Tag: Literature

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+ african american literature, american literature, Église St.-Germain-des-Prés, history, james baldwin, paris

Communing with James Baldwin in Paris

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I visited Paris for the first time back in the spring of 2019. During that trip, I only had, basically, a day and a half to wander around the city. I went to the Auguste Rodin museum, the Musée d’Orsay, and Cimetière du Montparnasse. As well, I walked to various sites where I knew that expatriate writers such as James Baldwin and Richard Wright … Read More Communing with James Baldwin in Paris

+ irish literature, Literature, Louise Kennedy, Northern Ireland, Trespasses

The Palliative Nature of Music in Louise Kennedy’s “Trespasses”

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Early in Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses, Gerry Devlin asks Cushla to accompany him to a friend’s house in Belfast for a party. On their way to the house, they encounter a checkpoint manned by young British soldiers. The young soldiers, one of whose “complexion was cratered with acne scars and his mouth smelled of Juicy Fruit,” interrogate and accost Gerry, taking him out of the car … Read More The Palliative Nature of Music in Louise Kennedy’s “Trespasses”

+ Belfast, irish literature, Literature, Northern Ireland, syllabus, The Troubles, U2

Identity in Contested Space: The Troubles and the Invisible Border Syllabus

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Near the end of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast (2021), a coming-of-age story set at the start of The Troubles in Belfast, the nine-year-old protagonist Buddy talks with his grandfather at the hospital. During their conversation, Buddy tells his grandfather that his family may move “over the water” because his dad found work in England; however, his mom tells him that if they move there then the English … Read More Identity in Contested Space: The Troubles and the Invisible Border Syllabus

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+ american literature, Dorthy Starchey, literacy, Literature, Pedagogy, reading, Stefan Zweig, walt whitman

The Power of Literature and Education in Our Lives

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Whenever I teach an early American literature survey course, I know that most students didn’t choose to take the course because they wanted to read American literature before 1865. Most students took the course because it filled their general education requirement and fit the time slot that they wanted for a course. It’s as simple as that. However, almost every time I teach the course, … Read More The Power of Literature and Education in Our Lives

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, comics, ernest j gaines, n.k. jemisin, Pedagogy, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, s.a. cosby, unessay project

The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

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At least once a year, I assign an unessay project and essay in my classes. I’ve written about this numerous times, and while I am always nervous about what the students will produce, because fear and apprehension keep them from really leaning into the project, I end up standing in awe at what the students end up producing for their unessay project. Last semester, I … Read More The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

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