Category: marseille

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+ anna seghers, france, french resistance, marseille, transit, world war ii

The Continuation of History and the Search for Stability Amidst War and Chaos

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Amidst calamity, whether that be war, famine, environmental disasters, or anything that disrupts individuals’ existence, life moves forward, history moves forward. This constant progression of time has become a recurring theme so far in my “The Reverberations of World War II” course, specifically in Anna Seghers’ Transit and Victor Serge’s Last Times. Each of these novels focuses on individuals fleeing the advancing Nazis. They move from Paris … Read More The Continuation of History and the Search for Stability Amidst War and Chaos

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Everyday Existence in Anna Seghers’ Novels

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In preparation for my Black Expatriate Writers in France class last spring, I read Nicolas Hewitt’s Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille and came across a reference to Anna Seghers’ novel Transit. Hewitt’s book deals with Marseille’s history during the nineteenth century to the present, not spending much time on specific literary works; however, he does provide a few pages Seghers’ novel in relation to refugees escaping the Nazis … Read More Everyday Existence in Anna Seghers’ Novels

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+ england, france, marseille, roaming, Travel, travelogue, York

The Importance of Roaming

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When I was younger, I’d hope on my bike and ride around the neighborhood, going to the mall to play video games in the arcade or to the sports complex to play baseball or to the junior high to play basketball. I’d ride my bike through neighborhoods, my Walkman blaring Nirvana or Soundgarden or Stone Temple Pilots. I’d just roam, no set direction, no … Read More The Importance of Roaming

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+ anna seghers, camps des milles, holocaust, marseille, transit

Art as Resistance in Anna Seghers’ “Transit”

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reading multiple books set in Marseille. Specifically, I have read two novels detailing the movement of refugees during World War II to the port city in hopes of escaping the Nazi advance. Before leaving for Marseille, I read Julie Orringer’s The Flight Portfolio, a fictionalized account of Varian Frye’s work the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) in Marseille … Read More Art as Resistance in Anna Seghers’ “Transit”

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+ african american literature, eddie glaude, france, history, james baldwin, marseille

Marseille and Humanity

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Last post, I shared the first journal entry for my “Black Expatriate Writers in France” class. Today, I’m going to share the second and third entries from May 12, 2023 and May 16, 2023. I wrote the first entry after we moved from Avignon to Marseille and the second on the train from Marseille to Nice. If you would like more information about Marseille and some … Read More Marseille and Humanity

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