ENG140Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Amanuensis, Moacyr Scliar, Yann Martel
Document Summary
Story about stories, readers, story listeners and relationship with stories. Lengths we are willing to go to engage. The author"s note is a fictionalized character of yann. Blurring of the line happens from the first page. Author depends on willingness to read, to believe. Language of suspension of disbelief, leap of poetic faith, contribution reader makes to success of the story. Narrative of the novel, nobody cares, just dived in on the bookshelf. Symbolic stillbirth (book does not move off the shelf, dead at arrival) Provides context for journey to bombay for his writing trip. Story does not come together, it is missing something (vii) I have a story that will make you believe in god - indian man at coffee shop. Connection to marlow, encourages us to be ideal reader. Barthes: lisible (readerly), scriptible (writerly) o o o o o o o o o o o o. Perform labour for interpretation, become a co-producer of meaning o.
