English @ SUNY Geneseo | Adam Souza | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/amsouza/activity/ Activity feed for Adam Souza. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9ab346724af1082d1e60a76816dae80d Adam Souza commented on the post, Is Yeats too English?, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/20/is-yeats-too-english/#comment-80 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:48:44 -0500 There is a quote by Chinua Achebe, which I cannot currently find, but that paraphrased is: “It is because of my oppressors that I must write stories about my home in their language, and not that of my home.” He […]

]]> 3ba387a8f4fb75b74908644516764857 Adam Souza commented on the post, Stage Directions in The Only Jealousy of Emer, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/18/stage-directions-in-the-only-jealousy-of-emer/#comment-79 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:01:18 -0500 This is absolutely fascinating; in drama we’re usually taught to focus on the playwright’s dialogue rather than the stage directions; taking these into account is like reading a book with an eye to the paper the […]

]]> d8aac599ebe235494bc8ecb2c0c8dae7 Adam Souza commented on the post, Misogyny & Fatherhood: Yeats’s Daughter Willed to “become a flourishing hidden tree” ... What?!, on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/25/misogyny-fatherhood-yeatss-daughter-willed-to-become-a-flourishing-hidden-tree-what/#comment-64 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:09:44 -0500 I agree. Yeats wasn’t terribly well-balanced in his views on women at the best of times, but as he passed further into adulthood and middle age he definitely lost touch. However, while I read a similar message […]

]]> bb1774178e85d09d2d9ebdcc9972bf54 Adam Souza wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/19/the-curse-of-heterogeniety/ Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:58:46 -0500 I (being a somewhat politically-minded sort) noticed some parallels between the Yeats’ observations on the problems with the various Irish Nationalist movements and similar groups in the present and recent past. […]

]]> c50f1d6e7a7e487ecccc80bf8299d99c Adam Souza wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/10/nebulous-thoughts-on-yeats-transitional-period/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:10:48 -0500 The more I read of Yeats’ poetry and the personal life behind it, the more he sounds like the stereotypical “Nice Guy” whining about how unfair women are. The woman he had a crush on spurns him? He changes his […]

]]> f0bdcf75d7e5a0106c10d4919e19382d Adam Souza joined the group Irish Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/369/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:25:12 -0500 0 1fc2aa685d78e1ae9fbd21261fac96ec Adam Souza and Rob Doggett are now friends https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/368/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:24:37 -0500 0 2ec53e617b2014ed974c03b7d539ee5d Adam Souza became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/366/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:18:44 -0500 0