Assigment #2

1. Which 2 readings did you complete from the reading list provided (or from your own selections)?
• Raymond Chandler, The simple art of murder
• T.S. Elliot, The wasteland

2. Based on these readings, compare (3 examples) and contrast (3 examples) the works you read with the themes from the ppt presentations in class on Modernist Culture and Literature.

The Discontinuous Narrative is very clear in the books. Also the obscurity of the book is a very important point in the books. Finally the symbols are very common thing in the texts that I read. In the books you can read a little bit of hope when the characters try to find themselves. The satiric and irony doesn’t show in the books, and finally the characters are very clear and doesn’t mix each other.

3. Do you feel the works you read are very good or excellent representations of Modernist Literature? Why/Why Not?

The books are very good representation of the modernist literature because they show us a very clear and transparent vision of how was the life in those times. However, there is a very complex structure to read and for that reason is not so easy understand it.

4. Would you recommend the readings to friends or family? Why/Why Not?

Frankly, I don’t recommend the books, not because they are bad, only because is difficult to understand and I don’t really think my friends or family would like to read it.