ENG 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Genetic Recombination, Picaresque Novel
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Action identfy with protagonist ? rites of passage. Qualites expansion public self asserton physical and geographic expanding your horizons gain strength in identty power assert yourself in a geographic place (africa and explorer) geographic and psychological levels of adventure. Seven possible types: robinson stories (island stories, three musketeers (historical, frontersman (westerns, wanderer (picaresque, avenger (19th century gothic, modern sagaman (viking romances, hunted man (kind of thriller) Atavism recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetc recombinaton. Themes colonizer/colonized hierarchy of diference superior/inferior dominant/subordinate empower/disempower civilizing parent/child universal/tmeless vs cultural/regional/natonal the other centre/margin (periphery) justfcaton/exploitaton imperialism/patriarchy civilized/savage masculine/feminine development/aid = improvement tree/branch diferent in negatve way colonialism/gender. The novel lost civilizatons physical demands and tests moral tests. Clips from the movie: identfy at least 56 key words, phrases and or images from both clips which reflect the imperialist ideology of the novel.
