Sumários

Introduction to Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves

12 Novembro 2025, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Introduction to Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves close reading exercise with the opening pages using the "How to Read Literature" prompts in the manual.

Coping mechanisms in Margaret Atwood's writing in general and Surfacing in particular

10 Novembro 2025, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Guest lecture with Alicia Martinez-Martin (University of the Basque Country) on coping mechanisms in the female character in Margaret Atwood's writing in general and Surfacing in particular.

Close reading exercise with extracts of chapter 10 of Surfacing to illustrate the theory.

Literary theories in general and survival in particular

5 Novembro 2025, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

A brief introduction to literary theories and an overview of the advantages and limitations of using literary theories when reading/analyzing literary texts.

Comparision of a reading a literary text through the lens of a theory or using a more open close reading approach.

Looking specificially at Margaret Atwood's theory of Survival:

1) within the context of a) the Canadian bush and b) the Garrison Mentality

2) analysis of the Victim Positions in Survival

3) tips on reading Surfacing using this framework.

Literary Close Reading techniques

3 Novembro 2025, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Literary close reading techniques applied to chapter 1 of Surfacing.

Presentation of the overall structure of the novel, Surfacing.

Analyzing literary texts

29 Outubro 2025, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

We used the questions on literary analysis on page 36 of the manual to analyze the first 3 pages of Margaret Atwood's Surfacing.