Fiction

Goblinmonger

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6. Joyce did that in "The Dubliners"

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:56 AM

Dec 2012

It is very hard for high school students to read that because they are just plopped down in the middle of something and then it just ends.

I kind of like it if done right. Sometimes there isn't a nice resolution and often the resolution isn't the point. When a student complains about the lack of resolution to me, my answer is generally "If there isn't any resolution then the resolution isn't the point and isn't important."

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A problem in a lot of modern fiction [View all] SheilaT Dec 2012 OP

This is one of the reasons that I read so many classics. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #1

Bubble gum for you in this thread... fadedrose Dec 2012 #3

There is always a time and place for bubble gum. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #4

Try the one I just posted in this week's list.. fadedrose Dec 2012 #2

I will have to check out the Doss books. SheilaT Dec 2012 #7

I'll have to try Bryson... fadedrose Dec 2012 #9

+1 on Bryson! getting old in mke Dec 2012 #12

I noticed that in a mystery I read recently. At the ending a lot of things didn't make sense. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #5

Joyce did that in "The Dubliners" Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #6

Definition of "literary fiction" I once heard: mainer Dec 2012 #8

I don't think I'm reading SheilaT Dec 2012 #11

mystery series always have to keep something held back mainer Dec 2012 #14

Yes. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #10

I have been reading a moderate amount of YA SheilaT Dec 2012 #13