I'm not familiar with any of those, and while I'm all for alcoholic authors I think that coming-of-age women have a bit more to say than the man-hating ones. Nevertheless, choose whichever gets your heart really pulsing! Sometimes it's the ones that you don't necessarily agree with but feel more passionate about talking about... especially if it's for an anthology, it seems to be an assignment where you talk largely about what these women did so that the genre could be inclusive... so try to choose something that goes really well with one of the movements! I don't know.
hee. I think I'm going to go with "Pixie and Pony" by FLB. Sadly enough, it really resonates with my own experiences (without the awesome last line in my case), which makes it easier/harder to write about.
Ooh, Jane Yolan. Hrm... as much as I like "Lost Girls", if I choose something out of that collection I'd probably have to go with "Tough Alice". ;D
Actually, I'm re-reading Girl Goddess #9, and FLB just referenced Franny and Zooey, so that just cinched it for me. Speaking of, rather than mail your copy, I'm just going to bring it with me when I visit. Is that okay?
Well, Their Eyes Were Watching God and Kate Chopin's short stories (like The Awakening) can be used as women coming of age in a man's world or as a Fuck-You uterus movement depending on how you interpret them. I hated them both but they are ridiculously easy to analyze when you're in a bind. Hope you ace it!
Thanks for the recs, but I don't think I'll be able to write a paper on a short story by midnight tonight if I don't like it, and if you hated them, chances are I won't care for them very much.
When are you back for winter holidays, and why didn't I see you over Thanksgiving holiday, you whore? :D
Hahaha, I'm sorry Master!! Forgive me! Sorry, my mom claimed me for most of the week. I'll be back this Saturday night. But this time I'm back for more than a month so we'll hang for sure.
well Block would be a sintch to anaylyze, of course in the coming-of-age sort of way. i agree with jamie, there's not much to man haters, anything classic would call for more effort than necessary. i say stick with contemporary.
Well, calling DP a man-hater was a bit oversimplifying her work on my part, she's got loads of fun to analyze poems. But in this case, I think I agree with you and Jamie and I'll go with "Pixie and Pony" by Block.
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