http://twanda.edublogs.org MODL 5304 Class Blog Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:42:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I began reading the Cubs, I had to take a second look at the text to figure out who was speaking and when.  The sentences run into each other and speakers change in mid-sentence.  In his preface to the book, Vargas Llosa mentions that he wanted the reader to feel ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/04/23/the-cubs/ One of the passages that stuck out to me in the Notebook is the one where Césaire cites some of the African heritage of his people (princes of Ghana, Madhis, etc.) contrasting this heritage with their present-day reality (mediocre dishwashers, etc.).  Dr. Sol's lecture helped me see the big picture in this ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/04/23/notebook-of-a-return/ When I read End-Game, it was hard to visualize exactly what was happening on stage.  Watching the video in class helped a lot.  I also did not catch the reference to a chess game in the title, but it makes a bit more sense after having that reference.  Although I don't ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/03/30/end-game/ At the first of the book when Juan told Abundio that he was looking for his father, Abundio said, "Pedro Parramo's my father, too."  This was puzzling to me at first.  Was Abundio really Juan's brother, or was there more to it than that?  After finishing the book, I think ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/03/30/pedro-parramo/ Although there are many threads woven into the fabric of the Sentimental Education (the political situation, social class, etc), Frederic's obsession with Madame Arnoux is the frame upon which the rest of the tapestry of the story is built.  Looking at the big picture, it appears that Frederic falls short of being a courageous hero.  In his dealings ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/02/22/frederic-idealism-vs-realism/ Whereas in the Wordsworth poem nature is the source of the sublime, love is the focal point for the sublime in Sab.  As Carlota contemplated him, Enrique became the ideal lover, the "sublime creation of her imagination."   He only sought to be united with her into a "poetic ecstasy of love."  ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/02/12/sab-sublime-love/ In class, Dr. Sol mentioned that Candide's adventures were his journey of maturity.  This maturation ties in with the Enlightenment emphasis on questioning everything and reasoning out what is true through observation.  At the beginning of the book, Candide believes all that he has been taught by Pangloss-namely that this is ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/02/11/candides-journey-to-maturity/         What I noticed in Petrarch's verses was the vivid imagery that contrasts his emotions.  His elation is evident in the stanzas in which he extols Laura, his lady love.   In verse 61, he begins each stanza with, "Blessed be . . ."  He talks of the sweet suffering that he felt as ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/01/29/petrarchs-verses/         In his essay on the origins of humanism, Nicholas Mann notes that the emergence of humanism  reflected both a continuity with and a sense of renewal of the past, specifically of classical Greek and Roman literature and of incorporation of the ideas that they contain into one's own time.  Through their search for ancient texts, ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/01/29/humanism/         Hello everyone!  I am a student at UTA working on a Masters in Modern Language at UTA.  This blog is part of the course assignment for Dr. Conway's Currents in European Literature class.        Just a bit about me:  I have lived in Fort Worth for almost eight years, but I am at heart an ... http://twanda.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/%c2%a1hola/