Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more. ManyBooks.net - Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, smartphone, or eBook reader. A Syllabus and Book List for Novice Students of Science Fiction Literature | Underwire. By Annalee Newitz, io9 Want to start reading some science fiction, but aren't sure where to begin? We've put together an introductory sci-fi lit syllabus just for you.SF 101: Introduction to Literature SyllabusWhat This List Is and Isn'tThere are a few things to keep in mind about this syllabus for SF 101: Introduction to Literature.It is not comprehensive. It is intended to introduce the novice student of SF literature to the major themes in the genre, as well as books and authors who are representative of different eras in SF lit (including the present day).
So you'll find a mix of old and new here, as well as fan favorites tucked in among more literary authors. Back in the mists of time, I used to teach literature and American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, so I have some experience putting together course materials for university classes very much like one. (In fact, there are a few books on here that I used to teach.)
LITTÉRATURE • Ces romans qui en disent long sur la marche du monde. Une œuvre de fiction peut en dire plus sur la réalité d’un pays qu’un épais volume d’histoire. C’est la thèse, exemples à l’appui, du chroniqueur britannique Gideon Rachman. Pour comprendre la Russie du XIXe siècle, vaut-il mieux lire un livre d’histoire, ou Guerre et Paix ? Le livre d’histoire vous dira les faits, mais le roman de Tolstoï vous apportera peut-être une connaissance plus approfondie des choses.
Il en va de même pour ce qui est de la politique contemporaine : la fiction peut parfois nous donner une vision des faits plus précise que le documentaire. Le roman dénonciateur et troublant de Hisham Matar, Au pays des hommes [Denoël, 2007], dit ainsi la cruauté de la Libye du colonel Kadhafi avec beaucoup plus d’efficacité que n’importe quel titre de la presse.
L’action, située en 1979, est une amère piqûre de rappel du fait que la Libye souffre depuis longtemps. ..:: I Killed Scheherazade ::.. A Christmas carol in prose : being a ghost stor... Sir Terry Pratchett in conversation with Jacqueline Simpson. “Almost running parallel with folklore for me is an interest not only in just the history of London but in the history of the development of the countryside.” Terry Pratchett How did this podcast come about? Sir Terry Pratchett and Dr Jacqueline Simpson met many years ago at a book signing in Worthing and have since worked together as co-authors. Jacqueline is a member of the Folklore Editorial Board and is also on the Committee of The Folklore Society, of which Sir Terry is a lifetime member. “I’m fascinated by the way folklore is entwined with truth in people’s lives” Terry Pratchett On 26th August 2010 at the Annual Discworld Convention in Birmingham, Sir Terry and Jacqueline sat down to record a discussion on the topic of folklore and its significance to them.
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As a journalist, Rees covered the Middle East for over a decade for the Scotsman, then Newsweek and from 2000 until 2006 as Time magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief. His first book was a non-fiction account of Israeli and Palestinian society, Cain's Field. He published the first novel featuring Palestinian detective Omar Yussef, The Bethlehem Murders, in 2007, which won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award. The Saladin Murders and The Samaritan's Secret followed in 2008 and 2009. The Bethlehem Murders won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2008. Buy Matt Rees books from the Guardian bookshop "The Arab literary world and Western publishing don't cross over much. 1. A young Algerian on the make becomes disillusioned with westernised morality and joins a violent Islamist group. 2. Writers look for resonance. 3. Spain 1499. 4. The first of the Egyptian Nobel laureate's Cairo Trilogy. 5. 6. 7.
INTERVIEW DE KIM THUY - Actualité Livres. Les éditions Liana Levi publient le premier roman de l'écrivain canadienne Kim Thuy. Un récit brillant sur l'exil et l'enracinement, la mémoire et la transmission. Un concentré de vie et d'histoire. C'est l'histoire d'une femme qui a mis quarante ans avant de s'asseoir pour écrire. Une femme qui remet de l'ordre dans ses souvenirs pour transmettre son histoire. Cette histoire commence au Vietnam, passe par un bateau dans le golfe du Siam, s'arrête pour un temps dans un camp en Malaisie et se poursuit sur les blancs décors du Québec. Plus qu'un voyage, son récit résonne comme celui de tous les Vietnamiens exilés.
Lire la critique de 'Ru'Pourquoi avoir mis quarante ans pour publier votre premier roman ? Au début c'était la course pour la survie. Ecrire en français s'est-il imposé à vous ? Je peux écrire, lire ou parler le vietnamien, mais je ne réfléchis pas dans cette langue. Pourquoi avoir choisi de travailler sur la notion d'enracinement et de déracinement ? Exactement. Great Books Lists: Lists of Classics, Eastern and Western. As seen in A Guide to Oriental Classics, Whole Earth magazine, Winter 2002. (A revised version of the article is available at author Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools site.) This page: Introduction | Western Canon | Eastern and World Canons | Contemporary Canon | Other Lists of Great Books | My Reading Lists | Indexes to these Great Books Lists Introduction Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) What are the Great Books?
Western Canon Eastern and World Canons Approaches to the Asian Classics. Contemporary Canon Other Lists of Great Books Other Lists of Great Books - An annotated bibliography of some other sources of Great Books lists, both in books and on the Web My Reading Lists My Reading Lists (Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, China, Middle Ages) Indexes to these Great Books Lists. Scheherazade Goes West: Amazon.co.uk: MERNISSI.