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ENGLISH READING CIRCLE FIRST SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway
This month we close the 2014-2015 Reading Club cycle with two short stories that deal with a shared set of themes: gender and language. The first story is Ernest Hemmingway's “Hills Like White Elephants,” published in 1927 and included in the Men Without Women collection. At a mere three and a quarter pages long, this
THE SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: Paul's Case” by Willa Cather
March's story is “Paul's Case” (1905) by Willa Cather. Cather is best known for her novels My Ántonia (1918) and O Pioneers! (1913), works which chronicle the lives of European settlers on the American frontier, in particular the prairies of Nebraska. Cather grew up in Nebraska, and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1895,
English Reading Circle Story of the Month – January 2015 Session
New session of the English reading club "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
THE STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “MIRIAM” BY TRUMAN CAPOTE
Our story for December, Truman Capote's “Miriam” (1945), is disquietingly similar to our story from November, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Once again, we, as readers, are invited into an uncomfortable space inhabited by characters who may or may not be figments of the imagination. Once again, we become witnesses to the ways in
English Reading Circle Story of the Month – October Session 2014
New session of the English reading club "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
New English Reading Circle Colloquium – June 2014 Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Peter Savaiano as moderator. The English Reading Circle becomes an activity promoted by the American Space Madrid (a new joint project between the International Institute and the Embassy of the United States in Madrid) and therefore becomes free. For
New English Reading Circle Colloquium – March 2014 Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Peter Savaiano as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories from online literary magazines, which can be read for free over the Internet on the magazines' websites. The
New cycle of the English Reading Circle – October Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Andrew Bennett as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories from online literary magazines, which can be read for free over the Internet on the magazines' websites. The
New English Reading Circle Colloquium – April Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Peter Savaiano as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories from the publication "The New Yorker" that can be read for free on the Internet on the page of said magazine. The
New English Reading Circle – January Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Peter Savaiano as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories from the publication "The New Yorker" that can be read for free on the Internet on the page of said magazine. The