Monthly Archives: March 2013

ON AFRICAN LITERATURE & WORLD LITERATURE–A DIALOGUE FROM SPIRITUS MUNDI, NOVEL BY ROBERT SHEPPARD

Posted on March 31, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum  Note: The following is a Dialogue on African Literature and World Literature taking place in Midrand, South Africa, the site of the meeting of the Pan-African Parliament of the African Union (AU),… Robert … Continue reading →

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World Literature Today

Posted on March 31, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum Robert Sheppard‘s insight: Follow the World Literature Forum for Insights into World Lit on Scoop.it! See on http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org

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ON THE EMERGENCE OF WORLD LITERATURE: A DIALOGUE FROM SPIRITUS MUNDI

Posted on March 31, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum The emergence of World Literature is part of the irreversible process of Globalization reshaping every aspect of our lives in today’s world, from the World Economic Crisis to the Internet, the iPad… See … Continue reading →

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William Dalrymple’s top 10 books on Afghanistan

Posted on March 31, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

See on Scoop.it – World Literature Forum From 16th-century Mughal rulers, to daring Victorian spies and today’s Taliban, the travel writer and historian picks his favourites from a rich literature (William Dalrymple’s top 10 books on Afghanistan http://t.co/3ungQVjAAh… Robert Sheppard‘s … Continue reading →

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ON THE USE OF THE 2ND PERSON HYPNOTIC NARRATIVE IN THE TEATRO MAGICO SEQUENCE OF SPIRITUS MUNDI: THE ROLE OF ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION IN THE IMAGINATIVE ARTS

Posted on March 27, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

  ON THE USE OF THE 2ND PERSON HYPNOTIC NARRATIVE IN THE TEATRO MAGICO SEQUENCE OF SPIRITUS MUNDI: THE ROLE OF ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION IN THE IMAGINATIVE ARTS   The rarest mode in literature (though quite common in song lyrics) is … Continue reading →

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ON THE ONWARD EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN OUR TIME

Posted on March 17, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

        Odyssey             A man is movement, motion, a continuum. There is no beginning and no end to his voyage. He runs through his ancestors, and the only beginning is the primal beginning of the single cell in … Continue reading →

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ON AFRICAN LITERATURE & WORLD LITERATURE–A DIALOGUE FROM SPIRITUS MUNDI, NOVEL BY ROBERT SHEPPARD

Posted on March 15, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

  Note: The following is a Dialogue on African Literature and World Literature taking place in Midrand, South Africa, the site of the meeting of the Pan-African Parliament of the African Union (AU), amoung several renown African Writers, Scholars and … Continue reading →

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The New Great Game and the Dance of the Two Pivots: The New Eurasian Ultimate Mission of NATO in the 21st Century

Posted on March 10, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

    The President’s newly instituted policy of “The Pivot to Asia” revives the classical geopolitical debate of the “Great Game,” or the struggle for dominance or a viable balance of power within the Greater Eurasian Supercontinent of the 19th … Continue reading →

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ON THE EMERGENCE OF WORLD LITERATURE: A DIALOGUE FROM SPIRITUS MUNDI

Posted on March 10, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

The emergence of World Literature is part of the irreversible process of Globalization reshaping every aspect of our lives in today’s world, from the World Economic Crisis to the Internet, the iPad and e-Book to the borderless world of the … Continue reading →

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A MOOD OF LAMENTATONS: PIQUE EAST AND WEST

Posted on March 4, 2013 by robertalexandersheppard

    A MOOD OF LAMENTATONS:  PIQUE EAST AND WEST                  If only the Chinese weren’t so terribly mediocre. Yes, now in the big cities they are increasingly more or less educated—but that makes them more or less blinkered … Continue reading →

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