On the Road and Free verse

We discussed some aspect of form and the concept of poetry itself. What are your thoughts about this? How does this relate to fiction and the limitations that some writers impose to add degrees of complexity to their work?

See you soon,

Olivier

Lost in Translation

Hello

Here are a few questions to help fuel your discussion. How much of the poems are lost in the translations? How important is figurative language in the poems that ou read this week and in any of the poems that you have read so far? Is there a risk for editors to provide a wrong "translation" in works like the ones we are reading?
Anything else?

I look forward to reading your thoughts on this subject.

Olivier Pelletier

On the Road

Hello.

If this is the first time you read On the Road, let us know what your thoughts and impressions are about this original version. If you've read it before, let us know how it compares to the version you have read.
You can also tell us what you knew about Kerouac before embarking on this voyage and what other books you may have read. What do you know about the period that On the Road was written in? How do you relate to this story?

See you in class.

Olivier Pelletier

Songs with alliteration

Hi everyone,

Enjoy your week off.
I am eager to read your song suggestions for this week's activity.

Translations

Hi everyone,

I hope you`re enjoying the second act of Brian Friel`s masterpiece "Translations". Let me know what you think. What did you think of this week`s poem?
See you in class.

Olivier

Translations

The time has come to tackle another great work of English Literature; Brian Friel`s Translations. Let us know your reactions and your comments as well as your thoughts on the novel that we just finished.

Enjoy

Class 3

Hi everyone,
I'm curious to read your impressions of this week's class, the novel, and of My Papa's Waltz. Does it surprise you that a reader once wrote that "Roethke expresses his resentment for his father, a drunken brute with dirty hands and a whiskey breath who carelessly hurt the child's ear and mistreated him".

You can read what some students wrote about this poem last year if you want some ideas.

See you next week,

Olivier

Class 2

Hi everyone,

I'm looking forward to hearing your impressions of the two new poems.

See you on Friday,

Olivier

First class

Hi everyone.

I hope you enjoyed your first class. Why not use this opportunity to write your comments about the class? Also, if you chose your book, why not share this with the class so as to avoid picking the same subjects?

I`m looking forward to reading your comments,

Olivier