The Flowers
Alice Walker
Atmosphere: a change of tone
-> from happy and pleasant to gloomy.
Juxtaposition: rose noose
beautiful remains
pleasant bones
Situation: hanging of a
black working class man, like herself. That’s a historical fact, lynchings were
common in the South of the USA in the beginning of the 20th century.
Change of mood: words,
adjectives, collecting flowers which have a destination
Lay the flowers: to pay
homage.
INTRO
às Literaturas de Língua Inglesa – Bibliography
Anthologies:
Brooks, Cleanth.
Understanding Fiction. NY: Appleton, 1959
(how plot reveals)
Chatman, Seymour. Reading
narrative fiction. NY: Macmillan, 1993
Hamalian, Leo and Karl,
Frederick (ed) The shape of fiction
THEORY
Cortázar,
Julio. Alguns aspectos do conto. In: Valise de Cronópio
