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 | | Sujet: My Àntonia (Willa Carter) Dim 22 Nov - 18:31 | |
| My Àntonia
About the author: 
l->She was born 1873 and died 1947
l->She moved from her home State to Nebraska at the age of 10
l->Career in journalism and teaching
l->Moves to NYC at the age of 32
l->Works for Mc Clure's Magazine
l->Cinsidered a Naturalist and Realist writer
Most Important Works
l->"O Pioneers" (1913)
l->"The Song of the clark" (1915)
l->"My Àntonia" (1918)
My Ántonia
l-> A Modernist work
Modernism:
->not linear
->Anecdotes (isolated)
->Story/narration moves forward and backward
->Sometimes a long lapse of times passes between 2 Chapters (Ex:20 years)
Genres
->Bildungsroman/Apprenticeship novel:the reader follows the growing up of the protagonists
->Roman à Clef : some elements are similar to the writer's life
->Historical fiction : depicts the life of the pioneers
"My Antonia", the title suggests already the idea of relationship: -Possessiv "My" the idea of belonging
-Special :The narrator (Jim) had an unusual or specific relationship with Antonia, the eponymous character
The epigraph gives indications on the main themes and atmosphere: "The best days...are the 1rst to flee" from Virgil, a roman poet. From Georgics, a poem glorifying nature and farming,presenting the virtues of cultivating the land.
It is a connection with the setting of the book and the communities involved ( Nebraska a land to tame/a land of farmers) | |
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