Category Archives: Linda Budd

A Language of One’s Own.

Posted on November 23, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd A Small Place (pages 22-37) Jamaica Kincaid’s book, A Small Place, illustrates the effects of colonialism on the tiny island of Antigua. One of the most tragic of these effects is the lack of roots of the Antiguans … Continue reading →

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The Personified Amazon.

Posted on November 15, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Sepúlveda, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, (303-331) Antonio Jose Bolivar Proano is The Old Man Who Read Love Stories. He has made the Amazon his home, yet he realizes that he can never truly belong in … Continue reading →

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Respect or Humor?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Nicholas Johnson, Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange & Menacing World of Antarctica (77-102) Most of the books we have read contrasted modern ideas against older culture. This usually involved a hybrid between two nationalities or a contrast between tradition … Continue reading →

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Brother Dearest

Posted on November 2, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Christa Wolf Accident: A Day’s News (Creative Assignment) You I have loved from birth. The love of the others was conditioned or learned slowly, and though I love them, you were the one I chose when we paired off. … Continue reading →

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Distance

Posted on October 19, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist, (133-161) Mehring is the conservationist mentioned in the title of this novel. The word “conservationist” usually brings to mind images of people who actively try to improve or protect the environment. People associated with … Continue reading →

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Volume I, Issue I of “The Goanna”

Posted on October 12, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Tredinnick, The Blue Plateau, Creative Writing Assignment The Goanna:Journal of Australian Literature When scholars think of world literature, most imagine European works written in their native tongue. Perhaps the adventurous may think of works from Asia or the … Continue reading →

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The Life of the Tides.

Posted on October 5, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide, (172-184) Several of the books that we have read for this class have featured an elderly character reflecting on the land they once knew and how the land has changed over his or … Continue reading →

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Memories Then and Now.

Posted on September 27, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Ghosh The Hungry Tide (pages 31-41) Memory plays an important part in this section. In many works of literature, places shape and hold memories. Memories associated with the house near the school affected Kanai’s views of his family. … Continue reading →

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Caught Between the Old and the New

Posted on September 17, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Ishimure Michiko, Lake of Heaven (pages 1-90) Like Chen Zhen in Wolf Totem and Peter Matthiessen in The Snow Leopard, Masahiko is a hybrid of two cultures, and is not sure of where belongs. However, unlike the other … Continue reading →

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From Respect to Pity.

Posted on September 15, 2010 by heyitsmikalinda

Linda Budd Rong, Wolf Totem pages 451-457 When Chen Zhen arrives at the Oolanbulag, wolves are revered as symbols of Tengger. The wolves provide a perfect balance on the grasslands. However, soldiers and certain members of the tribe view the … Continue reading →

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