COD 2022 - D776
Webinar - Cultural Programme - Reading and Media Breakfasts: Violence in Flannery O’Connor's Short Stories
Literature lovers, Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in Flannery O’Connor’s short story writing, in particular
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sesiones, inicia: 24-Sep
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Ficha del curso
Ciclo: 2022
Nivel: A Distancia
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: A Distancia
Capacitador/es: Cecilia Lasa MA
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1 | 24 Septiembre 2022 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am |
Capacitador/es
Cecilia Lasa
Literature lovers, Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in Flannery O’Connor’s short story writing, in particular
- To discuss the status of the South in the first half of the 20th century in the USA.
- To describe the main features of the Southern Gothic.
- To identify the main themes and narrative style in Flannery O’Connor’s short stories.
- To account for the construction of characters in relation to the use of the grotesque.
- To analyse how the setting, atmosphere, conflicts and other formal aspects relate to Flannery O’Connor’s conceptual framework of composition.
- To describe the main features of the Southern Gothic.
- To identify the main themes and narrative style in Flannery O’Connor’s short stories.
- To account for the construction of characters in relation to the use of the grotesque.
- To analyse how the setting, atmosphere, conflicts and other formal aspects relate to Flannery O’Connor’s conceptual framework of composition.
- The South and the Southern Gothic.
- The South, the figure of the writer and the female writer.
- Flannery O’Connor and the short story as a genre.
- “The moment of grace” in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- The grotesque and the construction of characters in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- The suffocating setting in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- Other formal aspects in the narrative configuration of “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- The South, the figure of the writer and the female writer.
- Flannery O’Connor and the short story as a genre.
- “The moment of grace” in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- The grotesque and the construction of characters in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- The suffocating setting in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
- Other formal aspects in the narrative configuration of “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.
1) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production and its relation to American literature after the wars 2) Introduction to the world of Flannery O’Connor and the importance of the short story 3) Exploration of specific features of short stories –narrator, characters, setting, conflict, etc.–4) Guided group analysis of the selection of short stories.
Source texts
O’Connor, Flannery. “A Good Man is Hard to Find”.InThe Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971.
-.“A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.InThe Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971.
“Good Country People”.InThe Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971.
Critical and theoretical material
O’Connor, Flannery.Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
Kirk, Connie Ann.Critical Companion to Flannery O’Connor. Nueva York: Infobase Publishing, 2008.
Rohman, Chad. “Awful Mystery: Flannery O’Connor as Gothic Artist”. En Crow, Charles (ed.), A Companion to the American Gothic. Sussex: John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2014, pp. 279-290.
Cambridge Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations.Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
O’Connor, Flannery. “A Good Man is Hard to Find”.InThe Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971.
-.“A Temple of the Holy Ghost”.InThe Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971.
“Good Country People”.InThe Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971.
Critical and theoretical material
O’Connor, Flannery.Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
Kirk, Connie Ann.Critical Companion to Flannery O’Connor. Nueva York: Infobase Publishing, 2008.
Rohman, Chad. “Awful Mystery: Flannery O’Connor as Gothic Artist”. En Crow, Charles (ed.), A Companion to the American Gothic. Sussex: John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2014, pp. 279-290.
Cambridge Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations.Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.