I. Section on FABLES AND STORIES 1943 - 1958

1.. 7] "The man who shouted T." Literature is just a game. What seem to be the rules?

How is this like music?_____ poetry?_____

2. 9] "The Flash" This describes an epiphany. What’s that?

3. 11]"Making Do" Interpret as you wish, politically, socially...

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4. 18 ]"Conscience" Have you heard real life stories like this? The moral?

5. 23] "The Black Sheep" A fairy tale or myth--the moral?

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6. 54-56] The Lost Regiment" What are the elements of the festive atmosphere?

7. 56-58] " " Comic aspects? Why is it funny?

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8. 70]ff "The Workshop Hen" This stems from his brief Communist Party days. What tips you off that it is Marxist?

9. 79] "Numbers in the Dark" Where does the exposition end, the development begin?

10. 82]ff " " Describe the atmosphere in the offices at night. What’s abnormal?

11.88]f " " What is the truth? How is accounting like literature? (Serious question)

12. 90]ff "The Queen’s Necklace" gen-How is this story like "Numbers..."?

13. " " 96]ff Describe Tommaso. His problem?

14. 105] " "Find literature inside of lit. on this page. How like Balzac? Which story?

15. 112-114]" " Where’s the adventure in Fiorenzo’s world? In what sense is the city a character?

Section II:

16. 135]ff "World Memory" What science fiction elements do you notice?
17. 139-141] " " How does the focus change, from wide angle to telephoto? ...the ending?

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18. 156]f "Burning of the Abominable House" Math plays a role here. Which other stories also include numbers?
19. 162-165] " " Is this a typical murder mystery? Why (not)?
20. . 168]f " "Do computers fit (well) into literature? What’s their role here?

21. 176-180] or so-- "Neanderthal Man" Find evidence that Mr. Neander is smart.

24. 179]f " " Compare the style of the interviewer and the interviewee.

25. 182]f " " Find music in the language of Mr. Neander.

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26. 195]f "Before You Say ‘Hello’" Is the telephone a poetic medium? //’s in your life?

27. 200] " " How is the telephone like nature?

28. 202] " " Does this seem like a situation familiar to you?

29. 203] "Glaciation" Imagination run wild? ...or could you make up such a situation?

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8 Jan 2001