There seems to be a great deal of ambiguity or confusion regarding the definition of ‘literary fiction’. Particularly, it is never really made clear to me whether literary fiction can also be speculative fiction at the same time.
On one hand, ‘literary fiction’ is often defined or talked about ...
The extended version is something like this: "to accurately say how things are (or how the world is) is to be truly revolutionary, to say how things (or how the world) should be merely reactionary." Who wrote this? I remember reading it long ago but I'm at a loss as to who wrote it. I've searched...
I would like to know what "Am I sick?" means in the following sentences:
“I mustn't! I mustn't! I'm nervous this afternoon. Am I sick? . . .
Good Lord, I hope it isn't that! Not now! How people lie! How these
stories lie! They say the bride is always so blushing and proud and
happy when...
In Allen Ginsberg´s poem "Howl", what did "Moloch" represent?
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?
Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in ...
The word "fe" is used three times in the Nalo Hopkinson short story "Shift":
When my mother who wasn’t my mother yet approach the man who wasn’t my father yet, when she ask him, “Man, you eat salt, or you eat fresh?” him did know what fe say.
That was the right answer. For them that do...
@ChristopheStrobbe Ooh, you write SE answers on paper?
@Mithrandir Christophe has already talked about that in his pronouns answer:
> This is another "shift" (see the story's title), presumably restoring his original nature and identity. This is why the story ends with Caliban finally saying "I" for the first time.
@Randal'Thor Yesterday evening, while waiting in the launderette, on a printed copy of the story.
I also analysed "Shift" on paper. I used some coloured pens and highlighters to mark instances of "you" (Caliban), "I/me", and a few other things in different colours. It really helped.
Reminded me of the way I analysed All's Well That Ends Well 20 years ago for my final thesis.
I often see students who highlight most of the text. I always used specific colour codes for specific types of information.
For All's Well That Ends Well, I didn't actually highlight the text. I made notes and then went through those notes to add colour codes. So I had at most 10 pages to "navigate" instead of an entire play text.
And after adding the colour codes, many things just fell into place and I was ready to write my analysis.
Shakespeare was not a popular thesis topic in those days. My supervisor was surprised about my choice.
In all those literature courses, we covered just one Shakespeare play, and that was in an introductory course about theatre in general.
So I read around 20 other plays on my own.
I used annotated single-play editions and the glosses ect were very helpful. Reading Shakespeare got easier after roughly 10 plays. I suppose it's different for native speakers.
Eighteen minutes into this interview Nalo Hopkinson explains why she likes interacting with readers: "One of the delightful things about being part … about science fiction and fantasy being one of my communities, is that it is a community that has a tradition of readers and writers interacting. And so, it's way I have a Twitter account, for instance, it's why my website has a e-mail button, (...)"
Idea: Mark Z. Danielewski is active on Twitter. We have four questions about his books (two unanswered, one with a very nice answer, one with a very short answer). How about pinging him on Twitter with links to one or more of these questions? cc @Zyerah
@HDE226868 Not at all! I was browsing through some of the posts from early beta days - there was so much activity back then I didn't get to see everything - and realised that although I've talked about missing your posts here (based on the answers I saw, about Sherlock Holmes, 1984, Wind in the Willows, etc.), I was still underestimating the quality of your contribution.
I hope you find time for Lit between all your diamonds :-) We should ping you here more often!
I would like to know what "Am I sick?" means in the following sentences:
“I mustn't! I mustn't! I'm nervous this afternoon. Am I sick? . . .
Good Lord, I hope it isn't that! Not now! How people lie! How these
stories lie! They say the bride is always so blushing and proud and
happy when...
In Allen Ginsberg´s poem "Howl", what did "Moloch" represent?
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?
Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in ...
The word "fe" is used three times in the Nalo Hopkinson short story "Shift":
When my mother who wasn’t my mother yet approach the man who wasn’t my father yet, when she ask him, “Man, you eat salt, or you eat fresh?” him did know what fe say.
That was the right answer. For them that do...
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