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Week 11, Cercas, “Soldiers of Salamis”

Reading Javier Cercas’ Soldiers of Salamis was filled with many different emotions. At first, reading about Cercas’ – the narrator – detachment from his literary career made me sad. However, upon quickly realizing that he had found a new impulse to write again, I felt excited for the narrator. This quote in page 55 resonated […]

Posted in Blogs, Cercas | Tagged with Bricolage, Falangism, fictionality, history, literature, modernism, narrative, recollection, war, writing

Week 9, Manea, “The Trenchcoat”

When I first finished reading Norman Manea’s “The Trenchcoat”, I felt way too confused. However, after watching the lecture video and reading blogposts of my peers, I realized that confusion – especially regarding the Trenchcoat – was a central theme of the story. For me, the anonymity and lack of description for the Trenchcoat made […]

Posted in Blogs, Manea | Tagged with allegory, censorship, communism, fictionality, literature, politics, suspicion, Symbolism

Week 4, “The Shrouded Woman”

Reading Bombal’s The Shrouded Woman was a fascinating experience. Not only did it create a unique perspective that I had never even dreamt of, but it also facilitated a metaphysical environment for me to reflect on my own life. I truly enjoyed the fact that the narrator was a dead person. Although I highly doubt […]

Posted in Blogs, Bombal | Tagged with extraterrestrial, fictionality, periphery

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