The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent
Read:http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/poe/telltale.html Read How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent–Chapters 1 (Antojos) through 7 (Daughter of Invention) What is the satirical novel structure Jane Austen describes? How is Poe’s short story structured? (A novel can be structured autobiographically. Keep a timeline of Alvarezs novel in your notes as you read each chapter. Trust me when I say this will help us see the significance of what shes doing here.) How is HTTGGLTA structured? Conventionally or unconventionally? What is the significance of this? As always, use specific textual evidence. What are the benefits of reading works that adhere to formal conventions, and how does the challenge to formal conventions affect our reading of literature?