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ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently. He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

PRACTICUM 3: CRITICIZING POE'S TECHNIQUE IN "AMONTILLADO"

PART 3 PRACTICUM: CRITICIZING POE'S TECHN IQUE IN "AMONTILLADO"
(Point of View, Order of Actions, Characterization, Scale)

Does Poe's technique serve his artistic purpose of achieving the single effect of that sense of horror over a man's tansformation because he succumbed to the supreme madness of hatred and revenge?

Is his technique effective?


(Please click on the image to read the pages. Pages 175-182)












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