Category Archives: LITERATURE

LITERATURE: Up next – The Unconsoled

Posted on February 22, 2009 by susan

While it’s bound to take me a long time to read a 500-page book right now, when I’m playing in writing something hypertextual and learning the structure and structuring, I’ve had a copy of this Kazuo Ishiguro novel in first … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Finale

Posted on February 22, 2009 by susan

The first thing I’d point out is that Miss Rhys is very likely one of the first to present a classic novel that can possibly be considered fanfic. The first time it hit me was with the name of Grace … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – More Symbolism

Posted on February 15, 2009 by susan

I’m going to go ahead and call the “looking glass” image a symbol rather than metaphor. It becomes clearer when Antoinette’s husband uses the mirror to watch a confrontation between his wife and a servant who obviously harbors prejudicial hatred … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Metaphor

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

As well as leit motif I suspect; the recurrence of a “looking glass,” a mirror. In this section of the narrative, the point of view has remained as first person, but the narrator has changed to be the narrator’s husband. … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Simple Eloquence

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

Before the fire that destroyed her house, the narrator had a friend with whom she shared a good part of her life. They had parted in an argument that grew nasty with racial name-calling and we wondered if the bond … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Symbolism

Posted on February 13, 2009 by susan

With the mood set early on as one of quiet hatred and fear, Rhys gets us involved in dramatic action as the house is set afire and the mother, her new husband, her two children and the servants must escape … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Setting Up

Posted on February 13, 2009 by susan

While there are several pages of an introduction to this, I didn’t read them. I’m stubborn about learning about a work on my own and only rarely do I seek out information as listed in research or forewards or even … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Up Next – Wide Sargasso Sea

Posted on February 9, 2009 by susan

Hate to admit it, but the initial off-the-shelf appeal of this book was its slender size. I really need to catch up on my reading and this novel by Jean Rhys looks like easy reading. I need to get more … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neuromancer – Facing Facts

Posted on February 8, 2009 by susan

There’s no reason why I should force myself to read something just because it’s listed as one of the 100 books of all time and a must read. But there’s a reason why these books are listed as such, even … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Book Hunter – Organizer Application

Posted on February 7, 2009 by susan

Found this somewhere on the web this morning on the newsfeed (likely from MacUpdates) and ended up downloading it myself to perhaps try it out and see if it’s a decent organizer of my reading. It’s called Book Hunter, downloaded … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neuromancer – Cybersex

Posted on January 23, 2009 by susan

Just as I was about to back out of this book as something that wasn't my type of read, Gibson comes up with an operation for Case and a sex scene that somehow grounds it back into the reality of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neruda’s Ode to an Aged Poet – Line breaks

Posted on January 22, 2009 by susan

Loved this passage from this poem: and hand in handthey would maketheir way toa decaying resting placewhere they would sleepas every manof uswill sleep:with a dry rosein a handthat will alsocrumble into dust.   (p. 365) Part of the problem with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neuromancer – Opening Thoughts

Posted on January 21, 2009 by susan

Nothing particularly striking with the writing, and though I may be surprised by the language, for any regular sci fi reader it's nothing unusual. The story plot, written in third person pov, has immediately established the protagonist as Case, a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Recall

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Susan

I'm worried about my short term memory, trying to remember books and authors and plots I've read within the last few years, few months. And yet I can easily recall story from the first book I ever read: See Dick … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Chekhov’s La Gigale

Posted on January 19, 2009 by susan

Despite the length of Chekhov's stories and the intricate details he gives as he builds plot, there is a flawlessness in his manner of captivating the reader into feeling he/she understands exactly what's going on with the characters. There is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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