Sumários
Susan Sontag "The Double Standard of Aging"
25 Janeiro 2024, 08:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska
An introduction was made to the text by Susan Sontag (1972) "The Double Standard of Aging". The following themes were discussed:
Programa e introdução
23 Janeiro 2024, 08:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska
Seminário em Estudos Ingleses
2024
FLUL
Docente: Zuzanna Zarebska
zuzanna.sanches@campus.ul.pt
Programa.
1.
“The Double Standard of
Ageing.” Susan Sontag
2.
Aged by Culture Margaret Gullette
3.
“Representations of Ageing.
Images and Identities.” Fragments. Viripi Vlanne
4.
“The Danger of a Single Story.”
Chimamanda Adichie
5.
“Last” Fire. Ali Smith
6.
“Avó Lives Alone.” Emanuel
Melo
7.
“Teach yourself Italian.”
Jhumpa Lahiri
8.
The Diaries of Jane Sommers. Fragments. Doris Lessing
9.
Ammonities and Leapign Fish.
A Life in Time. Fragments. Penelope Lively.
10. “My father addresses me on the facts of Old Age.” Grace Paley
11. “Sing to it.” Amy Hempel
Assessment
1 Written
assignment/progress 20%
1 Final essay 40%
1 Oral assessment/defense
40%
Adichie, Chimamanda. “The Danger of a Single Story.”
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
Lahiri, Jumpha. “Teach yourself Italian.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/teach-yourself-italian
Lessing, Doris. The
Diaries of Jane Sommers. Harper-Collins: Flamingo. 2002.
Rushdie, Salman. Languages of Truth. Essays 2003-2020. Jonathan
Cape. 2005.
Smith, Ali. “Last.” Fire. London: Oxfam Publishing.
2006
Melo, Emanuel. “Avó Lives Alone.” Submitted by the teacher.