Today we read and analyzed a review of the Wuthering Heights movie from The Guardian (file available in the Week 3 Google Drive folder), watched Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the prologue from Romeo + Juliet (1996), and began reflecting on what makes an adaptation good or successful.
Sumários
Organisation and calendarisation
5 Março 2026, 11:00 • John Richard Walker
Organising groups and dates for presentations.
Summary of the main themes in each of the six short stories.
Jhumpa Lahiri's 'When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine' - analysis
5 Março 2026, 09:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today, TP6 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's 'When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine'. They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.
Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'Interpreter of Maladies' - all students must have read this short story by next class!
DAVID SEDARIS 2
4 Março 2026, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin
Presentation on satire (Horatian and Juvenalian), the
differences between autobiography and memoir, and fake memoirs.
Pairwork writing exercise to draw up a character description
of David Sedaris, supporting statements with examples from his own stories and
the article by Alex Heard.
Tutorial/4th hour work: Listen to and/or read the
remaining 4 selected essays of David Sedaris.
Homework: Read the article by Alex Heard in the Coursebook
about David Sedaris and the ethics of narrative memoir.