LITS 2502 Poster Project

When you have completed and presented your group project, tell us if you think for you and/or your partner(s) the objectives (outlined in the given instructions with respect to acquisition of knowledge, fostering of cooperative skills, etcetera) were achieved? Was it a worthwhile endeavour, and why or why not?

Just a Fairy Tale?

What do you have to say about Erna Brodber's short story "Sleeping's Beauty and the Prince Charming" in Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad?  What about the title and the message(s) in the story, for example?  What's the significance of alluding to well-known fairy tales in the title and the narrative, do you think?

Chandin Ramchandin - Perpetrator? Victim?

Is it that Chandin Ramchandin in Cereus Blooms at Night can be considered only either as a perpetrator or as a victim?   Is he both?   Discuss what he is a perpetrator and/or a victim of.

Edgell's Minor Characters

We mustn't forget the role and function of minor (also called satellite) characters such as National Vellor, Mr. Rabatu, the British soldier, the Mother Provincial, Mr. Gordillo, Father Nunez, Miss Arguelles, Mrs. Villanueva, Father Mullins, Thomasita Ek, Stella Beaufort, Nurse Palacio, Uncle Curo, et al in Beka Lamb.   These - and others not listed here - are minor, but not insignificant, characters.  So, select any minor characters of your choice - at least two - and evaluate the part they play in this Belizean story.