in
such awe of Sir Naipaul), he is a creative and performance artist who focuses
not on being a writer, but on the act and process writing itself.
This ties in with Mr. Shastri Maharaj's address, in that the
artist (whether painter such as Mr Maharaj, or writer such as Sir Naipaul) has the
task of "visual literacy," through the social commentary of their
narratives. The writing then becomes a documentation of what is occurring
around the artist.
Looking forward even more to tomorrow's panels, after the
wonderful time I had today.
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