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22 Cards in this Set
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intertextuality
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when work of literature cites or references another work of literature, thus encouraging a comparison
Jean Rhys wide sargasso sea- re creation of Brontes character Bertha Mason fro Jean Eyre |
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Defamiliarization
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literature makes strange the world of everyday perception, thus renewing the readers lost capacity for fresh sensation
waiting for the barbarians- colonel jolls glasses |
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narrative voice
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whomever is telling the story- first second third person
waiting for the barbarians- magistrate lucy- lucy oryx and crake- snowman |
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Banality of evil
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motivation to accomplish the evil not because of extreme hatred or fanaticism, but to obey orders and follow the law
waiting for the barbarians- colonels joll and mandels actions of torture- just going about my day |
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Metafiction
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when fiction refers to its own fictionality and or to the challenge of writing fiction itself
in the skin of a lion- moments when omniscient narrator draws attention to his struggle and difficult choices in writing the novel (e.g. prologue) |
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focalizer
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primary consciousness of the story
in the skin of a lion- novel told in third person but patrick is focalizer |
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Canonical literature
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classics of literature
in the skin of a lion- canadian canonical novel |
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Bildungsroman
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coming of age story
lucy |
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Kunstlerroman
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coming of age of artist
oryx and crake- crake makes humanity a certain image, sculpting it |
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Speculative fiction
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genre encompassing many forms of writing such as fantasy, science fiction, apocalyptic fiction and dystopian fiction
oryx and crake- story set in the future with advanced technology- more nutritious plants |
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epigraph
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phrase, quotation set at the beginning of a document
oryx and crake |
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Lucy
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Lucy
lewis and mariah peggy- her friend paul- bf miriam- daughter dinah- mariahs friend |
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In the skin of a lion
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Patrick lewis
clara dickens alice hana cato ambrose small nicholas temelcoff harris caravaggio |
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oryx and crake
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Jimmy/ snowman
Glenn/crake Oryx crackers Sharon Ramona |
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i wondered if ever a day in my whole life would go by when these people i had left behind my own family would not appear before me in any way or another
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Lucy
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i used to think that just a change in my venue would banish forever from my life the things i most despised. but that was not to be so. as each day unfolded before me i could see the sameness in everything. i could se the present take shape, the shape of my past
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Lucy
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there is no looking glass here and i dont know what i am like now. I remeber watching myself brush my air and how my eyes looked back at me. the girl i saw was myself yet not quite myself. long ago when i was a child and very lonely i tried to kiss her. but the glass was between us, hard cold and misted over with my breath. now they have taken everything away. what am i doing in this place and who am i
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Wide sargasso sea
after she is being held prisoner |
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he ha sno right to that name she said quickly. his real name if he has on is daniel boyd. he hates all white people but hates me the most. he tells lies about us and he is sure that you will believe him and not listen to the other side. is there another side i said. there is always the other side, always
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wide sargasso sea
when rochester speaks to antoinette about daniel cosways reports about madness |
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story vs plot
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plot- non linear and fragmented
story- lyrical or poetic, metafiction in the skin of a lion |
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approaches to literature
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examples are biographical, historical, formalist, reader response
waiting for the barbarians |
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mad women in the attic
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women writers of the 19th century were compelled through patriarchal pressures to portray female characters as either angels or monsters
wide sargasso sea- antoinette a monster |
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literature and contact
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literature depicting contact between cultures
barbarian girl and magistrate in waiting for the barbarians |
