December 2003: Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston) & The Awakening (Chopin)

Post date: Jan 06, 2010 5:54:17 PM

Talking about The Awakening and Their Eyes Were Watching God together in December provided interesting observation and commentary on women authors writing "before their time" and only appreciated much, much later, and now studied in high schools as well as college level as part of the burgeoning women's/feminist literary canon.

Previous readings:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (November 2003)

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (October 2003)

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (including performance at CalShakes, August 2003)

Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaadje (July 2003)

Nelson Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom (June 2003)

A Woman's Education by Jill Ker Conway (May 2003)

Atonement by Ian McEwan (April 2003)

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (March 2003)

and many more (we have a list going back to 1994 if you're interested)