Perspectives

“Closer” by David Malouf is an interesting text to analyse and to put in perspective by correlating it to current issues, literary period, and works with the same them…

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Literary period

“Closer” by David Malouf is a modernist short story. First of all, it is told from the perspective of a first-person narrator, which is one of the features adopted by many modernist writers. The purpose is …

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Works with the same theme

For the themes of religion and parent-child relationships, we recommend you watch a short film and read a short story.

The film is called “Marriage of Inconvenience” and it is directed by Franklin jin Rho. The film presents a mother’s struggle to accept the idea that her gay son is getting married to another man but also to remain faithful to her husband, who is a pastor leading a protest against gay marriages. The woman’s husband is clearly against his son getting married and is convince…