ANIA C2 Group 8

Class
Literature continued:

Literary Genres
8 Offbeat Literary Genres To Get Lost In
http://www.dictionary.com/slideshows/offbeat-literary-genres

Elena Ferrante
Introduction - Discussion

1. Have you ever read a book that you would describe as a “a real page turner”, a compelling novel that you “just couldn’t put down”?
2. Have you read any novels by Elena Ferrante? 
3. What do you know about the recent scandal surrounding Ferrante - the Ferrante Furor?
4. Why do you think some writers choose to write under a pseudonym?
5. Do you think that knowing details about the writer’s life changes the way you experience their fiction?
6. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing someone translating a novel from one language to another? 

Listening
1. Ann Goldstein - translator of Elena Ferrante’s The Neapolitan Quartet and The Complete Works of Primo Levi
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/20/467382711/translator-behind-elena-ferrante-novels-says-her-job-is-to-be-an-enabler

1. How does "Ferrante fever” work?
2. What other job does Goldstein hold down as well as being a translator?
3. When and how did she learn Italian?
4. Does she try to recreate an Italian style when she translates?
5. What does she personally like about Ferrante’s novels?
6. What is her translating ‘philosophy’?
7. According to Goldstein, what are the characteristics of Primo Levi’s writing?
8. How does Goldstein see her own literary life? 

Check your answers by listening again by reading the summary below.
(n.b. it is a summary not a word for word transcript)


Read through the summary again noting any new words, collocations, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases and idiomatic expressions.

2. The Ferrante Furore http://www.dw.com/en/inside-europe-unmasking-elena-ferrante/av-36033214

Vocabulary
Copy editor  - more than a proof reader or a fact checker see: http://www.theslot.com/copyeditors.html

Enabler or facilitator? http://2kop.blogspot.it/2011/07/teach-man-to-fish.html

Homework
Reading
This month Claudio Gatti claimed to reveal the true identity of author Elena Ferrante. Do you think that he was justified in doing so? Read the article below, what arguments do his supporters and detractors use? Which arguments do you believe are the most persuasive?

For Literary World, Unmasking Elena Ferrante Is Not A Scoop. It's A Disgrace
October 3, 20164:21 PM ET

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/03/496406869/for-literary-world-unmasking-elena-ferrantes-not-a-scoop-its-a-disgrace

Going Further:
Set Texts for CPE 2016 - 2017
If you enjoy reading in English, it might be an idea to prepare for the set text question in the writing paper for the CPE exam. The set texts for 2016 - 2017 are Penelope Lively: Family Album
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (novel or screenplay to the 2013 film adaptation)

Viewing
Author: The J.T. LeRoy Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdhrL2ta88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvMja-moAlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wictg7mCis4


After watching the following clips, do you think Elena Ferrante’s situation is any different to the scandal involving J.T. LeRoy in 2006?