ENG 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Abracadabra, Choker, Acne Vulgaris
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Tone to point out flaws in society: intentional fallacy: Argues that you don"t need external evidence to prove validity or understanding of text. Don"t need to know authors intention to understand text. Authors work is separate from author when it is published, don"t need to know anything about author. Thomas king"s: the truth about stories: a native narrative. Storytelling: double edged sword, stories are wondrous things, but they"re also dangerous. (relates back to. Pharmakon of memory from palahniuk, pharmakon of writing from. The authentic indian: photographer: curtis (gave native people outfits to wear, relates back to monolithic view) What it is about us that you don"t like: not about who claims to be indian/native but who do we allow to be native (terms of legislature/government, not everyone can claim to be native. King"s 3 strategies for storytelling: 1. General, chaired royal commission of arts (massey commission), founding members of arts and letters club.
