Assignment 3: Post-Modernist Literature
Compare and contrast the 2 Post-modern works with 2 of the other 4 works you have read.

Post-Modernist:
Bruce Chatwin, combining fiction and non-fiction. Chatwin describes in his book called The Songlines a trip to Australia which he has taken for the express purpose of researching Aboriginal song and its connections to nomadic travel. Discussions with Australians, many of them Indigenous Australians, yield insights into Outback culture, Aboriginal culture and religion, and the Aboriginal land rights movement.
*The basic idea that Chatwin posits is that language started as song, and the aboriginal Dreamtime sings the land into existence. A key concept of aboriginal culture is that the aboriginals and the land are one. Chatwin combines evidence gained there with preconceived ideas on the early evolution of man,
*One of the most amazing qualities that sets Chatwin apart was his ability to mix fact and fiction in his 'stories'

Paul Theroux in his book called,The Old Patagonian Express he chronicled his journey by train through the Americas.
*Theroux had a grand time, enduring irritating travelers, witnessing a soccer riot in El Salvador and reading to the late blind Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
*The slow departure of novelists from the travel writing game has hurt its prestige, while in reality it’s been an indication of the genre’s increasing sophistication. Travel books have become more specialized ,analytical and political
*His book has been praised for its depth and understanding about the people, the culture, giving a flavor of the various South American countries
*His writing style is renowned for it's rich description of people and places, irony, and misanthropy.


Modernist Literature:

*Chandler,R (Trouble is my Business)
Chandler, had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private detective story,in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre.

*Lawrence,T.E, (Seven Pillars of Wisdom)
Lawrence writes not only a consummate military history, but also a colorful epic and a lyrical exploration of the mind of a great man, this is one of the indisputable classics of 20th century English literature.
-The modernist writing, however, takes the reader into a world of unfamiliarity, a deep introspection, a cognitive thought-provoking experience, skepticism of religion, and openness to culture, technology, and innovation.


Victorian Age:
*Poe,E.A (The Murderers in The Rue Morgue.)
It show the Revolutionary War; a period already romanticized in our collective consciousness and have dimension of mystery and intrigue by a ghostly tale set among it.

*Irving,w (The Legend of Sleepy Hallow)
He is consider Victorian detective fiction,as a distinct genre of the nineteenth century.

-Both works talk about Victorian detective fiction.- The form of entertainment involved 'spectacles' where paranormal events,such as communication with the dead ,ghost.-Gothic literature combines romance and horror in attempt to thrill and terrify the reader. Possible features in a gothic novel are foreign monsters, ghosts, curses, hidden rooms and witchcraft.-Some topics like the prostitution or child labour would be consider in the literature.- The literature of the Victorian age entered in a new period after the romantic revival. The literature of this era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism,tends to come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests.

Blog Assignment #2: Modernist Literature
01. Which 2 readings did you choose?

Trouble is my Business( Chandler,R USA,1930-Short stories)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom ( Lawrence,T.E,Britain,1922.Autobiography)

02. Compare (3) and contrast (3) the reading you completed with the ppts. on Modernist culture and literature.

-There is a break that include a strong reaction against established religious, political, and social views.

-The world is created in the act of perceiving it; that is, the world is what we say it is, and not subscribe to absolute truth.

-The argument of 'Trouble Is My Business' have the tipycal characterisics of black cinema.

-Show us a private detective in a dark environmet,with women, el alcohol and violence.

-The money and the pursue of power are the main intentions of the human relationships.

03. In your opinion, do you feel the readings you completed are very good or excellent examples of Modernist literature?

Yes, because for exmple Chndler, had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private detective story,in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre.On the other hand, in the case of Seven Pillars of Wisdom,is not only a consummate military history, but also a colorful epic and a lyrical exploration of the mind of a great man, this is one of the indisputable classics of 20th century English literature.

04. Would you recommend these readings to your friends and/or family? Why/why not?

Yes,because it is a good detective story,has a lot of dtails and decriptions of the environmet and characters,but sometimes the plot of each one of these stories quickly becomes complex, winding and almost impossible to follow.

In the case of Seven Pillars of Wisdom,is a classic of military history,show us the story of World War I's Turkish Theater from the Arab/English perspective. It's amazing by his depiction of Arab culture of the time and its seeming connection with past and present

Assignment 1:Literature
Victorian Age

Answer the following questions on your blog:

01. Which 2 readings did you select from the list?
The Murderers in The Rue Morgue.(Poe,E.A)
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow(Irving,w)


02. Using these readings, compare (3 examples) and contrast (3 examples) the works with the ppt presentations on Victorian Literature and Culture given in class.
-Talk about Victorian detective fiction.
- The form of entertainment involved 'spectacles' where paranormal events,such as communication with the dead ,ghost.
-Popular forms of entertainment varied by social class.
-Gothic literature combines romance and horror in attempt to thrill and terrify the reader. Possible features in a gothic novel are foreign monsters, ghosts, curses, hidden rooms and witchcraft.
-Victorian novels tend to be idealized portraits of difficult lives in which hard work, perseverance, love and luck win out in the end; virtue would be rewarded and wrongdoers are suitably punished.
-Some topics like the prostitution or child labour would be consider in the literature.


03. Do you feel that the readings you completed are very good or excellent examples of Victorian Literature? Why/Why not?
Both readings are good examples of Victorian Literature,because one of them show the Revolutionary War; a period already romanticized in our collective consciousness and have dimension of mystery and intrigue by a ghostly tale set among it.
And the other one,consider Victorian detective fiction,as a distinct genre of the nineteenth century.


04. Would you recommend these readings to your friends and family? Why/Why not?
Yes,because both tales have good components that make them interesting,such as imaginary and ghostly components,and one of them for example The Murderers in The Rue Morgue is a real story.