Autumn 2016 Editor: Bryn Skibo-Birney Proof-reader: Aleida Auld-Demartin Contributors: Aymeric Nicolet-Dit-Félix, Lorraine Devillard, Olivia Lindem, Roberta Marangi, Misha Meihsl, Diana Moyo, Bryn Skibo-Birney, Ted Van Alst, Téo Verhoeven, Antoine Willemin Copyright © the contributors, 2016 Cover image: "Le Delire" by Salomon Diaikola Copyright © Salomon Diaikola, 2016 www.instagram.com/diaikola/ Reprinted with permission by the artist *** Université de Genève Faculté des Lettres Département de langue et littérature anglaises Noted is a biannual journal produced by the staff and students of the English Department of the University of Geneva. Find your free copy of Noted at the Department (Comédie), the English library, or online: www.unige.ch/lettres/angle/vie/newsletter_en.html Publication of next issue: February 2017 Deadline for contributions: 15 January 2017 Contributions, comments, and suggestions can be sent to:
[email protected] Contents Letter from the Editor 1 Features 3 Rereading in Waves 4 “I See You”: The Hybrid Constructed as “Other” By the Gaze in Avatar and District 9 8 In Defense of the Humanities 18 My Last Days of Pompeii 22 The Mystery Plays: Between Past and Present 26 FILM Club 29 Creative Writing 31 Gather Your Thoughts and Your Courage 32 Can You Perceive My True Color? 33 To Heaven Love Transports Us with Passion 34 Blood on the Tracks / No Mas 35 The Strange Case of the Long Summer and the Good Woman 45 Rafael is Dreaming on the Tram 49 The cwG 53 Noted Autumn 2016 Letter from the Editor BRYN SKIBO-BIRNEY You know it’s hot when every book you read seems to refer to the state of being abys- mally, swelteringly, depressingly, and oppressively hot.