ladies sunday brunch book club.

for good girls who read good books.
Sep 15
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I’m always looking for a theatrical adaptation. This is not one. heh -Kristin

I’m always looking for a theatrical adaptation. This is not one.

heh

-Kristin

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“ In its literary usage, the term realism is often defined as a method or form in fiction that provides a “slice of life,” an “accurate representation of reality.
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from the Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism, ed. Joseph Childers and Gary Hentzi.

Lots of teacher folks use The Awakening to teach realism. Something to think about for Sunday.

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meeting:

sunday, september twenty first

cafe streudel for sunday brunch:http://www.cafestrudel.com/brunch.pdf

one pm

Sep 12
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“ Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
— P.J. O’Rourke (via 52books)
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vote:

please choose a preferred title from the list below & we’ll get started. once you know, e-mail me.

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Option 3: “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood Synopsis: “In a startling departure from her previous novels ( Lady Oracle , Surfacing ), respected Canadian poet and novelist Atwood presents here a fable of the near future. In the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, far-right Schlafly/Falwell-type ideals have been carried to extremes in the monotheocratic government. The resulting society is a feminist’s nightmare: women are strictly controlled, unable to have jobs or money and assigned to various classes: the chaste, childless Wives; the housekeeping Marthas; and the reproductive Handmaids, who turn their offspring over to the “morally fit” Wives. The tale is told by Offred (read: “of Fred”), a Handmaid who recalls the past and tells how the chilling society came to be. This powerful, memorable novel is highly recommended for most libraries.”

Option 3:
“The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood


Synopsis:
“In a startling departure from her previous novels ( Lady Oracle , Surfacing ), respected Canadian poet and novelist Atwood presents here a fable of the near future. In the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, far-right Schlafly/Falwell-type ideals have been carried to extremes in the monotheocratic government. The resulting society is a feminist’s nightmare: women are strictly controlled, unable to have jobs or money and assigned to various classes: the chaste, childless Wives; the housekeeping Marthas; and the reproductive Handmaids, who turn their offspring over to the “morally fit” Wives. The tale is told by Offred (read: “of Fred”), a Handmaid who recalls the past and tells how the chilling society came to be. This powerful, memorable novel is highly recommended for most libraries.”

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Option 2: “The Awakening,” by Kate Chopin Synopsis: “Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” is the classic novel about women that “Madame Bovary” purports to be but isn’t. It’s not just a “woman’s” novel, though, it perfectly (and poetically) captures the inner life of a solitary person who is forced to live for the sake of others. And while this has been a distinctly female position for a large part of Western history, it is a position that can be identified with by just about anyone in our current age of employee internet-use monitoring. This is a twentieth-century tale of discomfort with and reaction to antagonistic surroundings. For those of us who don’t feel the need to procreate in an overpopulated world, Edna’s (and presumably Chopin’s) discomfort with children will make sense. For those of us who may not always know exactly what we want out of life, this story will strike a chord.”

Option 2:
“The Awakening,” by Kate Chopin

Synopsis:
“Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” is the classic novel about women that “Madame Bovary” purports to be but isn’t. It’s not just a “woman’s” novel, though, it perfectly (and poetically) captures the inner life of a solitary person who is forced to live for the sake of others. And while this has been a distinctly female position for a large part of Western history, it is a position that can be identified with by just about anyone in our current age of employee internet-use monitoring. This is a twentieth-century tale of discomfort with and reaction to antagonistic surroundings. For those of us who don’t feel the need to procreate in an overpopulated world, Edna’s (and presumably Chopin’s) discomfort with children will make sense. For those of us who may not always know exactly what we want out of life, this story will strike a chord.”

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Option 1: “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” by Zora Neale Hurston. Synopsis: “Of Hurston’s fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching God is arguably the best-known and perhaps the most controversial. The novel follows the fortunes of Janie Crawford, a woman living in the black town of Eaton, Florida. Hurston sets up her characters and her locale in the first chapter, which, along with the last, acts as a framing device for the story of Janie’s life. Unlike Wright and Ralph Ellison, Hurston does not write explicitly about black people in the context of a white world—a fact that earned her scathing criticism from the social realists—but she doesn’t ignore the impact of black-white relations either.”

Option 1:
“Their Eyes Were Watching God,” by Zora Neale Hurston.

Synopsis:
“Of Hurston’s fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching God is arguably the best-known and perhaps the most controversial. The novel follows the fortunes of Janie Crawford, a woman living in the black town of Eaton, Florida. Hurston sets up her characters and her locale in the first chapter, which, along with the last, acts as a framing device for the story of Janie’s life. Unlike Wright and Ralph Ellison, Hurston does not write explicitly about black people in the context of a white world—a fact that earned her scathing criticism from the social realists—but she doesn’t ignore the impact of black-white relations either.”