ENGL 1F97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tony Kushner, Great Trek, Walter Benjamin
22 Dec 2015
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Engl1f97 tony kushner angels in america part 2. Kushner uses these moments of fantasia or extravagance to cross thresholds of revelation or to find deep connections how might the angel serve a similar function in other scenes both millennium. Walter benjamin"s angel of history invites us to question notions of progress, and yet movement, migration, change, transmutation is everywhere in the play. Opening scenes play starts with death (think about implications and where play ends) Sarah ironson, is being commemorated by her family and community, now jewish. Sarah"s children all have jewish names: morris, abraham, samuel, esther and rachel, but her grandchildren, only one generation later, mostly have christian names: max, Mark, louis, lisa, maria, angela, lesley, doris, luke and eric. [according to the acknowledgements, kushner"s brother and sister are called lesley and eric] American myth: the great journey: in you that journey is. Rabbi isador chemelwitz narrates the story of the great trek of jewish immigrants to.
