ENG 2133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hyperbole, Mother Goddess
9 May 2018
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ENG2133- Lecture 2 – May 7th, 2018
Agenda
• Intro into Smart
• Prose poetry/poetic prose- lyrial oel
• ritig i the feiie
• Blood +water
• Transformation
• Ending?
• Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986)
• By G.C.S.I.S.D +W (1945,1966)
Allusion: A poets deliberate incorporation of identifiable elements from other sources, preceding or
contemporaneous
Hyperbole: a figure of speech consisting of exaggerated or extravagant statement used to express
strong feelings or produce a strong impressio ad ot iteded to e uderstood literally
Reie of Oid’s etaorphosis – strong female stories of rape or attempted rape –often shown as
male failure – point is Ovid is a troublesome writer- he wanted to cause trouble- spark thought – the art
that comes out of these stories comes from sadness – be able to see from both sides and understand
but also from a third party also- see it from 3 sides all at once and not at all – see the whole picture
When looking at Smart today- this is the best and the worst thing that has ever happened to her- a yes
and situation
Article- Desire- on brightspace
• We will come back to it several times throughout the course
• All the art that comes out of desire is in some way incomplete or fails in some way and so on
• Language is never original however desire is always original
• If a book is about desire it is impossible to articulate – it kills the thing it tries to desire
• Something about desire that it before or beyond language
• Desire is constrained by language
• Desire (both mental and physical ) is not love
• Desire can never be defined and explained- your desire cannot be understood to anyone else
Goig ito Elizaeth “art’s By Grad Cetral “tatio I sat do ad ept
• She loves language- is it the object of desire
• Madly in love with a man? Madly in love with literature?
• Is it a story with a woman in love with her love
• A romance of romance in a way
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