tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post5495363463021024331..comments2023-09-11T05:46:29.728-03:00Comments on Novel Readings: Summer Reading Plans?Rohan Maitzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-82552545688113827832009-04-27T14:17:00.000-03:002009-04-27T14:17:00.000-03:00Well, I'm already intrigued by Villette (i.e., I'v...Well, I'm already intrigued by Villette (i.e., I've jumped the gun a bit and begun reading Bronte's novel), and I'm about to also revisit James's novel. You see, I'll do just about anything to avoid reading and grading final exams and essays; I can procrastinate on the grading by immersing myself in Bronte and James. Thanks for instigating the diversionary procrastination.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-78106377809117396932009-04-26T19:36:00.000-03:002009-04-26T19:36:00.000-03:00I am perhaps too hung-up on trying to find just th...I am perhaps too hung-up on trying to find just the right novel for my Intro classes; I obsess about assigning a really good novel that will meet the most severe test: Will student's enjoy it? Sometimes the selection simply does not work. For example, one novel this semester was Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO, and I thought it would work quite well. Then a student responded when I asked what people R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-48087639432138186062009-04-26T10:48:00.000-03:002009-04-26T10:48:00.000-03:00I would like to be part of a reading group devoted...I would like to be part of a reading group devoted to Villette; it's the only Bronte novel I haven't yet read.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-10576085282650733302009-04-26T10:22:00.000-03:002009-04-26T10:22:00.000-03:00R.T., thanks for your comments. I would not inclin...R.T., thanks for your comments. I would not incline to Austen myself, though I agree she provides more of a "romp". I wouldn't consider <I>Northanger Abbey</I> "unpolished" necessarily, but I think it's a bit thin for something like a sustained multi-week group discussion like the one we had last year ("IMHO," as the texting generation would say).<br /><br />As for your other question, I've had Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-53424896171139131932009-04-25T12:42:00.000-03:002009-04-25T12:42:00.000-03:00Well, Villette, huh? Include me in your reading gr...Well, Villette, huh? Include me in your reading group, at least tentatively. You may get feedback that includes suggestions for a book other than Bronte's. As for myself, I would have thought Austen's Northanger Abbey would be a rollicking good read for the summer reading group (even with the novel's shortcomings), but Austen's gothic tongue-in-cheek romp may be too unpolished for your purposes. R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com