Freitag, 21. Oktober 2011

Post-Katrina Literature

On Wednesday, October 5, we visited the University of New Orleans and heard three lectures on Hurricane Katrina related issues. Professor David Rutledge held a lecture about post-Katrina literature. Firstly, he emphasized that New Orleans is not just a musical city but has also a rich literary culture. As examples he mentioned Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and Tenessee William's "Street Car Named Desire". Although those two authors are not originally from New Orleans they were inspired by New Orleans and used it as setting for their works. In that context Rutledge mentioned that many people from outside the city move into the city and are inspired by its rich and unique culture.

The post-Katrina literary responses were incredible. Rutledge named a few of the literary genres, such as children's books, novel, non-fiction books, etc. One other way of responding to Katrina and communicating the experience was writing blogs. Some of those blogs were even published in book form.



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