OH Neil Simon might be good! I wonder if he's considered canonical enough to pass the College Board audit?Without a doubt.
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 5:40:59 pm PDT #3453 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:44:04 pm PDT #3454 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Hmm......Neil Simon might be the right fit. I skew towards non American Lit. Then at least it's more rounded out between early modern to contemporary. Of course I am light on 17th and 18th century works. But oh well. Heavy on Victorian. unsurprisingly.
AND foregoing anything not already modern. I mean, I'm not addressing Greek or even, really (unless I do Gawain), Medieval.
Burrell - Apr 24, 2008 5:44:39 pm PDT #3455 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I like your grotesque list.
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 5:45:59 pm PDT #3456 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Brighton Beach Memoirs might be a good fit.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:46:18 pm PDT #3457 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Me too! I loved those books. They aren't gothic. Nor victorian. And I still think grotesque is the wrong word. But I'm not sure what the right word is!
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 5:46:59 pm PDT #3458 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I like grotesque. It's an excellent word.
ETA: Have you considered adding Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" into your grotesque unit? That would give you another American text.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:52:10 pm PDT #3459 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kristin, yep. I figured the Misfit is a sort of classic grotesque. And as another secondary, there's always Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I haven't really gotten around to short stories to cram in. And I won't have some for each genre. But Jekyll and Hyde is totally a short story and easy enough to read quickly. Maybe an excerpt from Allende. Bits from The Once and Future King.
And, unsurprisingly, comedy is the category that is hardest to think about. But I guess because it's both the last and also the most subjective.
Consuela - Apr 24, 2008 5:54:32 pm PDT #3460 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kristin beat me to the Flannery O'Connor rec--that's who I think of when I think of grotesque these days.
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 5:54:41 pm PDT #3461 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
You won't have time for this, probably, but The Tempest is a comedy with a grotesque...
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:54:42 pm PDT #3462 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It also occurs to me I have no African-American writers.