English Reading Circle Story of the Month – February 2015 Session

New session of the book club in English “English Reading Circle” with Andrew Bennett as moderator.

To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories online.

The meetings will take place in the library one Tuesday a month from 14:30 p.m. to 15:30 p.m. from September to June.

Those interested can communicate before and after with the group through this blog, adding comments to this entry and/or those included by the moderator.

The activity is free with preferential registration for library members. Registration is done from the section of Agenda, filling in the form associated with the activity.

To participate it is necessary to have a high intermediate level of English (B2) or higher. Therefore, the first time it will be necessary to contact library@iie.es to send, if possible, a document that certifies the level of English or, failing that, to arrange a level test.

Cycle 2014-2015: “Great Short Stories from Lesser Known Authors, Lesser Known Short Stories from Great Authors”.

Reading of the Month: “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner

“In William Faulkner's strange and startling short story A Rose for Emily, the reader is introduced to one of the literature's most talked about female characters: Emily Grierson. Learn about how her eccentric life de ella highlighted tensions surrounding change in the South and how death and other Gothic elements tie this story together.

Taken from Education Portal.

online text: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html

Colloquium: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 14:30 p.m.

See also:

http://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/a-rose-for-emily/

http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv.php?pid=bibliuned:Epos-85F6468D-E7CE-8607-20A2-A740FEEA81A1&dsID=Documento.pdf

http://www.enotes.com/topics/rose-emily