Joyce Carol Oates "The Lady With The Pet Dog"
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- 1. Joyce Carol Oates The Lady with the Pet Dog Joyce Carol Oates (JCO) Cornelia Kock 1
- 2. “I come from people who did not go to college. They didn’t even finish high school. People who one might call ordinary Americans who are very hardworking” www.ohiou.edu/theohiore view/Oates.JPEG Joyce Carol Oates (JCO) Cornelia Kock 2
- 3. • 33 novels, 29 short story collections, 8 books of plays, 11 non-fiction collections, 8 books of poetry, 4 young adult books and 2 children books. • 16 June 1938, Lockport, NY. • Started to write when she was fourteen. • Mademoiselle Fiction Contest • MA in English 1960 (one Year) • 11 awards – won 8 • 1978 – Princeton, New Jersey - teach Joyce Carol Oates (JCO) Cornelia Kock 3
- 4. • The Lady with the Pet Dog – 1972 • Crossroad – Choices/decisions • John Freeman (President of the National Book Critics Circle) • Its always Halloween Night (Houston Chronicle) – Violence and loss • Adolescent • Parents – Fear of Open spaces/being alone • Bigger cities – Control/abuse female body – Ritual in the violence Joyce Carol Oates (JCO) Cornelia Kock 4
- 5. Open vs. closed www.watercolor- www.johnstoa.co.uk/web %20images%20figurative/... sawg.org/images/photos/Annual Joyce Carol Oates (JCO) Cornelia Kock 5
- 6. • Story begins 6 months after affair – Blind son. • Traits are present. – Lost hope/future. – Beach vs. house and theater. • Shame. – Violence against herself (ritual). – Violence against others. • Epiphany. – marriage • Love. Joyce Carol Oates (JCO) Cornelia Kock 6
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- I want to talk about Joyce Carol Oates and her The Lady with the Pet Dog. I will cal her JCO from now on.
- I would like to read this quote for you because I find it very inspiring and because it seems that JCO is herself not only very talented but a hardworking person as well.
- She wrote more or less 100 books so far Born Grandmother typewriter Drawing pictures BA 1959
- 1972 Story about a woman at a crossroad All have been at a crossroad – identify John Freeman Spiderboy Fish Factory Suburbs Female ritual
- Starts 6 months after the affair ended Concert Paralyzed – fear and selfloathing Day they met on a beach
- Reflects on her own inability to see clearly Lover come to save Illegal love The lovers are drwn to one another risks