ENG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Northern Ontario, Eurocentrism, Northern Canada
10 Sep 2017
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Short fiction telling the truth with lies (fiction) a constant theme in the reading this semester. Fiction (in this case, short fiction) doesn"t necessarily reveal itself on the first, casual reading fiction isn"t necessarily easy entertainment. But literally fiction offers more than entertainment, making us think while engaging our imaginations. Back to short fiction context is key to interpretation context at level of production (writer) and reception (reader) multiple contexts; therefore, multiple interpretations. Our english word fact" comes from the same root as fiction;" both mean something made up" (138; reading package p. 72) facere factus manufactured fact useful when considering ourika (based on s true story; facts) Charles tomilson: artists lie for the improvement of truth . More real (chamberlain 139) a single narrative rather than a list of events, statistics, numbers too large to comprehend (one story rather than millions)
