EN 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Coming Through Slaughter, Linda Hutcheon, Bloor Street
Document Summary
Written in a contemporary period but deals with moments from the past. A postmodern novel because of its fragmented nature; its challenges to authority/the authority of one voice; because it is self reflexive and draws attention to itself as a text. Postcolonial novel: in the sense that it engages/writes back to the colonial narrative of progress, of european/western european settlers in canada coming and civilizing/developing the landscape. Narrative techniques used in order to reclaim lost stories. 1970: the collected works of billy the kid. 1987: in the skin of a lion. Patrick lewis: an observer; observes all the characters around him; main figure who intersects with all of the characters. Alice gull: used to be a nun; discards habit and becomes actress; a revolutionary who believes you need to take action to change world. Commissioner harris: a real person; documented; led the way for the bloor.
