Reading List in Order of Assignment

  • Winesburg, Ohio (1919) by Sherwood Anderson
  • The Village in the Jungle (1913) by Leonard Woolf
  • Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf
  • Patterns of Culture (1934) by Ruth Benedict
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Untouchable (1935) by Mulk Raj Anand
  • http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/Bishop.html

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Reading Questions for Village in the Jungle

•What is the relationship between characters (esp. Punchi Menika) and setting at the end of Ch. III.
•How would you describe Woolf’s style or what other writers does he remind you of?
•What image of Sri Lanka/Ceylon emerges at the beginning of this novel? You might consider religion, sexuality, family, politics, etc.
•What is the symbolism of the jungle?
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