Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on April 28, 2008 | 40 Comments »
In 1900, Walt Whitman published his famous book of poems Leaves of grass.
One of the poems in this collection is ”I sing the body electric!“, and I quote its first part here:
I SING the Body electric;
The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them;
They will not let me off [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on April 21, 2008 | 48 Comments »
I am sorry I forgot to tell you before, but have you been following the time line of our course?
We have arrived at the 80’s, and our short story takes place in northeastern United States, basically in the suburbs that surround New York City – the setting for John Cheever’s short stories. His protagonist characters [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on April 18, 2008 | 47 Comments »
I believe some of you must have already read this short story out of curiosity, as it is mentioned in Frank O’Connor’s text “The lonely voice”…
It is very hard for me to be unbiased when it comes to talking / writing about J. D. Salinger… He is the author of The catcher [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on April 15, 2008 | 32 Comments »
At the end of the 1970’s, Angela Carter published a collection of short stories entitled The bloody chamber and other stories. A curious fact about this collection was that all the short stories were based on folk or fairy tales. The short story we are going to discuss today, “The bloody chamber”, was published there [...]
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Posted in Announcements on April 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hi everybody! I just wanted to let you know that I am late in posting the activity for “The Bloody Chamber” because my connection was non-existent yesterday and is not really working properly today.
But, pay attention: my being late does not mean postponing any activity!!! As soon as I get my Internet to work the [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on April 11, 2008 | 52 Comments »
Now it’s time to cross the ocean again and go back to England. The author of our short story (not so short, I admit) is 2007 Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. For a good look on her biography and works, it’s a good idea to visit her official site.
Doris Lessing is well-known for her feminist works, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 | 47 Comments »
The author of the short story we are going to discuss today is Truman Capote, a controversial Southern writer…
… who most of you probably know by the film “Capote” (2005), …
… in which we learn the story behind the production of his novel In cold blood.
“Miriam” was first published in June 1945 [...]
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Posted in Announcements on April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hello, everybody! I believe I’ll be able to make some comments on your comments today, if my Internet connection keeps on working nicely… I’ll start by the post about “The Lonely Voice”, the very beginning of our course. I don’t mean to close the posts as I go on, so you can always go back [...]
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Posted in Short Stories, Tasks on April 4, 2008 | 39 Comments »
The short story we are going to consider today is “Good country people”, by southern writer Mary Flannery O’Connor.
To read about this writer’s biography and production, consult the following links:
Comforts of Home
The Flannery O’Connor’s Collection
Your task for today is still related to the assignment you have delivered - highlight the main issues discussed [...]
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