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.

Is Your Jury in on Wide Sargasso Sea?

You've considered and agreed or disagreed with Booker and Juraga's opinion about the shortcomings of Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea.    Tell us now what you think are the novel's shortcomings and also its strengths, and why.

What do you think about the changing interaction between writer and reader?

Click on the link below and read Ghosh's blog about how literary festivals and other public engagements are changing the ways in which writers and readers interact, and the implications for their roles in the writing / reading process.   Personally, I cherish meeting writers and every chance I get I like my students to meet with them, too.   Our first Trinidad and Tobago literary festival (Bocas Lit Fest 2011) was an awesome experience.

However, Ghosh raises some valid points.   What is your response to what he says?
http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=2361

Any One(s) in Particular?

Which LITS 2502 text(s) are you most interested in (re-)reading / studying, and why?