Hey Everyone!
I'm really excited to begin our readings! Here is the schedule for a suggested reading timeline. Of course, you don't have to follow it and may read at your own pace. This is just so everyone knows when there will be discussion posts. We'll have a week and a half for Life of Pi and three weeks for The Help. This means, we'll be averaging 30 pages a day if you want to follow the schedule.
Schedule:
Life of Pi By: Yann Martel
319 pages
30 pgs / day
Dec16 – Dec23: 210 pages (p.210)
Dec23 – Dec27: 109 pages (p.319)
Dec28: Final discussion of Life of Pi
The Help By: Kathryn Stockett
530 pages
30pgs / day
Dec29 – Dec30: 60 pages
Dec30 – Jan6: 210 pages (p.270)
Jan6 – Jan13: 210 pages (p.480)
Jan13 – Jan15: 50 pages (p.530)
Jan16: Final discussion of The Help
You may go as fast or as paced as you'd like. The discussion posts will be posted on Dec 23, 27, 28, 30, and Jan 6, 15, and 16. This will keep people in the know of the future spoiler alerts in case anyone wants to take it a littler slower.
How Discussions Will Take Place
On the discussion days, I will post a question or a thought about the book and everyone can answer my response or contribute their own thoughts. This blog is meant to be a place that people can say what they got from the literature. Literature is beautiful because it is so interpretive. No one will have the same reading. This element of literature is what will make these discussions so interesting. I look forward to all of your thoughts.
Looking forward to the readings! I can be of some assistance with Life of Pi. First _be sure to read the author's note_. Many people skip over it, and it is very important to the narrative. I have a few very good articles to recommend, though I would suggest not reading them until after you have completed the book -- as they give away the entire story. Three works in particular stand out: essays by Stewart Cole, John C. Ball, Florence Stratton are all excellent. Also, I have a lengthy argument on the novel's narrator I like would to make when you all get back from break. It's about a 45 min argument. I'll order pizza for you all.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the advice! I can't wait to begin Life of Pi! As for the lengthy argument, I most definitely want to come and like Emily said, we should make that our Welcome Back event for the English Society! I look forward to the articles as well. :)
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