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Friday, September 02, 2005

Re: JCO: dear writer....

Dear Laura,

Joyce Carol Oates herself is not a member of this discussion group, so I wanted to let you konw that this letter did not get to her. It is possible, however, that the clever members of this group may want to discuss the questions that you offer.

Randy

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura <laudm78@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sep 2, 2005 8:29 AM
To: jco <jco@usfca.edu>
Subject: JCO: dear writer....

Dear Miss Oates,

I 'm Laura Di Marco and I've written to you two months ago. I'm writing
my theses about your novels and I give it the title of: "There is too much
reality in life: la narrativa di Joyce Carol Oates". My theses is in Italian
so I don't answer to you to read it ( I'm joking!!!!!!).

When I wrote to you I told you that probably I would graduated in July but
unfortunately I didn't succeed in it. I hope now you are less busy to give
me one minute of your precious time.

I've chosen three of your novels: them, Marya: A Life, and Because It Is
Bitter, Because It Is My Heart and with the help of my teacher I've had the
idea to analyse them in the light of three important categories in the
American Literature: gender, race and class.

As far as them is concerned I try to analyse the different types of
women you tell about and the different reactions, emotions and expectations
they have in a world that doesn't give them any possibilities but marriage
and children.

Marya: A Life give me the idea to speak about the relationship, in light
of feminist criticism, between mother-daughter, the moment of removal, the
consequent search of a masculine figure and the return to the motherhood (or
better to femininity).

Because it is Bitter..... is the novel I prefer. There is a lot of love
in the description of Iris who finally chooses the way to live: enter a
house of rich men and find in it the mother that she dreamt of. So, I
analyse Iris, the way she moves and the way she loves Jinx and the black
world that she gives her serenity. She is a sort of Cinderella of the "pink
ghetto", that's to say of the new realistic novels written by a (woman)
writer.

And I admire this (woman) writer..... the way she writes, the violent
way she chooses, the great reality she puts in her books.

Last time I wrote to you but, unfortunately you didn't answer me because you
were too busy.....but there is a lot of answers I would like to demand......

For example......

1) Why you are so attracted by the black world of Jinx?

2) Do you believe feminist criticism thinks about you as a feminist writer
or not?

3) Why critics retain that your best novel is them when you write wonderful
books that give you much more satisfaction?

4) Do you believe that Miss Oates in them is like Marya?

5) Loretta and Maureen, Marya and Iris.....according to you what they ahve
in common?

And so on.....

I would like you answer me.....

I'm waiting for it....and I give you a lot of my (humble) admiration....

Laura Di Marco

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JCO: dear writer....

Dear Miss Oates,
I    'm Laura Di Marco and I've written to you two months ago. I'm writing my theses about your novels and I give it the title of: "There is too much reality in life: la narrativa di Joyce Carol Oates". My theses is in Italian so I don't answer to you to read it ( I'm joking!!!!!!).
When I wrote to you I told you that probably I would graduated in July but unfortunately I didn't succeed in it. I hope now you are less busy to give me one minute of your precious time.
    I've chosen three of your novels: them, Marya: A Life, and Because It Is Bitter, Because It Is My Heart and with the help of my teacher I've had the idea to analyse them in the light of three important categories in the American Literature: gender, race and class.
    As far as them is concerned I try to analyse the different types of women you tell about and the different reactions, emotions and expectations they have in a world that doesn't give them any possibilities but marriage and children.
    Marya: A Life give me the idea to speak about the relationship, in light of feminist criticism, between mother-daughter, the moment of removal, the consequent search of a masculine figure and the return to the motherhood (or better to femininity).
    Because it is Bitter..... is the novel I prefer. There is a lot of love in the description of Iris who finally chooses the way to live: enter a house of rich men and find in it the mother that she dreamt of. So, I analyse Iris, the way she moves and the way she loves Jinx and the black world that she gives her serenity. She is a sort of Cinderella of the "pink ghetto", that's to say of the new realistic novels written by a (woman) writer.
     And I admire this (woman) writer..... the way she writes, the violent way she chooses, the great reality she puts in her books.
Last time I wrote to you but, unfortunately you didn't answer me because you were too busy.....but there is a lot of answers I would like to demand......
 For example......
1) Why you are so attracted by the black world of Jinx?
2) Do you believe feminist criticism thinks about you as a feminist writer or not?
3) Why critics retain that your best novel is them when you write wonderful books that give you much more satisfaction?
4) Do you believe that Miss Oates in them is like Marya?
5) Loretta and Maureen, Marya and Iris.....according to you what they ahve in common?
 
And so on.....
I would like you answer me.....
I'm waiting for it....and I give you a lot of my (humble) admiration....
Laura Di Marco