tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post114123955385441184..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: The MillionsJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1141365085685475492006-03-03T00:51:00.000-05:002006-03-03T00:51:00.000-05:00You might not have a space to teach one of these p...You might not have a space to teach one of these papars at your own uni, but maybe you could explore running a class as a guest somewhere else - such as coming down under for a summer school.<BR/><BR/>I'm getting a taste of Beckett myself this year, from one of the people involved in the Grove edition.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192508192861520882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1141306664801622902006-03-02T08:37:00.000-05:002006-03-02T08:37:00.000-05:00Beckett is an interesting choice. He’s not one of ...Beckett is an interesting choice. He’s not one of my favorites, but I was fortunate to study him quite a bit as an undergrad and really learned to appreciate his work. I read “Happy Days” as a freshman and studied with a prominent Beckett scholar thorughout the rest of my college career. As a senior I took a class entitled “Beckett and his Precursors”. We read his novels along with works by Proust, Homer, and Kafka. Because most of the English majors preferred contemporary American literature, the seminar was only five people. Because of the size of our class, we had many intimate discussions that I found incredibly fruitful. On one occasion we had dinner at our professor's house with Billie Whitelaw and Rick Cluchey, who is well-known for having discovered Beckett's works in San Quenin and who went on to direct productions of his work on Broadway and around the world.(http://www.smmirror.com/volume2/issue48/rick_cluchey_bringing.asp)<BR/>It was definitely a memorable experience.gehretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118764335714459181noreply@blogger.com