Intro to Lit: September 2009

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Reading Questions for Twelfth Night

Please post your reading response questions for Twelfth Night, through Act I.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Reading Questions for Sonnets

Please post one reading response question on Shakespeare's sonnets.

Also be sure to check my suggestions for futher reading/viewing in the "If you liked...Then you would like..." list to the right of this page. I've also added a poll to the right of this page so I have a sense of how you liked The Namesake!

If you liked...

The 1987 film adaptation of "The Dead" starring Anjelica Houston.
Dubliners you will like Joyce's novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Pride and Prejudice think about renting the odd but fun 2008 British tv mini-series "Lost in Austen." It follows the adventures of Amanda, a modern day British woman who finds a portal in her bathroom to the fictional world of Pride and Prejudice.
Pride and Prejudice you will like Emma by Jane Austen.
Pride and Prejudice you will like the 1995 BBC/A&E miniseries closely based on the book.
Twelfth Night you might want to see the 1996 film version, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia and Ben Kingsley as Feste.
Twelfth Night you might like some of Shakespeare's other comedies, such as As you Like it or Much Ado about Nothing.
The Namesake you might like another recent novel by Zadie Smith called White Teeth (2000).
The Namesake you might like a couple of films with similar themes, East is East (1999), My Son the Fanatic (1999), and Bend it Like Bekham (2002).
The Namesake you will like Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth: Stories
The Namesake you will like Lahiri's pulizer prize winning Interpreter of Maladies

Intro to Lit

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Reading Questions for Twelfth Night

Friday, September 11, 2009

Reading Questions for Sonnets

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