Annie ernaux
Annie Ernaux’s Nobel Shows Women’s Stories Matter Too
|
While deeply rooted in a specific French context, Ernaux’s work also touches on many universal themes — from class and upward mobility to family and first love.
Arts & Culture
PONTIN | Whodunit?
|
Our suspects are nearly always heightened, hyperbolic variations on what we would consider to be “normal people,” a far cry from what we recognize in our own social circles and in ourselves. They are distant royalty, accomplished and esteemed academics, famed members of the one percent. It is not long, however, before an ironic relationship begins to reveal itself. Even amidst a churning sea of captivating individuals, the detective somehow always emerges as the most intriguing.
News
English Faculty Vote to Change Name to ‘Department of Literatures in English’
|
After planning this summer, a new name has been proposed for the English department–– an initiative led by Prof. Carole Boyce-Davies and Prof. Mukoma Wa Ngugi.
Arts & Culture
YANDAVA | 2020’s Pulitzer Prizes Give Black Writers Their Due
|
These awards have the power to help us reevaluate how we think about race in relation to literature, and can broaden the inclusiveness of ceremonies often seen as inaccessible or pretentious.
Arts & Culture
Ode to ‘Artemis Fowl’
|
The film can, should and will be judged on its merits come its May 29th release date — not all is irredeemable.
Culler
Renowned English Prof. Jonathan Culler to Retire After More Than 50 Years
|
Since coming to Cornell, Culler has written and edited a total of 16 books; over 200 articles, essays, and translations. He has also been awarded multiple fellowships and was elected a fellow at renowned humanities research institutes such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of this books, “Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction”, has been translated into 27 languages worldwide.
toni morrison
Peers, Students of Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 Reflect on Her Legacy
|
Morrison was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is renowned as a prolific fiction writer, literary critic and theorist. Her most famous works include Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved, The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon.
News
Author Offers New Perspective on Role of Muslim Women in African Society
|
Author Ousseina Alidou has written several books on women in the Sahelian region of Africa and their political and intellectual contributions to their culture.
cornell literary society
Cornell Literary Society Panel Discusses Universality, Cultural Power of Plays
|
We are living in a “fractured culture” and playwriting is a means of reparation, according to award-winning playwright Neil Wechsler, who spoke in a panel Wednesday in Goldwin Smith Hall.
Arts & Culture
Let us Remember: Julian Barnes Attempts Historical Fiction
|
The Noise of Time is a novel of threes. It begins with three mysteriously unnamed characters meeting on a train platform, and it is parted into three sections. Each of these sections is allocated a different setting — the lobby just outside two elevator doors, a plane seat and a car seat. In each of these sections, the main character never moves. Instead, he reflects.