English Literature

Enarratio (Analysis and Exposition of Texts)

Enarratio, the analysis and exposition of texts, was part of the discipline of grammar, itself one of the three major areas of study within the trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic or dialectic). Medieval grammar encompassed reading practices from simple grammar as we know it today to sophisticated literary interpretation. Enarratio means literally to lift a linguistic unit โ€“ a letter, syllable, word, or a longer passage โ€“ out of the … Read the rest

Literary

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Part 3

part3Dear Mrs. Maugery,

Yes, you may trust Juliet. I am unequivocal on this point. Her parents were my good friends as well as my parishioners at St. Hildaโ€™s. Indeed, I was a guest at their home on the night she was born.

Juliet was a stubborn but, withal, a sweet, considerate, joyous childโ€”with an unusual bent toward integrity for one so young.

I will tell you of one incident when … Read the rest