On Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature–Mr. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Yet, who is this mysterious (at least, in the annals of the collective American consciousness) J.M.G. Le Clézio?
According to the NY Times:
Mr. Le Clézio’s work defies easy characterization, but in more than 40 essays, novels and [...]
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Nobel Prize in Literature
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions, tagged J.D. Salinger, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, laureate, literature, Nobel Prize on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts on Thursday’s EUA Event…
Posted in English Undergrad Association, discussion questions, events, tagged EUA event, literature, representations of war, war on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, October 9 was the English Undergraduate Association’s first event of the semester (well, second if you count the Indoor Picnic). As Kenton mentioned in the last post, it was led by Linda Macri and Gerald Maa (Vivianne Salgado was, unfortunately, unable to make it) and revolved around the (related, unrelated, hyperbolic, polemic…) topics of [...]
EUA Event
Posted in English Undergrad Association, discussion questions, events on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I promise I’m going to blog more. Really. I just have about 40 pages to write in the next two weeks. But, I want to invite you all to the English Undergrad Association’s Third Annual “Life Beyond Life” (from Milton) discussion of the purpose of literary study. This year we’re switching it up a little…instead [...]
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m done with my thesis. Finally. 2 years of work, and 3 people (plus my parents and partner) will read it. Unless you, happy denizens, would like to experience me in all my Faulknerian glory….anyone? I thought not.
Anyway, since I just poured over 16,000 words on Faulkner out, I’m thinking about the meaning [...]
For you PHIL majors
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An article for you: The Examined Life
So, you get a chance to blog for a little. Comment, and tell me about what the PHIL program is like…I’ve heard it’s very logic/quantitative analysis based (not my thing), but I loved my Philosophy of the Environment Class.
bad Natalie
Posted in English Undergrad Association, articles of note, discussion questions, events on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I know, I’ve been a very bad blogger. No, it’s not senioritis; rather, senior year is killing me! But, I do have some goodies for you.
First off, English major or not, who can resist Victorian sex, discussions with Profs., and free pizza? Come to the EUA’s Movie Night showing Angels and Insects based on the [...]
World Wise, books, etc.
Posted in English Undergrad Association, articles of note, discussion questions, events on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First, I want to solicit impressions of World Wise. What did you all think? What worked and what didn’t? One of the impressions I have been getting was that the subject matter was HUGE and could have been taken in many different ways, so not everyone got their pressing questions answered (myself included!). That’s ok…this [...]
Careerism, Feminism, and the Future
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on February 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Check out this fascinating story on the future of women’s studies in the British academy (and here?). One of the things that I found most interesting is not only the discussion of what these developments mean for the future of feminism on campus but how they reflect a larger shift away from the arts and humanities [...]
On language, history, and racism
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disclaimer: This article contains discussion of the “n-word”. I am including it because it furthers what I believe to be an important discussion on the power of language and the question of whether a word can ever be divorced from its historical meaning. Please read with the awareness that we are in no way [...]
On apathy
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is this fair to us?
