the meaning of love depending on the individual. From the title of Raymond Carver’s short story‚ “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” the author gives readers an idea of what the story would remotely be about. Throughout this entire story‚ Carver reveals that love is ambiguous and an abstract concept to touch upon by creating a scene of four friends who casually drink and converse with one another as they share their own experiences on what they believe love is. Moreover‚ the author incorporates
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one of the “key events” extremely lacked details. The major event that comes to mind first‚ would be when Scotty is involved in the hit and run accident; Carver doesn’t describe the event into much more detail than that; the fact that the scene seems to be a very important aspect in the story’s sequence of events doesn’t even seem to matter (Carver 263). Another fairly important example would be while Scotty is in the hospital. His status is not described in great detail (263-274). This is a major
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The Raymond Carver Review 1 Book Review The Realist Short Story of the Powerful Glimpse: Chekhov to Carver. Kerry McSweeney. University of South Carolina Press‚ 2007. Hardback $29.95. McGill University professor Kerry McSweeney’s The Realist Short Story of the Powerful Glimpse should be well received by Carver scholars. While the book includes chapters on the merits of realist fiction writers Anton Chekhov‚ James Joyce‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ and Flannery O’Connor‚ it reads‚ in some ways‚ as a
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Second Joyful Mystery Ding-dong. As I lazily got up to answer the door of the short stories in my hand‚ I was surprised to see a blind man‚ named Robert and a long lost grandson‚ named Jorge. Perfect Sunday by Jose Ayala and Cathedral by Raymond Carver both revolves around the host-visitor dynamic. Raymond Carver’s Cathedral revolves around the interaction of the character of the husband and his wife’s long time blind friend‚ Robert and Jose Ayala’s Perfect Sunday delves into Jorge’s visit to his
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In Raymond Carver’s 1981 short story “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love‚” he gives us insight on the fascinating topic of love. This short story is narrated in first-person singular in the present tense through the narrator Nick. He is telling a story about two sets of couples. Laura‚ and the narrator Nick‚ and Mel and Terri are the other couple mentioned. Nick is observant throughout the story and seems extremely nonjudgmental of others. “I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone’s
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Raymond Carver’s Change in Style Raymond Carver is probably best known for his minimalist style. A lot of his stories followed this style of writing. He was dedicated to his short stories and was even quoted as saying he was “hooked on writing short stories” (Carver‚ Maturity: Cathedral 2). One of the reasons he wrote short stories and used his minimalist style was because of his life. He had other jobs so he worked a lot of the time and wrote in his spare time which made writing short stories
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MINING FOR MEANING: A STUDY OF MINIMALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE by JEREMY ROBERT BAILEY‚ B.A.‚ M.A. A DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Wendell Aycock Chair of the Committee Sara Spurgeon Scott Baugh Ralph Ferguson Dean of the Graduate School December 2010 Copyright 2010 Jeremy Robert Bailey Texas Tech University‚ Jeremy Robert Bailey‚ December 2010
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Ayala. The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver. Lanham‚ MD: Lexington‚ 2010. Campbell‚ Ewing. Raymond Carver: a study of the short fiction. NY: Twayne‚ 1992. PS3553 .A7894 Z58 Gentry‚ Marshall B.‚ and William Stull. eds. Conversations with Raymond Carver. Jackson: UP of Mississippi‚ 1990. Hallett‚ Cynthia W. Minimalism & the Short Story: Raymond Carver‚ Amy Hempel‚ and Mary Robison. Lewiston‚ NY: Edwin Mellen Press‚ 1999. Halpert‚ Sam. Raymond Carver: An Oral Biography. Iowa City: U of Iowa
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HUSBAND” by Raymond Carver‚ who is known by his minimalistic writing. The short story “They are not your husband” begins in medias res‚ which mean you get very little background information. The short story if told over a few weeks‚ it’s told along with Doreen weight loss. The story is also told in a chronology aspect. And the story itself ends with an open ending‚ which is typical for Raymond Carver’s type of writing. Raymond Carver is known by his minimalistic writing. The minimalism in the story
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Literary Annotated Bibliography – “What We Talk When We Talk About Love” Campbell‚ Ewing. "Breakthrough: ’What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚ ’." Raymond Carver: A Study of the Short Fiction. (1992): 45-47. Rpt. in Short Stories for Students‚ Vol. 12. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. Ewing Campbell discusses his thoughts on what can be taken from a story where “nothing happens”‚ something he says readers have often complained about with Raymond Carver’s “What We
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