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!
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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
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.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:56:38 pm PDT #3463 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And August Wilson, the one I'd love most to teach, doesn't fit in to my scheme.
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 5:56:39 pm PDT #3464 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
If you can fit Their Eyes Were Watching God in there somewhere, that's a great canonical text. Toni Morrison's Beloved has also been known to show up on AP Lit exams. I have scads of AA Lit references and short stories from teaching the class a few years ago. Let me know if you want to look through any of it.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:57:34 pm PDT #3465 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Beloved is such a slog for me! I mean, I know it's supposed to be wonderful. But I picked it up and put it back down uncompleted at least 3 times.
meara - Apr 24, 2008 5:59:10 pm PDT #3466 of 10001
Christopher Durang is so much fun! And given how beloved he is when it comes to doing silly college theater, I suspect a lot of AP high schoolers would love his stuff too.