Intro to Lit: November 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

Please post one reading response question below on the remaining sections of "The Waste Land."

Remember that on Monday you have two things due: the annotated bibliography and a regular reading response.

Please post your response to this week's assignment (through page 54 in James Joyce's Dubliners).

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