ENGL 105W Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Manitouwadge, Telling Stories, Patron Saint

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 105W
• Professor: Carole Gerson

Document Summary

Prelude: the present: saul at the new dawn center (1-3: saul very careful with his words, sometimes very poetic, very connected with the land, identify greatly with the land our cheekbones are. Intro very typical of native stories; only time we are given his parent"s names cut form those granite ridges etc. Part 1 (4-42: saul"s early childhood. Importance of great-grandfather shabogeesick: brings the first horse: change of family name (7) change to get out of that is to go back to the bush. Strange to have horse b/c ojibwa were canoe people. Bringing of horse signal of change to come, saul"s name his name means: marginal lives broke-wood breed pg. 14 in land & in what they do. God"s lake reflects untenability: you can"t grasp it but it"s there. Saul never goes to try & find his parents. Patron saint of translators & librarians; often represented as a scholar. Imagery: black hole 43; hell on earth 78.