Thanks!

Thanks to the very few of you who blogged your thoughts.   All the best for your exams and continue reading Caribbean short stories!

Playback

The Ah'Peelin Feelings Playback Theatre Company used dramatic, improvisation, and oral / storytelling techniques to help us address some of the gender issues raised in "Red Hot Peppers" and "When Women Love Men". 

Did you see the relevance of their performance to our study of the Caribbean short story?   Were they able to assist you in further tapping into your responses to the two stories?   Are you able to separate your emotional from your critical response to these stories, or does each response influence / impact the other?

How Have the Critical Essays You've Read in Evans, McWatt & Smith's Text Impacted or Changed the Way(s) You Now View the Caribbean Short Story?

" 'Time!' the tailor said scornfully, and blew into the receiver. 'No problem at all' (143): Mr. Melville's "Tomorrow"

Why do you think the master tailor, Mr. Melville, in Heath's story kept telling the teacher each time to come back "tomorrow" for the skirt and yet each time she went he hadn't finished it?

What's With the Egg and the Colour Yellow in Wickham's Story?

What are your thoughts / interpretations of the episode with the old man and the egg, and also the "dry yellow leaves" at the beginning and the end, respectively, of "The Light on the Sea"?   Is there some kind of symbolic or metaphorical signification?    Tell me what you think.

"The Walk" as Allegory

This post is for everyone, but particularly for those who have no tutorial sessions today because of the Divali holiday.

Based on the contributions of two of your classmates in one of our tutorial discussions, I noted that what they were really saying is that  Merle Collins' short story "The Walk" is an allegory.  Lydia and Chenice made the sensible observation that the walk is about life (and they explained what they meant, of course).  There are those of you who feel nothing really happens in the story, that it is anti-climactic, etc.   We've said that a short story may seem deceptively simple.  Consider, then, that this story has allegorical meaning. 

What do you think?  Of course you need to review what's an allegory!

What do you think of the Caribbean short story thus far?

It's mid-semester and we've examined a few short stories and essays in the lectures and tutorials.   What's your impressions of the Caribbean short story so far?  Have you learnt anything new?