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| Pieter de Hooch, A Woman Peeling Apples (1663) |
Tillie Olsen (1912-2007) is internationally known and honored for her
powerful, poetic writing depicting the lives of working-class people,
women, and people of color, with respect, profound understanding, and
deep love. Her books, Tell Me a Riddle, Yonnondio from the Thirties, Silences, and her essays and lectures, have been translated into twelve languages. Her works are considered by many to be central to working class
literature, women’s studies, and the understanding of creative processes
and the conditions, which permit imagination to flourish. (From Tillie Olsen.net)
Reading:
Tillie Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing"
Viewing: Pieter de Hooch, A Woman Peeling Apples (website)
Today's Reading Can Be Found in Our Course Packet
Today's Reading Can Be Found in Our Course Packet
Study Questions:
1. Who won the debate from last class and why? What strengths did your own team possess? What weaknesses? What strengths did the other team possess? What weaknesses did they posses?
2. What does "I Stand Here Ironing" have to say about the work involved in mothering? How does it compare to the work we read about in Studs Turkel's Working?
3. How do issues of social class influence Olsen's story?
