"Putting the Anus Back into Coriolanus"

[nimsooze]

"Putting the Anus Back into Coriolanus" is the name of a US conference paper about writers' biographies. what does it mean ?Who knows more abou that? Do the bold parts make an language game(emphasis is mine)?

[Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim]

apparently, "Corolianus" is an asshole (Shakespeare), so the phrase presumably relates to that.
Coriolanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also Gunther Grass's (German writer) Theaterstück "Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand".

[nimsooze]

Unsatisfied yet! more clarification please?

[Teia]

Originally Posted by nimsooze

"Putting the Anus Back into Coriolanus" is the name of a US conference paper about writers' biographies. what does it mean ?Who knows more abou that? Do the bold parts make an language game(emphasis is mine)?

In my opinion ,it is a word game, talking about morality, indecency and lack of loyalty when it comes to discuss some writers` personal lives or biographies. Follow Jamshid`s advice and click on the link below, to get more information:
Coriolanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by nimsooze

Unsatisfied yet! more clarification please?

You are apparently referring to the same topic in your previous thread: Identitity Thinking. Putting the Anus Back into Coriolanus" would attract eager crowds who had never heard of the bourgeoisie but who knew all about buggery. This state of affairs would no doubt be particularly marked in those societies which in any case lacked strong socialist traditions. That's why I mentioned the German writer Grass.

[nimsooze]

What does "putting the anus back into someone" mean?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by nimsooze

What does "putting the anus back into someone" mean?

It doesn't mean anything much - it's just a way of introducing a new topic into an article. If a reviewer went to an open-air performance of Macbeth and it rained, she might write a review with the headline 'Putting the Mac [abbreviation for Mackintosh, a raincoat] into Macbeth'.

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[nimsooze]

And in this special context , what does this phrase mean?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by nimsooze

And in this special context , what does this phrase mean?

I'm afraid I don't know the context. This quote suggests that the context is a literary biography:

Ever since an infamous US conference paper a few years back entitled "Putting the Anus Back into Coriolanus", there has been a fashion for literary biographies that tell us more about a writer's sperm count than his syntax.

Read more here: Nights with the honey monster | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books

So presumably the article was about a writer (perhaps an editor of Shakespeare??? - hence the reference to Coriolanus*) who was homosexual (hence the reference to "anus").

* When pronouncing the name, one would normally pronounce the second-last syllable /ɑ/. When pronouncing the name in the context of the Shakespeare play, the traditional pronunciation is /eɪ/. That's why I think Shakespearean scholarship may be involved.


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