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"The Swimmer" Critics

The interpretation of The Swimmer by Blyth & Sweet, the critics are interested in alluding to other literature, specifically, the Grail Myth. Throughout the interpretation , they compare different parts of the story to the Grail myth by showing how specific parts parallel each other. In the other interpretation of The Swimmer, the critic focuses on a combination of things. He looks at the biographical significance of Cheever life in this short story, as well as how the the structure of the story is similar to Dante’s Inferno.

Posted at 09:32AM Nov 03, 2008 by Tayla Cunningham in General  | 

Article interpretations

In one of my articles, the main evidence is that The Swimmer compares to the Great Gatsby.  The author of the article is mostly interested in allusions to the Great Gatsby.  He looks at the deeper meanings in both The Swimmer and Great Gatsby and he notices how each character goes through similar journeys.  He also says that water plays a big role in each story as well as relationships. 

Posted at 09:27AM Nov 03, 2008 by Kristina Argiroff in General  | 

Critic's Main Evidence

The authors of my interpretation seem to focus on about two of the groups listed on the board. They use a lot of cultural and historical background in there arguments about what Faulkner meant when by using certain objects or words to symbolize something completely different. Also they use some allusions of other literature. For example a page of my Scherting article alludes to Paul D. McGlynn’s previous interpretation.

Posted at 09:24AM Nov 03, 2008 by Jordan M. Penley in General  | 

Critics on "The Swimmer"

In one of my article, “Damned in a fair life” written by Kozikowski, the references of Cheever’s background is used to interpret the short story. Kozikowski talks about how Cheever had a period in his life that he read about Dante, and it was said that it greatly influenced him. He uses allusion of other literature, but at the same time Kozikowski also brings in the issue not only is it similar, but it directly influenced him.

Posted at 09:22AM Nov 03, 2008 by Chi Adabel Lee in General  | 

Critics

      Critics use different techniques when they are interpreting their stories, based on the background, life, and writing style of the author. The author is a good place for critics to start, because the author ultimately determines what happens in their works of literature.  In my article the critic mainly takes from the style of the author, and breaks down the language, using it to prove their points.

Posted at 09:21AM Nov 03, 2008 by Glenn in General  | 

Critics

The one article that I decided to use discusses how Cheever’s story, The Swimmer, is closely related to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.  Throughout the piece he compares characters such as Neddy to the main characters Nick and Gatsby himself.  He talks about allusions in The Swimmer and how it can compare with Gatsby.  He discusses the life of author’s and how their lives influenced their writing of the stories.  The historical background of each story is similar too.  

Posted at 09:20AM Nov 03, 2008 by Jacqueline Yanchocik in General  | 

Comparison of The Yellow Wallpaper and the Panopticon

In my article "Escaping the Jaundiced Eye: Foucauldian Panopticism in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'", the author compares the form of "rest treatment" prescribed to the narrator to the Panopticon. There's much evidence to prove similarities and allusions to the Panopticon. The Panopticon, from how I interpreted it, was an alternative to dungeon-like rooms. It was intendend to create living spaces for mental patients where they could canstantly be watched and feel more "open" versus being locked in a dark, barred room, though ironically it had to opposite effect. The Panopticon gave patients no privacy and possibly hightened their problems. The whole interpretation given in this article is based around comparing the narrator's situation to that of one in the Panopticon.
 

Posted at 09:12AM Nov 03, 2008 by Logan Talley in General  |