Doris Lessing: Hunger *Online* *NEW*
Long considered Doris Lessing’s best collection of short stories, African Stories is an homage to her twenty-five years spent in Africa. In this anthology, she explores the complexities, the agonies and joys, and the textures of life in Rhodesia. The book was first published in 1965 and contains much of the Nobel Prize winner’s most extraordinary work. In this class, we will read longer stories/novellas such as “Hunger,” “A Home for the Highland Cattle,” and “The Antheap.” Please obtain Doris Lessing: African Stories (Simon and Schuster Paperbacks) ISBN-13: 978-1476767154, and read: “The Story of Two Dogs” for the first class. Instructor: Petra Bittner
Sections
LESS-WI25.01
6 Wednesdays, 2-3:30pm. Begins Feb. 5
This class will meet online using Zoom. The zoom link and information on how to join will be emailed to you. Please also check your spam folder.
Instructors: Petra Bittner
LESS-WI25.02
6 Wednesdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Feb. 5
This class will meet online using Zoom. The zoom link and information on how to join will be emailed to you. Please also check your spam folder.
Instructors: Petra Bittner
Instructor
Petra Bittner
Petra Bittner is a German native from Berlin who holds degrees in English literature (Ph.D.) and teaching German as a second language (MA/Staatsexamen). She has taught language and cultural studies classes for Boston University, Harvard University and MIT. Between 2007 and 2020 she taught cultural studies and business communication courses for various universities in Munich. During that time, Petra was also a lecturer and language instructor for the adult education center in Munich (Münchner Volkshochschule). Since 2020 she has been teaching both English and German literature as well as German language classes for CCAE. In 2022 she started teaching for Tufts/OLLI.
Petra loves the cultural diversity in adult education classes as well as the relaxed but dedicated atmosphere in the classroom. In her language teaching she focuses on communicative competency and cultural awareness.