ENG140Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Negative Dialectics, Odysseus
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Leaf storm: similar to things fall apart. Man kills himself as a result of colonialism (religious or capitalistic), town falls to ruin. Magic realism: problem is how to make their reality believable. Everything (supposed) to fit into pre-existing categories of thought. E. g. holocaust: not antithesis of humanity, but the product for determining the best or most efficient means to achieve a given end) Short stories examples of instrumental reasoning ( t he use of reason as an instrument. Adding details makes stories more believable (e. g. elephants flying in the sky vs. 425 elephants flying in the sky) If other doesn"t fit within labels: kill it, or make into exhibit. Old man with enormous wings: spider woman makes sense because fits into pre-existing concepts of morality (obey parents) Point of story not old man, but what people do to him. Postmodern allegory of encounter with the other .
