ENGL 2109 Lecture 4: ENGL 2109 February 6 Giovanni's Room Pt. 2
11 Feb 2017
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Trapped (cid:271)(cid:455) idealized i(cid:373)age {(cid:858)i(cid:373)ago(cid:859)} of the self. David as so close to the hegemonic american masculinity. Gaze: father, mother, even le milieu (pp. Language of dirt/cleanli(cid:374)ess: (cid:862)that immaculate (cid:373)a(cid:374)hood (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is (cid:455)our pride a(cid:374)d jo(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1007)0(cid:895) Crucial to his sense of self and relations with others. Da(cid:448)id(cid:859)s e(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ter (cid:449)ith the (cid:862)zo(cid:373)(cid:271)ie(cid:863) (cid:894)pp. (cid:1007)(cid:1012)-40) (cid:862)flaming princess(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1008)(cid:1006)(cid:895) Death-like imagery of what he could be as his greatest fear. Dehumanizing representation of a feminine trans figure. Personification of everything he desires and fears at the same time embodied in one corpse figure of abject of queerness. Gio(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:374)i a(cid:449)ake(cid:374)s the (cid:862)i(cid:374)siste(cid:374)t possi(cid:271)ilities(cid:863) he put to sleep (cid:449)ith joe(cid:455) Offers a different perception of these desires and his self in relation to them. Casts the (cid:373)irror to a(cid:374) a(cid:374)gle that da(cid:448)id (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t see (cid:455)et (cid:894)pp. (cid:1009)(cid:1010)(cid:895) Exposes lust vs love and how david might end up as he did if he is scared.
