ENGL 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Kenneth Branagh, Mordecai Richler, Klondike Gold Rush
3 Nov 2016
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Exploration narratives: winters were difficult for early settlers/explorers and so became dominant in their depiction. Imagination of those reading exploration narratives and early literature: advertisement. The north is a place for the tough man, not for the woman, the aboriginals are also excluded. Born in england, grew up in glasgow; scottish parents. One of the most famous poets writing in canada. Subjects: eccentricates of the north and yukon gold rush. He(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)e all the (cid:449)ay fro(cid:373) te(cid:374)(cid:374)essee to the (cid:374)orth: a place to prove yourself. Portrayal of americans as inferior or bumbling fools. North characterized as a land of death. The code of the north he(cid:859)s (cid:374)ot too (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed a(cid:271)out a(cid:373) (cid:271)ut rather, of the (cid:272)ode a(cid:374)d his promise. Famous for charting artic coast for the british admiralty after hearn and a. mackenzie. Interviews with inuit suggest he and men resorted to cannibalism. 2nd journey (excerpt in 1823) 10 perished, final journey (1845), all perished.
