Sprite in Walcott
An Assainment
on
A search for the spritself in Derek Walcott’s poetry.
Submitted by
Md Aminul Islam
MA in English
Batch:10th Roll:155
ID.No.:WUB07/12/10/155
Submitted To
Rakibul Hasan
Lecturer in English
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
An Assainment
on
A search for the spritself in Derek Walcott’s poetry.
Submitted by
Md Imtiaj Dhali
MA in English
Batch:10th Roll:154
ID.No.:WUB07/12/10/154
Submitted To
Rakibul Hasan
Lecturer in English
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West Indies with a twin brother, the future playwright Roderick Walcott, and a sister, Pamela Walcott. His family was of mixed race and ethnicity; he had two white grandfathers and two black grandmothers.[5] His family is of African and European descent, reflecting the complex colonial history of the island which he explores in his poetry. His mother, a teacher, loved the arts and often recited poetry around the house.[6] His father, who painted and wrote poetry, died at age 31 from mastoiditis while his wife was pregnant with the twins Derek and Roderick, who were born after his death.[6] Walcott's family was part of a minority Methodist community, who felt overshadowed by the dominant Catholic culture of the island established during French colonial rule.
As a young man Walcott trained as a painter, mentored by Harold Simmons, whose life as a professional artist provided an inspiring example for him. Walcott greatly admired Cézanne and Giorgione and sought to learn from them.[6]
Walcott studied as a writer, becoming “an elated, exuberant poet madly in love with English” and strongly influenced by modernist poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.[2] He had an early sense of a vocation as a writer. In the poem
on
A search for the spritself in Derek Walcott’s poetry.
Submitted by
Md Aminul Islam
MA in English
Batch:10th Roll:155
ID.No.:WUB07/12/10/155
Submitted To
Rakibul Hasan
Lecturer in English
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
An Assainment
on
A search for the spritself in Derek Walcott’s poetry.
Submitted by
Md Imtiaj Dhali
MA in English
Batch:10th Roll:154
ID.No.:WUB07/12/10/154
Submitted To
Rakibul Hasan
Lecturer in English
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH
Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West Indies with a twin brother, the future playwright Roderick Walcott, and a sister, Pamela Walcott. His family was of mixed race and ethnicity; he had two white grandfathers and two black grandmothers.[5] His family is of African and European descent, reflecting the complex colonial history of the island which he explores in his poetry. His mother, a teacher, loved the arts and often recited poetry around the house.[6] His father, who painted and wrote poetry, died at age 31 from mastoiditis while his wife was pregnant with the twins Derek and Roderick, who were born after his death.[6] Walcott's family was part of a minority Methodist community, who felt overshadowed by the dominant Catholic culture of the island established during French colonial rule.
As a young man Walcott trained as a painter, mentored by Harold Simmons, whose life as a professional artist provided an inspiring example for him. Walcott greatly admired Cézanne and Giorgione and sought to learn from them.[6]
Walcott studied as a writer, becoming “an elated, exuberant poet madly in love with English” and strongly influenced by modernist poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.[2] He had an early sense of a vocation as a writer. In the poem