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6th class debate: does/can writing be gendered, raced, colored? Analysis of A. M. Homes short story "Jim Train" (1990).

17 Maio 2016, 14:00 Margarida Vale de Gato

6th class debate: does/can writing be gendered, raced, colored? 

Analysis of A. M. Homes short story "Jim Train" (1990).


Delivery and correction of the written exercises. Adrienne Rich (cont.)

12 Maio 2016, 14:00 Margarida Vale de Gato

Delivery and correction of the written exercises. Explanation of calendar for the last lessons:

http://euaescrita.blogspot.pt/2016/05/calendar-for-our-next-classes.html
Adrienne Rich: discussion of "When we Dead Awaken" (1973).Text analysis of the poem "Diving into the Wreck".


5th Debate: Is The Road hopeful or devastating? Adrienne Rich, intr. "When we Dead Awaken" (1973) and feminist waves.

10 Maio 2016, 14:00 Margarida Vale de Gato

 Closing discussion on "The Road".5th Debate: Is The Road hopeful or devastating? 

Adrienne Rich, intr. "When we Dead Awaken" (1973) and feminist waves.
http://euaescrita.blogspot.pt/2016/05/feminist-waves-historical-landmarks.html
Part VII of the poem "Sources": http://euaescrita.blogspot.pt/2016/05/adrienne-rich-part-vii-of-sequence.html


Written exercies. Invited guest: Paulo Faria on Cormac McCarthy and The Road.

5 Maio 2016, 14:00 Margarida Vale de Gato

Written exercies. 

Invited guest: Paulo Faria on Cormac McCarthy and The Road.


Cormac McCarthy, The Road (2007) - continuation

3 Maio 2016, 14:00 Margarida Vale de Gato

Instructions regarding the written exercise (next class).Analysis of key passages in The Road: the meeting with Eli (possible connotations related with language - the character's name - and situation); the discovery of the stored bodies and the discovery of the stored food, cannibalism and consumerism. Comparison with other works by Cormac McCarthy, especially Child of God (1973): http://euaescrita.blogspot.pt/2016/05/cormac-mccarthy-child-of-god-1973.html