Dear students,
I have been terribly busy for the last 4 weeks -needless to say-. Yesterday I went to bed late just trying to post the instructions for your homework. A few minutes ago I went to the Brit Lit blog to read your answers and... guess what? The post was not there! I DID post it but ON THE WRONG BLOG!!! If you go to ca-seminar.blogspot.com you will see it and you will see the date and time it was posted. Anyways, I am posting it here, again; and just answer if you feel like. After this mistake I cannot command you to carry out the activity. Excuse me, again.
Drama!
Dear Students,Sorry for the delay!!! I hope you got familiar with The Hour Glass (W B Yeats). Despite not being contemporary, the play sounds quite applicable to present day life.Let us have some sort of a forum, if you feel like sharing your opinion!Post your answer to the following questions:How is this effect achieved? How would you classify/describe this kind of play? Why?Now we can say the term is over. Thanks for your sensible company, see you any time, enjoy yourselves and... READ!D Duran
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
Drama Session
Click on the following title so as to redirect you to The Hour Glass (single act theatre play) by Yeats. Download, print (if necessary) and read it carefully; then prepare for class discussion.
Thanks for your attention.
Thanks for your attention.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
2009-I: 2nd Test
Dear students,
For our second test (due on Thurs 25th) we will have the same strategies we had in a similar test last term. That is...
1.- Define and exemplify literary concepts through a text (provided on a separate page).
2.- Discussion/analysis questions about prose, short stories, text/s in our research paper.
3.- Excerpts from the short stories we read and analysed in the course, for you to identify some relevant features in each.
I hope none of this will get you by surprise, since all of this we have studied and practise not only in this course, but in the previous courses, too!
Thank you for your participation, see you on Thursday, enjoy yourselves and... READ!!!
D Durán
For our second test (due on Thurs 25th) we will have the same strategies we had in a similar test last term. That is...
1.- Define and exemplify literary concepts through a text (provided on a separate page).
2.- Discussion/analysis questions about prose, short stories, text/s in our research paper.
3.- Excerpts from the short stories we read and analysed in the course, for you to identify some relevant features in each.
I hope none of this will get you by surprise, since all of this we have studied and practise not only in this course, but in the previous courses, too!
Thank you for your participation, see you on Thursday, enjoy yourselves and... READ!!!
D Durán
Friday, May 29, 2009
Next Monday…
For next Monday, do not forget we made some minor changes in the sequence of texts in the schedule. Then, we will be analising “Six Feet of the Country” (by N Gordimer) on Mr. R Piñero’s request. Besides, you are expected to hand in a piece of homework:
In one page, state clearly what makes “The Other Garden” (by Doris Lessing) an unusual story. You can attempt to answer a few questions which somehow would complement the goal above.
- How does the story exemplify a modern short story?
- What possible message can we find as we read between the lines?
- Which features are manipulated to guarantee the reader’s participation?
- Which feature would you point to in order to support the affirmation that the “story stands out as a move towards a new concept of story”?
In one page, state clearly what makes “The Other Garden” (by Doris Lessing) an unusual story. You can attempt to answer a few questions which somehow would complement the goal above.
- How does the story exemplify a modern short story?
- What possible message can we find as we read between the lines?
- Which features are manipulated to guarantee the reader’s participation?
- Which feature would you point to in order to support the affirmation that the “story stands out as a move towards a new concept of story”?
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Test postponed!
Dear students,
Since not one of you has sent an email or a mobile msg to confirm his/her attendance to the make-up test intended for tomorrow morning, it will definitely be held on Thursday this week. In consequence we will have our regular class from 9 to 11.
No more comments.
DDurán
Since not one of you has sent an email or a mobile msg to confirm his/her attendance to the make-up test intended for tomorrow morning, it will definitely be held on Thursday this week. In consequence we will have our regular class from 9 to 11.
No more comments.
DDurán
Monday, May 11, 2009
Questions for papers!
Dear students,
So far you must all have read both stories more than once and you must have gathered information on the stories and their context as well as notes on the most relevant aspects you have found in them. Now set out to write your analysis, which you must hand in in a month from now.
For all questions: answer, argue, explain, support, and conclude.
“The stone cipher”- Tony Pi / ”By the waters of the Ganga”- Stephen Gaskell
1.- Taking into account the definition of “Reality” handled and discussed in our literature courses, how do both stories manage to represent reality? Which reality does the story show? How does the author (in each case) deal with such reality? How do reality IN the story and reality OUTSIDE the story relate to one another? Does he simply describe or does he make a statement? Is there any criticism involved? If so, which?
2.- These stories can be placed in the realms of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction for obvious reasons (future events, technological advance, unbelievable/unusual characters, settings, etc). How is language used to set the tone and making the plot “acceptable” to the reader?
3.- Consider the way each character is presented in each story. Could we see them as stereotypes/archetypes? To what extent are the main characters in the stories similar/different in their attitudes towards their lives? How do both characters manage to reflect their ways of life through their ways of living, relationship between personality, attitude and behaviour? How universal/Venezuelan can they be? How do these different representations of modern ordinary men created by both authors apply to current Venezuelan citizens?
So far you must all have read both stories more than once and you must have gathered information on the stories and their context as well as notes on the most relevant aspects you have found in them. Now set out to write your analysis, which you must hand in in a month from now.
For all questions: answer, argue, explain, support, and conclude.
“The stone cipher”- Tony Pi / ”By the waters of the Ganga”- Stephen Gaskell
1.- Taking into account the definition of “Reality” handled and discussed in our literature courses, how do both stories manage to represent reality? Which reality does the story show? How does the author (in each case) deal with such reality? How do reality IN the story and reality OUTSIDE the story relate to one another? Does he simply describe or does he make a statement? Is there any criticism involved? If so, which?
2.- These stories can be placed in the realms of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction for obvious reasons (future events, technological advance, unbelievable/unusual characters, settings, etc). How is language used to set the tone and making the plot “acceptable” to the reader?
3.- Consider the way each character is presented in each story. Could we see them as stereotypes/archetypes? To what extent are the main characters in the stories similar/different in their attitudes towards their lives? How do both characters manage to reflect their ways of life through their ways of living, relationship between personality, attitude and behaviour? How universal/Venezuelan can they be? How do these different representations of modern ordinary men created by both authors apply to current Venezuelan citizens?
Friday, April 17, 2009
Drama Session with Prof. Carlson, Mon 20th.
Yesterday, we had a chance to see The Importance of Being Earnest -the film featuring Rupert Jones, Ms Whitherspoon and a wonderful cast-. On Monday, Prof. Victor Carlson will honour us by conducting a session to further study and analise Wilde's work. Please, be prepared for participating actively. You can download and print the following file as a general guide. Hope you are enjoying these activities and learning something from them. Thanks for your attention.
Click here to open/download/print ---> V Carlson's Notes on Drama
Click here to open/download/print ---> V Carlson's Notes on Drama
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