Unit 7 A Sunrise on the Veld

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Unit 7 A Sunrise on the Veld
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Doris Lessing (1919- )
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• Doris Lessing (1919- )
• ---Persian-born, Rhodesian????(??????)-raised and
  London-residing British novelist and short-story
  writer
• ---never finished high school and largely
  educated herself through voracious?????reading
• ---Her novels and short stories are largely
  concerned with people caught in the social and
  political upheavals??of the 20th century.
• Central themes in her works are feminism, the
  battle of the sexes, and individuals in search of
  wholeness.
• Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for
  literature at the age of 88.

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• Lessings Major Works
• The Grass Is Singing (1950)
• --- The 1st novel was set in Africa.
• African Stories (1951)
• The Golden Notebook (1962 )
• ----This novel is considered a classic of
  feminist literature because of its experimental
  style and explorations of self, creativity, and
  feminine identity.
• This book was hailed as a landmark by the
  Womens Movement and Lessing inspired a
  generation of feminists with this breakthrough
  novel.

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• Questions for discussion
• 1.Discuss the setting of the story.
• 2.Character
• 3. How old is the boy? Do you think the boys age
  is important in the story?
• 4. What do you make of the title of the story?
• 5. What is the tone of the story?
• 6. What would you say is the theme of the story?