MHIS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Literary Theory, Performativity, Age Of Enlightenment
22 Aug 2018
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Self and society: decoding the story of the fat woodcarver. Recap: how early modern europeans created communities, used institutions, places and rituals, helped individuals place themselves within the community could work out where they belong. Jacob burckhardt (1818-97) die kultur der renaissance in italien (the civilisation of the. Stephen greenblatt renaissance self-fashioning: from more to shakespeare (1980) The view was woven of faith, illusion and childish prepossession, though which the world and history were seen clad in strange hues. Something that was negotiating between those internal things (thoughts, emotions, perceptions) and external things (social expectations, values and conduct). Narrating the self: antonio manetti (1423-97) ill grasso legnaiuolo (the fat woodcarver, work of fiction. Grasso: gather at b. house for supper. Sees someone he recognises, but he doesn"t recognise him: more men turn up and call him mateo they take him home (thinks that he must be mateo, gets drunk and friends take him back to their bed.
