eng 222 last exam author notes

annie Proulx born

1935

who said this “ for me, the story falls out of a place, its geology and climate,
the flora, fauna, prevailing winds, the weather”

annie Proulx

who said this “. . mediocre, bland. ... that's what most people's lives are
like anyway. Have you ever met any happy people? Anybody who says
that they're happy is lying. Nobody is happy.”

annie Proulx

proulx work features —— communities

small

—- does tragic portraits of life

proulx

setting of proulx typically

rural areas

proulx characters suppress their

sexual passion

proulx shows the struggles of in

farmers, ranchers, laborers in rural North America

— work depicts the ——— of rural communities due to societal changes and ——- of the people

proulx’s, dissolution, stubborness

proulx shows the ——- and ——- between -- and —they feel encroch upon them

tensions, animosities, townies and rural people

proulx explores themes of

violence, intolerance, and consequences of violence and intolerance on individuals

stories set in places where the difficulty of survival makes people poor and hard- which author

proulx

style of proulx

choppy language, use of dialects and fig language, crude humor, complicated characters, landscape description

proulx focuses on

sentimentality and nostalgia

which novel of proulx featuring tender moments is a rare attribute

brokeback mountain

tim obrien born

1946

who said stories can save our lives

obrien

who said :I have done bad things for love, bad things to stay loved. . . .I thought about Canada. I thought about jail. But in the end, I could not bear the prospect of rejection: by my family, my country, my friends, my hometown."

obrien

obrien born in , —-class upbringing

Minnesota, middle class

who was against vietnam war but was drafted and servied in vietnam

obrien

years of obrien service

1969-70

obrien——- the war

loathed

obrien writes this type of fiction

metafiction

metafiction

discusses the function and effect of stroytelling

obrien believes storytelling truth is

often truer than real truth

who believes storytelling can help us understand the emotional truth of our experiences

obrien

obrien characteristics of writing (5)

aggressive shifts in characters, gritty to soothing word choice, vietnam war catalogs, listing, hyperrealism

hyperrealism

use of details smaller than an ordinary observer would be able to perceive

themes of obrien (5)

antiglorifcation of war, negative consequences of war on individual, cost of war ( detach from humanity), war is about fear and shame, dynamic between solider and their unit

george sanders born

1958

who said this “Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is
life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says
Literature”

saunders

saunders jobs before writing

geophysicist, techncal writer, convenience store clerk, doorman, roofer, worker in salugtherhouse

saunders says that the diverse jobs are responsible for

originality of his work and for critique of capitalism present in it

saunders common themes

consumerism and corporoate absuridty, sturggle of working poor, and ethics and importance of kindness

consumerism and corporate abusrdity satirizes——— and the dehumanizing aspects of ——-

american capitalism corporate life

struggle of working poor features ordinary people struggling with

low wage jobs, economic systems, erosion of dignity, and denial of humanity

saunders writing characteristics

satire and absurdism, dark humor, invented words and capitalized name brands and corporate jargon, 1st person pov to show the characters unique worldview, magical realism

magical realism

incorporation of magical elements in realist fiction, combining magical/supernatural/ the absurd with everyday, the mundane

mary gaitskill born

1954

who said this “I think a lot of people, especially middle class people, were kind of brought up not to think for themselves. They were told what to think. So when they are put in a situation where they are required to think for themselves, they're in trouble.”

gaitskill

“I too would like to look at a world where everyone is nice all the time. But it just isn’t recognizable.” who said this

gaitskill

“I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.” who said this

gaitskill

gaitskills work often focuses on .. (5)

marginalized sexualities, taboo topics, self destructed behaviors, survivors of sexual abuse, and emotional isolation

gaitskill common themes (4)

human longering and suffering, self deception, intimacy and how to find,create, and give, how intimacy is longed for or lost

common characters in gaitskill

impulsive, tough yet vulnerable women who victimize other women

misfit

vitcims that have no mercy for those who previously tormented them when they gain power

obrien wrote

the things they carried

saunders wrote

sea oak

gaitskill wrote

the other place

corporate workplace has characters often

trapped in bizarre jobs or capitalist hellscapes