ENGLISH 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Irony
13 Jan 2017
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* = de nitions available in the oxford dictionary of literary terms. Short ction operates in several registers at once; it is saying multiple things at the same time. What are some of the things this story is saying? don"t be satis ed with one meaning. A man swims across his suburban neighbourhood, from his friends backyard to his own house. It was one of those midsummer sundays . !1: established the season, the time of the week and the sense that this is a typical day (one of many like it, we have entered a world of routine especially through the summer, we know this. I drank too much last night. " : already have an image of who the community is made of. He shouted, pounded on the door, tried to force it with his shoulder : sense of desperation and ineffectiveness, helplessness he is in the moment experiencing exclusion.
