Their Eyes Were Watching God is a good one. It'd teach well, too.It does teach very well, especially to seniors. And yes, I think Song of Solomon is amazing, too.
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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 7:09:46 pm PDT #3481 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Atropa - Apr 24, 2008 7:16:19 pm PDT #3482 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, what Carter short story would you teach if you were me?
I can't remember the title off the top of my head, but it's something like The Lady at the House of Love. I'll look through my Carter collection (after I'm done watching SPN).
Vortex - Apr 24, 2008 7:40:34 pm PDT #3483 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It also occurs to me I have no African-American writers.
hey, how about Tyler Perry? Just kidding.
Ginger - Apr 24, 2008 7:44:04 pm PDT #3484 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Master and Margarita? The Island of Dr. Moreau? The Confidence Man? (I think The Confidence Man should be taught more often, and certainly dealing a man who may or may not be the devil puts it into the realm of magical realism.
You could do the grotesque/there are things man was not meant to know section with short stories. Welty plus Poe, Bradbury, Bierce, and the jittery extreme of Lovecraft. MFK Fisher's The Lost, the Strayed, the Stolen. You could even throw in some classic SF movies, in which science is evil and the good guy gets the girl.
Would one of August Wilson's plays work? They're often about love, in various guises.
Atropa - Apr 24, 2008 8:17:23 pm PDT #3485 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Kat, the Angela Carter stories I was thinking of were "The Lady in the House of Love" and "Wolf-Alice".
Burrell - Apr 24, 2008 8:17:57 pm PDT #3486 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Kristin, if my student's account of the subways in Tokyo is any indication, that's no hoax.
He HATED taking the trains.
Ooh, for grotesque you could teach Anne Sexton's Transformations. I read that volume over and over again when I was a girl.
DavidS - Apr 24, 2008 8:23:14 pm PDT #3487 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Geek Love would be great for grotesque.
Angela Carter: I'd say Magic Toyshop or Nights at the Circus. (Though personally I love The Passion of New Eve, but I don't think that'll fly in your class.)
I'd like a contemporary US playwright who wrote a comedy, juliana.
Beth Henley! C'mon, "Miss Firecracker"
Magic Realism: "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella is really one of the few American runs at Magic Realism that's any good. Michael Chabon kind of trends that way though.
Cashmere - Apr 24, 2008 8:26:50 pm PDT #3488 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Colin Firth and Jon Stewart's conversation on The Daily Show: Comedy Gold.
juliana - Apr 24, 2008 8:29:55 pm PDT #3489 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Simon, Henley, and Durang are all good contemporary choices. George F. Walker is an awesome current Canadian playwright, chock-full of dark humor.
juliana - Apr 24, 2008 8:33:12 pm PDT #3490 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
However, I'd rec Terrence McNally, Paula Vogel, or Wendy Wasserstein. Those and the previous three listed are fairly canonical and have humorous plays.