Bye, bye

The crisis affects us all. No Am Lit course this year. Maybe the next...

Brand New Slices of Life!

Check out the new Slices of Life! We'll talk about them on May 20, our last session.
And we'll go for a beer and some "tapas" after class...

Audio Literature Odissey

Several audio podcasts with stories and poems ("The Turn of the Screw", Emily Dickinson's poems) read aloud:
http://podcast.nikolledoolin.com/alo.html

Lecture on "The Bluest Eye"

This is an interesting lecture on "The Bluest Eye" by a Yale University teacher that I have actually met!
http://academicearth.org/lectures/toni-morrison-the-bluest-eye

If you like it, there are plenty of other academic lectures about lots of topics.

A Rose for Emily

Remember! The deadline for "A Rose for Emily" is April 20.
A good place to start is this:

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/litweb05/workshops/fiction/faulkner1.asp

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher
A couple of links for "The Fall of the House of Usher". Here, you have the text with hyperlinks:
http://poestories.com/text.php?file=houseofusher

And here, a very complete Study Guide:
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/usher/

And, of course, you can allways look up the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher

An extract of Roger Corman's movie with Vincent Price:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=-9G_BRk-K4o

And Tim Burton's short movie about Vincent:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH3R5ntFK3c

Health Care in the USA

A few links about Health Care:
- http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

- http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/03/09/experts-predict-an-intense-battle-over-obamas-healthcare-reform.html

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/salud/derecho/negocio/vez/elpepisoc/20090309elpepisoc_1/Tes

Girl

Have a look at this story. You can compare it with The Bluest Eye.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/Girl/story.asp

A Link for American History

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Links for American Geography

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

How much do Americans know about the world?- http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

The Bluest Eye

Deadline for The Bluest Eye: March 11th.- Read the book and fill in the questionnaire. - If you have any questions/problems, ask in class, send me an e-mail and/or come to class on March 9th (this day is just for you to read at home or come and ask me questions if you have problems).-

If you want to find out more about the book, this is a nice web site: http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/bluest.htm-

This is Toni Morrison speaking about The Bluest Eye: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMigde1lVM-

Dick and Jane Primers: http://www.loganberrybooks.com/coll-dick-jane.html

American English

If you are still interested in differences between American and British English, have a look at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences#Spelling

Second Term 2008-2009

Classes start on Wed, 11 Feb, Classroom 205.
You can get The Bluest Eye at Estudio and the textbook (An Introduction to American Literature and Culture) at the copy shop in the Interfacultativo building (Av. Los Castros).

Farewell "Tapas Dinner"

Thursday, Feb 5th, 9 pm at "Días de Sur".
C/Hernán Cortés, 47.

Brand New Slices of Life!

Check out and enjoy the new Slices of Life on the right of the website ("Slices of Life 2008-2009 (First Term)").
We'll talk about them on Feb 2 (last day of class).

"Girl", by Jamaica kincaid

This is a nice very short story. You can compare it to The Bluest Eye
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/Girl/story.asp

CHANGE WE NEED (Obama for president!)

- Toni Morrison supporting Obama: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=7IT8XUDU9R4
- Obama's offcial website: http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

Some videos about Barack Obama:
- The American Dream: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=-DZIwklOWEE
- Yes, we can: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=_-AVac89qYw
- Obama's internship with Zapatero: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwksYozQSk

And, Electing a US President in Plain English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I

The Bluest Eye

There are some problems to get the book at Estudio (they have a couple of copies, but the rest might take longer). You have a couple of e-book versions at the Self-Access Room (Computers 10 & 12). I bought them from Ebooks.com. I will also lend you my book for you to copy.

A Link for American Geography

►http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_GL_1024_768.html1024_768.html

How much do Americans know about the world?
- http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

The Bluest Eye

Deadline for The Bluest Eye: November 10th.
- Read the book and fill in the questionnaire. - If you have any questions/problems, ask in class, send me an e-mail and/or come to class on October 29th (this day is just for you to read at home or come and ask me questions if you have problems).
- If you want to find out more about the book, this is a nice web site: http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/bluest.htm
- This is Toni Morrison speaking about The Bluest Eye: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMigde1lVM
- Dick and Jane Primers: http://www.loganberrybooks.com/coll-dick-jane.html