Close Read/Short Answer Response (Assign. 7/12)

For this assignment, you will conduct a close reading of four short stories from an internally-renowned author. However, the close reads will take the form of a short answer responses—aim for eight to ten sentences each. Remember, close reads are a hyper-focused analysis, so concentrate on only one specific aspect of each story.

Conduct close reads (in short answer response form) for four of the following stories:

• "A Real Durwan" by Jhumpa Lahiri (India)
• Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies. Mariner Books, 1999.
• "Had It and Lost It" by Ryan Paterson (Canada) 
• Paterson, Ryan. "Had It and Lost It." The New Quarterly, No. 154, Spring 2020.
• Excerpt from Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) 
• Pamuk, Orhan. Snow. Vintage International, 2005.
• "When You Grow Into Yourself" by Ross Raisin (UK)
• Raisin, Ross. "When You Grow Into Yourself." Granta Literary, No. 119, May 10, 2012.
• "The Gold of Forcella" by Anna Maria Ortese (Italy)
• Ortese, Anna Maria. Neapolitan Chronicles. New Vessel Press, 2018.
• "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by  Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
• García Márquez, Gabriel. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." Casa de las Américas, May-June 1968.
• "The Stolen Party" by Liliana Heker (Argentina)
• Heker, Liliana. The Stolen Party: And Other Stories. Coach House, 1994.
• "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey" by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
• Murakami, Haruki. "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey." The New Yorker, 1 June 2020.

All stories are located in "Lit Pack 1" in the eReader above.

Due: Fri 3.22 (via Packback)