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Discuss the role of the 'Caledonian antisyzygy' in MacDiarmid's depiction of the Scottish people, and consider how this relates to his metaphysical explorations in A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
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Discuss the role of the 'Caledonian antisyzygy' in MacDiarmid's depiction of the Scottish people, and consider how this relates to his metaphysical explorations in A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle. A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a poem firmly set in the context of the Scottish Renaissance movement, of which its author was a chief exponent. In MacDiarmid's attempt to present the Scottish people both to the world and themselves, there is a definite sense of him attempting to re-evaluate a talent they have undervalued and underestimated. Moreover, it seems he was trying to shed light on an instinct they knew they possessed but couldn't put their finger on and didn't have a name for. But is this 'Caledonian antisyzygy' just a piece of literary jargon, wrenched into being by several Scottish academics in order to lend significance and credibility to their ancestors' penchant for self-contradiction? Were brilliant...
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