Book Club: Explore American Culture Through Literature – Virtual Session 3

Spanish Reading Club
May 2021

At the International Institute we continue with the reading club so that you can continue enjoying American literature from home.

Our virtual meeting in May will be dedicated to the analysis of “Hills like white elephants” (“Hills Like White Elephants“) by Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Hemingway was a writer and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 after winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his novel "The Old Man and the tue.” More than a dozen of his works were adapted for the cinema. His style, in his own words, can be described as "the iceberg theory" or "the theory of omission": the simple prose and style show only the surface of the facts, and there is much more that happens beyond. of what is seen. In this month's story we will explore aspects of style such as symbolism and themes in a short work by this American literature teacher.

You can get the story through the internet both en Spanish as in English. If necessary, the organizers can help the participants to locate the work. For those of you who prefer to read works on paper, the collection  Tales by Hemingway is available at The book house.

After an individualized reading, the works will be discussed in groups using the zoom tool. We have Lauren Giera as the moderator who will give a brief introduction, throw questions and encourage the conversation. We will also offer a reading guide to deepen the understanding of the texts and encourage participation during the session.

Participants must keep their cameras on during the discussion.

Those registered for this activity will receive an email before the session to confirm participation in the virtual session.