ENG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Claire De Duras, Ventriloquism, Utopia

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 110
• Professor: Jonathan Rollins

Document Summary

Lecture 4: ourika, red girl"s reasoning and coyote columbus story. In these short stories, there is little room for third being: bleak view of in-between. Spaces in duras or king vs in anzaldua where there is a utopia of hybridity. Constant theme in short stories: telling truth with lies. Mai(cid:374) poi(cid:374)ts of (cid:374)arrati(cid:448)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t rise easil(cid:455) despite (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a(cid:374) eas(cid:455) read or straight (cid:374)arrati(cid:448)e. Ourika: based on events similar (cid:271)ut still (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered fi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)ased off da(cid:271)(cid:271)augh(cid:859)ss stor(cid:455) 1777-1828 father of claire de duras is count of kersaint, executed during revolution, moved to. Ourika is first novel set in europe with black heroine, narrated by black female. French colonies are outraged at publications, during revolution there is a move for freedom for everyone. I(cid:374) the (cid:272)e(cid:374)tre of fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e there(cid:859)s a (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to a(cid:271)olitio(cid:374) (cid:449)hile i(cid:374) (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ies the(cid:455) are (cid:374)ot so comfortable with it. Text appears anonymous because there is discrimination again blacks and women and she is both.