Gris, here's a link detailing some South African writers: [link] I promptly thought of Athol Fugard, but Serote sounds very interesting.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
juliana - Jun 10, 2009 11:48:19 am PDT #9224 of 28404
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Jon B. - Jun 10, 2009 12:03:29 pm PDT #9225 of 28404
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
an example involving the performing arts
I've never read it, but how about "Goodbye to Berlin", the short novel that eventually became "Cabaret"?
Ginger - Jun 10, 2009 1:08:50 pm PDT #9226 of 28404
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There are some obvious Holocaust books, like Art Spiegelman's Maus, Elie Wiesel's novels and Lois Lowry's Number the Stars. Would John Hersey's The Wall be too difficult?
Would a movie or play work? A Man for All Seasons comes to mind for monarchy. There's also the television film/play, Playing for Time, by Arthur Miller, based on a memoir of the Auschwitz orchestra. (That was controversial at the time for starring PLO sympathizer Vanessa Redgrave, but that could be part of the discussion.)
What about something about the McCarthy black list? There's Woody Allen's movie The Front. Lillian Helman's Scoundrel Time might be too difficult. It is theoretically a memoir, although there's a lot of fiction in it. The Crucible was, of course, Arthur Miller's response to McCarthyism.
Is this the new school, Gris?
Amy - Jun 10, 2009 1:16:40 pm PDT #9227 of 28404
Because books.
Would Summer of My German Soldier count?
Gris - Jun 10, 2009 1:26:18 pm PDT #9228 of 28404
Hey. New board.
These students have already explored both Maus and Number the Stars in previous classes. I'll look at the Elie Wiesel stuff, and Summer of My German Soldier as well.
A play could definitely work. Does A Man for All Seasons have a major arts-related component?
I looked into "Goodbye to Berlin" already (great minds think alike!) but it looks like in the original, the Sally Bowles cabaret-based story is pretty disconnected from any study of the incoming Nazis. Plus, the language looks pretty difficult.
This is not the new school, it's my old one.
Laga - Jun 10, 2009 1:28:33 pm PDT #9229 of 28404
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
What about "The Hiding Place"?
Aims - Jun 10, 2009 1:29:35 pm PDT #9230 of 28404
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The Devil's Arithmetic is also a good one. And somewhat crosses cirriculum, so there's that added bonus.
Hil R. - Jun 10, 2009 1:32:28 pm PDT #9231 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maybe something based around Brundibar? The history of the opera itself, and/or the kids book that came out a few years ago.
Amy - Jun 10, 2009 1:34:26 pm PDT #9232 of 28404
Because books.
What about The Slave Dancer ?
Also, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
Hil R. - Jun 10, 2009 1:37:41 pm PDT #9233 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Also the obvious Diary of Anne Frank, and there's also a book of short stories that she wrote called something like "Tales from the Secret Annex."