INDG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chiasmus, Metonymy
9 Jun 2018
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ENGL 409, Lecture March 1, 2018
Story of Isaac
- What do you think of what the director did of inviting a reading of “Story of Isaac” in the
context of a very clear anti-war meaning?
- Ambivalence vs ambiguity
- Is this a political song?
- Fixed ethical judgments, claims, pronouns are forms of imprisonment
- Chiasmus
o Reversal
- He adds “deadly” in the performance
Joan of Arc
- Think of in relation in sisters of mercy
- Both reflect on some kind of female spiritual power
- Also relates to Edith in Beautiful losers who is entwined with the Egyptian Goddess Isis
- Can the two songs be juxtaposed? Is Joan of Arc a step beyond? Is it a tension?
- Think of “What is a Saint” – pg. 126 in Beautiful Losers
- Sisters of mercy are some sort of saint
- What is the outcome for female sainthood for Joan of Arc?
Famous Blue Raincoat
- Can’t figure out what the relationships between all the people are in this song
- How often Cohen represents sexual betrayal and love triangles?
- Triangulation of desire
- Raincoat as metonymy for his fame
- This song is him singing him a song for himself
- Is anything sincere in this song
- Really sounds like L. Cohen is singing to the Cohen who own the coat
- Song of intense self-division
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Document Summary
Fixed ethical judgments, claims, pronouns are forms of imprisonment. Think of in relation in sisters of mercy. Both reflect on some kind of female spiritual power. Also relates to edith in beautiful losers who is entwined with the egyptian goddess isis. Think of what is a saint pg. Sisters of mercy are some sort of saint. Can"t figure out what the relationships between all the people are in this song. This song is him singing him a song for himself. Really sounds like l. cohen is singing to the cohen who own the coat.
