COD 2024 - D971
Webinar - The Lost Generation: stories by Gertrude Stein & Scott Fitzgerald, on the 150th Anniversary of Gertrude Stein' Birth
Literature lovers interested in discussing Stein’s and Fitzgerald's short narrative. Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature
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sessions, start: 24-May
Please enrol before Tuesday, May 21st 2024
Course detail
Year: 2024
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Announced
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa MA
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 15000.00
ARS 15000.00
Non affiliate
ARS 15000.00
ARS 15000.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 May 2024 | 05:30 pm | 07:00 pm |
Facilitator/s
Cecilia Lasa
Literature lovers interested in discussing Stein’s and Fitzgerald's short narrative. Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature
- To identify the main features of Stein’s and Fitzgerald’s narrative styles
- To recognise Stein’s and Fitzgerald’s main thematic concerns
- To characterise the status of American Literature at the beginning of the 20th century
- To describe the main aspects of the historical context in which Stein and Fitzgerald write their stories
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the stories
- To recognise Stein’s and Fitzgerald’s main thematic concerns
- To characterise the status of American Literature at the beginning of the 20th century
- To describe the main aspects of the historical context in which Stein and Fitzgerald write their stories
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the stories
- Narrative crises by the end of the 19th century.
- New ways of writing literature.
- The USA and Europe in the context of the First and the Second World Wars.
- Stein’s and Fitzgerald’s experimental narrative.
- Character construction, setting and atmosphere in Stein’s “The Gentle Lena” and Fitzgerald’s “Absolution”
- New ways of writing literature.
- The USA and Europe in the context of the First and the Second World Wars.
- Stein’s and Fitzgerald’s experimental narrative.
- Character construction, setting and atmosphere in Stein’s “The Gentle Lena” and Fitzgerald’s “Absolution”
- Recovery of attendees' previous knowledge about the texts and their authors
- Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
- Introduction to the main thematic concerns and artistic aspects of the short stories
- Exploration of specific features of the short stories –characters, setting, conflict, etc.
- Guided group analysis of the short stories.
- Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
- Introduction to the main thematic concerns and artistic aspects of the short stories
- Exploration of specific features of the short stories –characters, setting, conflict, etc.
- Guided group analysis of the short stories.
Source text
Fitzgerald, F. S. “Absolution”
Stein, G. “The Gentle Lena”
Critical and theoretical material
Bloom, Harold. American Fiction between the Wars. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005.
Blower, Brooke. Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Cowley, Malcolm. A Second Flowering. Works and Days of the Lost Generation. New York: Viking Press, 1973.
Dolan, Marc. Modern Lives: A Cultural Re-reading of “The Lost Generation.” West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1996.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fitzgerald, F. S. “Absolution”
Stein, G. “The Gentle Lena”
Critical and theoretical material
Bloom, Harold. American Fiction between the Wars. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005.
Blower, Brooke. Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Cowley, Malcolm. A Second Flowering. Works and Days of the Lost Generation. New York: Viking Press, 1973.
Dolan, Marc. Modern Lives: A Cultural Re-reading of “The Lost Generation.” West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1996.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.