Dear All,

Please remember that there is no class on October 9 and 16 (but there is Lombardi’s lecture on the 16). Please take advantage of this break to catch up with the readings or to read ahead or to prepare your presentation. Speaking of presentations (October 30), see the instructions in the page assignments and please notice that in class we discussed the criteria for a good presentation: clarity, specificity, originality of the argument, performance directed at the class (in other words, don’t talk just to the instructor), simple slides with images or bullets points (no text from your presentation,  quotations from your sources are allowed) have been voted as the most important criteria for a good presentation.

For October 23 please finish reading The Story of a New Name and read the essay by Emma Van Ness’s in Grace Russo Bullaro and Stephanie V. Love, eds. The Works of Elena Ferrante: Reconfiguring the Margins. Follow the link under materials and download the chapter entitled “Dixit Mater”. Read pages 293-300 for now.

In your Post 6, you can:

• 1) Reflect on names
• 2) Reflect on the TV show based on Prof. Lombardi’s lecture
• 3) Engage with Van Ness’s essay

I look forward to seeing you at the lecture on October 16, at 6.30pm.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment here. Ciao!

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