Posted in General Literature on Jan 24th, 2004 3 Comments »
So the new semester begins. Literature, writing, and more writing. Why all this writing? Is this some sort of joke? Do modern people fear the blank page so much that we need to scribble it gray? This year Im going to be trying something new, having students put all their ideas down in ketchup or [...]
Posted in General Literature on Jan 8th, 2004 8 Comments »
Whenever I read Garcia Marquez’ Chronicle of a Death Foretold, an odd thing happens. CDF tells the story of Santiago Nasar’s murder, a murder committed because of a misunderstanding. The novel begins with Nasar’s murder and then “chronicles” how the murder came about. The narrative, therefore, is circular. But here’s the odd thing: even [...]
Posted in General Literature on Dec 6th, 2003 11 Comments »
We’ve just come off talking about Raymond Carver’s story “Cathedral” in intro to lit. The discussion came down to the eye and the question of sight so important to Wyatt, Moore and Gibbins, Shakespeare, and Bacon.
“‘Take a look. What do you think?’” Robert asks Bub, the protagonist of “Cathedral,” after they’ve drawn a cathedral [...]
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