Literatura estadounidense
EL SUEÑO AMERICANO Y LA REALIDAD DE LOS INMIGRANTES A TRAVÉS DE LA LITERATURA
Mucho se habla del “sueño americano”, tanto, que ha llegado a adquirir la naturaleza de un cliché, y como tal, se da por sentado con frecuencia que se trata de un fenómeno harto conocido. Pero, ¿es así de veras? Como suele ocurrir tantas veces, puestos a analizar la cuestión, quizá no sea tanto nuestro conocimiento
Calendario de lecturas y fechas de encuentro: Club de lectura en español – ciclo 2015-2016
CLUB DE LECTURA EN ESPAÑOL CICLO 2015-2016: “Narrativa Norteamericana contemporánea” 24 de septiembre: Submundo, de Don DeLillo (1997), 904 págs. 29 de octubre: Ejercicios respiratorios, de Anne Tyler (1988), 400 págs. 26 de noviembre: Trama nupcial, de Jeffrey Eugenides (2011), 536 págs. 17 de diciembre: Beloved, de Toni Morrison (1987), 368 págs. 28 de enero:
Calendario de lecturas y fechas de encuentro: English Reading Circle on Poetry and Prose Poetry
READING CIRCLE ON POETRY AND PROSE POETRY Cycle: American Women’s Writing October 26 th: Marilyn Hacker. “Essay on Departure” November 23rd: Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear and Loving Husband” December 14th: Emily Dickinson, “They shut me up in Prose” January 18th: Emma Lazarus, “By the waters of Babylon” February 22nd: Gwendolyn Brooks, “A Sunset of
La biblioteca en uso: “White noise” por Don DeLillo
“Winner of the National Book Award, White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an “airborne toxic event,” a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE SECOND SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “THE LENGUAGE OF MEN” BY NORMAN MAILER
Our last story of the 2014-2015 cycle is Norman Mailer’s “The Language of Men,” published in Esquire magazine in 1953. This story closes not only our annual cycle, but also the sub-cycle of our last three texts, all of which (starting with Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale” and continuing on with Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”)
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE” BY MARK TWAIN
This month’s story is Mark Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale,” published in 1893. Twain rates among the most celebrated and iconic of all American writers, and has achieved that rarified air of an author whose characters (Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer in particular) have come to embody the mythos of the country they reflect. With his
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE AT THE LIBRARY: THE SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS
This week’s story is Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, published in 1890. While it would be unfair to suggest that Bierce deserves to be considered a “lesser-known author” given the strength of the rest of his oeuvre, it is undeniable that this story is by far his most popular and widely anthologized.