JGB's ENGL 453
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2017
Discussion questions: How does Hilton Als structure the narrative? in what ways is this effective in providing a picture of O’Conner and her work? What techniques does Hilton Als use to keep the reader engaged? What image of O’Conner as a writer and person do we come out of reading this with? Why? Do we have […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 8th, 2017
Situated though it is among blooming azaleas and dogwoods, The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded is emphatic: Virginians in particular and Americans in general cannot turn away from the ugliness in our identity, from an awareness of the lives upon which our lives were built. We must locate ourselves in the darkest rooms […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2017
A second voice and an inner voice are seen again and again in Molly McCully Brown’s collection of poems from The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded. In the case of “The Cleaving,” both the ‘you’ (or the patient) and the ‘I’ are two sides of the same coin. The former is being observed […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2017
The section In the Infirmary (Summer, 1936) is an especially powerful section of The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in terms of structure, characterization, and plot development. The inclusion of “A Dictionary of Hereditary Defects” and the supplemental images of the orders for sexual sterilization play a crucial role in the development of each of […]