Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on March 31, 2008 | 38 Comments »
Welcome to Yoknapatawpha County! Click on the link to delve into the world of one of the greatest writers of universal literature!
William Faulkner, Nobel-prize winner of 1949, is the author of the short story we are going to discuss today, “A Rose for Emily”, which is but a very small sample of his work. I strongly encourage [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on March 30, 2008 | 43 Comments »
Ernest Hemingway was celebrated for his direct, clear and concise style of writing. And this characteristic comes in handy today, as I need to be brief and straightforward so as not to risk losing my generous neighbor’s Internet connection…
In “Hills like white elephants”, his powerful use of dialogue is greatly responsible [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on March 27, 2008 | 42 Comments »
Today we’re going to cross the ocean. After studying la crème de la crème of British modernism, let’s focus now on two American modernist writers of the finest kind: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
When studying Fitzgerald’s works, one of the most important things to do is to be aware of the historical background to [...]
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Posted in Announcements on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dear students,
I’m very sorry, but unfortunately I didn’t have time to prepare your activity for today… I was overwhelmed this weekend with so many things to see to before the trip!
Anyway, this is no reason for you to be late in your reading. So, read Fitzgerald’s “Bernice bobs her hair”, just as it [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on March 18, 2008 | 42 Comments »
Soneto a Katherine Mansfield
Vinicius de Moraes
O teu perfume, amada — em tuas cartas
Renasce, azul… — são tuas mãos sentidas!
Relembro-as brancas, leves, fenecidas
Pendendo ao longo de corolas fartas.
Relembro-as, vou… nas terras percorridas
Torno a aspirá-lo, aqui e ali desperto
Paro; e tão perto sinto-te, tão perto
Como se numa foram duas vidas.
Pranto, tão pouca dor! tanto quisera
Tanto rever-te, tanto!… [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on March 13, 2008 | 35 Comments »
Do you remember I always tell you that you should take what you read on the Internet (and especially on some sites such as Wikipedia) with a grain of salt? Well, guess where I found a very good sentence to explain the meaning of EPIPHANY – a basic concept for discussing James Joyce’s works…
As [...]
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Posted in Announcements on March 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hello everybody!
I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to meet you personally this evening for our class. I will, however, post a new activity, as in every class day.
Please tell your classmates I won’t be there, Ok? You can use the available time to go to the computer lab and go on discussing “The Lonely [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on March 10, 2008 | 54 Comments »
A Haunted House and other stories, by Virginia Woolf, is the collection where you find the short story assigned for today - “The Legacy”.
If you would like to know more about Virginia Woolf’s life, you can indulge in some interesting information about her life and works here.
And, for those of you who still haven’t seen it, [...]
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Posted in Tasks, tagged literary theory on March 7, 2008 | 35 Comments »
This picture shows the cover of the book The Lonely Voice, by Frank O’Connor. The text you were assigned to read for today is the author’s introduction to his study of the short story.
Here I quote some words I read on the site of Melville House Publishing:
Frank O’Connor was one of the twentieth century’s greatest short [...]
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Posted in Announcements on March 6, 2008 | 37 Comments »
One or two days ago you must all have received an email in which I asked the people who are not enrolled in this course to let me know so I could exclude them from my mailing list. As I got very few answers, I came to two possible conclusions: either you love getting my [...]
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