LoF Ch2. Dulles Annoucement

22 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

TheThought Fox A

22 Outubro 2018, 12:00 • David Michael Greer

TheThought Fox A

Rhyme and rhythm: form and content

describing people 5

22 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • John Richard Walker

Adverb + adjective collocations to obtain more precise description (p59), as exemplified in Graham Greene's short story "Mortmain"

The Dog

18 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Introduction to J. M. Coetzee (Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003):

For three years (1968–71) Coetzee was assistant professor of English at the State University of New York in Buffalo. After an application for permanent residence in the United States was denied, he returned to South Africa. From 1972 until 2000 he held a series of positions at the University of Cape Town, the last of them as Distinguished Professor of Literature.

Between 1984 and 2003 he also taught frequently in the United States: at the State University of New York, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, where for six years he was a member of the Committee on Social Thought.

Coetzee began writing fiction in 1969. His first book, Dusklands, was published in South Africa in 1974. In the Heart of the Country (1977) won South Africa’s then principal literary award, the CNA Prize, and was published in Britain and the USA. Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) received international notice. His reputation was confirmed by Life & Times of Michael K (1983), which won Britain’s Booker Prize. It was followed by Foe (1986), Age of Iron (1990), The Master of Petersburg (1994), and Disgrace (1999), which again won the Booker Prize.

Coetzee also wrote two fictionalized memoirs,  Boyhood (1997) and Youth (2002). The Lives of Animals (1999) is a fictionalized lecture, later absorbed into Elizabeth Costello (2003). White Writing (1988) is a set of essays on South African literature and culture. Doubling the Point (1992) consists of essays and interviews with David Attwell. Giving Offense (1996) is a study of literary censorship. Stranger Shores (2001) collects his later literary essays.

Coetzee has also been active as a translator of Dutch and Afrikaans literature.

In 2002 Coetzee emigrated to Australia. He lives with his partner Dorothy Driver in Adelaide, South Australia, where he holds an honorary position at the University of Adelaide.

LoF Ch1

17 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim