Sumários

Test

23 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Test: Essay

"The Quarrelsome Peace" by Jane Smiley

18 Novembro 2015, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Reading and discussing "The Quarrelsome Peace" by Jane Smiley.

Discussing how point of view is given in the story.

Writing the story from another character's point of view.

Dialogue. Lydia Davis (cont.). Notification: TEST

18 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Feedback on Crits.
Returned marked scripts.

Viewing and discussion of some dialogues and catch phrases (Woody Allen, Tarantino)
Dialogue writing and reading exercise.

Lydia Davis on redrafting: "A House Besieged".

IMPORTANT: Next class there'll be a written TEST.
You'll have to write an essay, choosing from ONE of four options, which will focus on your attentive reading of "Last", "The Office", "The Compartment" and "Cliffedge". These options will ask you to focus on themes OR characters OR specific parts of stories.
You must bring FLUL 'folhas de teste'.
You may bring the short stories and a dictionary.

"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath and point of view

16 Novembro 2015, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Reading and discussing "Mirror", a poem by Sylvia Plath.

Discussing point of view.

HOMEWORK: using "Mirror" as a model, write a poem from the point of view of an object, Due November 24.

Crits

16 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Constructive criticism feedback session in groups of 2nd draft of short stories