Magic Realism

Although it was a little bit cold, I was still really glad to start learning magic realism on the grass in such a sunny windy day.

According to dictionary, the magic realism or magical realism is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. I love magic, and I tried to learn some easy tricks when I was little. However, I have never touched anything about the magic in the literature. From the name, I found out that the magic and the magic realism must be related to each other, and it is going to be the most interesting part of the literature class in the whole year.

I am looking forward to see the magic of literature.

The Lady with a Dog

Although The Lady with the Dog is perhaps Chekhov's best known and one of his best-loved stories, after I read the story, it did not bring me a big surprise as I expected before. This novel really exemplifies Dostoyevsky's subtle yet powerful style, using language economically and never saying more than he needs.

From my personal perspective, the best part of the story is not its twisted plot, but the ending. When I first time read the story, I thought the ending was hasty. I did not understand why such a great writer finished the story so fast and carelessly. However, after I second time went though the novel, I felt like the ending with no endings is more likely to be perfect. We do not necessarily need a ending as O Henry's, but with this ambiguous ending, we are able to imagine more than just the plot. You may guess they finally become a couple and be together, or speculate that the corrupt world separate them apart. That is the reason why I think this is the most interesting part.

Dostoevsky

Today in the class, I did the presentation about Dostoevsky's works, therefore I did a lot of research about this great writer.

Dostoevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays.He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. Also Dostoevsky was one the primiere existentialist authors in Russia, and I found out that Notes From the Underground is his most famous existentialist work.

Meanwhile, I think Dostoevsky is the most interesting writer I have found out so far, and I would certainly read his works such as The Idiot or The Brothers Karamazov during my free time to further my study,