ENGL 105W Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Puritans, Canadian Identity, Protestantism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 105W
• Professor: Carole Gerson

Document Summary

Eng 105 lecture 3 anne of green gables. Anne stands for imagination & creativity this is the result from her reading of romance: popular fiction that involves the loves & intrigues of upper-class characters. Romance vs. realism: represents life as it is not what we would like it to be. Romance vs. romanticism: artistic, intellectual movement emphasized emotion & individualism & on nature. Elevated flowery language (alabaster p. 20; apology to mrs. lynde p. 64-65; parting w/ Story club p. 170 but admired by mathew p. 184. Vs. realism: colloquial language & everyday characters like mathew & marilla reflects the real life. Why does anne romanticize things? comfort & peace/escape; lifeline: to compensate/cope w/ abuse she has imaginary friends, she needs it for, ch. 5 narrative of abuse (being passed around & taken to care for children: comical, but still serious, p. 40 marilla understands the abuse anne faced. Typical english-canadian protestant small town, before urbanization.