LITTRANS 275 Study Guide - Bildung, Bible Citation, Bildungsroman
30 Oct 2014
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Bring in 2nd draft or 1st draft with comments. A master narrative (edward sahid: comes out of post-colonial theory, according to sahid, there"s only one master narrative, and that is the judeo-christian. Bible/the fall: many people don"t agree, when western critics read and study stories by non-westerners, they pick out the differences from the master (in his case, the bible) Banks argues there"s a group of master narratives: 1) the bildungsroman, 1/3 to of hollywood movies are bildungsroman. Bildung: bild = picture, bildung = the formation of a picture, about the forming, the molding of an individual young person, also means development, education. Bildungsroman: novel of forming, development, education. Have to step outside the collective first. Born into social world defined by parents, teachers, society. Can"t exist within the social world unless you have the chance to reject it. Doing things the way they"ve been done because they"ve always been done that way: wrong decision is the right decision.
