So where does that place him? History? English? He doesn't go into the field so not anthropology or archaeology.
Any ideas?
I can't see him in the Education department
Sociology.....that was a required course at my university and a catch-all, "What the hell?" course of study if I ever saw one!!
Rainey
liberal arts!
but i think it is History like Linda!
Hmm, no feedback on my theories, so I don't know if anyone thinks I'm on the right track or off-the-wall with any of this ...
I can't quite decide now if the writers had in mind that Professor Stokes was a Jungian theorist, or if they might even have been loosely basing him on Carl Jung.
The reason this latter idea came to mind was that I realized another specific point of comparison between them: Jung was deeply involved with the I-Ching ... and as we will later learn, T.E. Stokes is, too.
I have a biography of Jung that would probably have the answers, but I haven't had time to read it.
-Vlad
And I'm wondering -- just speculating at this point -- if Stokes' understanding of Parallel Time (... in a future storyline... ) might relate to Jung's theory of synchronicity. I only have a basic understanding of synchronicity and don't really know what the underpinnings of the theory are, but something makes me wonder if parallel universes might enter into it.
Can't you just imagine Prof. Stokes in his own show, investigating cases of hauntings, curses, and other strange paranormal phenomena? At the end of each episode, he would return to his well-worn armchair and sip sherry by firelight!
Wow, quite a few suggestions here!
After reading all of them, I'm inclined to go with English as Eliot's subject. It would allow him to dabble in a variety of subfields.
....there's really such thing as parallel time?Pishposh....call me Roger Collins, but I don't believe.....there was actually someone who thought so??