Having made an ardent promise to myself and my readers that I would henceforth cease to be a drop out and would spend time writing a blog a day, I have failed to keep my word. It seems these resolutions of mine get recorded on liquid surfaces that erase them the moment they are recorded. Anyway, here is a post that I hope will interest my readers.
I am currently grappling with three different topics that interest me. One the literary theory of Saussure, Lacan, Barthes and others. I am doggedly reading the translations of the works of these writers even though I need multiple readings to make sense of them. Finally, I am getting a glimmer of what they are talking about and am getting immensely interested in what they have to say. I am also attempting to apply their theories to literary works! A challenging and interesting task. Very intellectual!
I am also reading a wonderful novel by a Japanese writer in English called Kazuo Ishiguro called The Remains of the day. The writer has wonderfully captured the essence of what “buttlership” (if you forgive my coining of this word) implies. A copy of the novel is available online (in docstoc or is it scribd?–I am not sure). Truly relaxing!
I am also working out the nuances of contract law and bombarding myself with topics like “invitation to treat”, “postal delay in contract law” and so on and so forth till I am getting a little cross eyed with the effort. Absolutely legal! Keeps my mind live and kicking.
Of course, I cannot complain that my life is drab and dull and lacks variety. Will perhaps translate the results of all my efforts into little articles that may be of interest to you all?
Why do I do all this? I like being an intellectual. In fact I revel in it. What comes out of it? A lot of writing practice and of course a number of new creative ideas for books that I plan to write sometime in the future (only the future seems very dimly distant at the moment). Some of the work may also find a way into literature journals and law journals and law journals.
New years are replete with hopes and resolutions. Yet sadly, years do not end with a review of hopes realized and resolutions followed up.
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