ENGL 2810Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Narration, Bildungsroman, Carpe Diem
5 Feb 2019
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Anne to diana i"d rather be pretty than clever (152) Staying at green gables = expected domestic sphere. Devereux: in the narrative of green gables, gender difference is affirmed; inequality is not. (introduction, 26). On renaming landscape: lake of shining waters, the dryad"s bubble . Commonplace becomes beautiful ( the white way of delight ) Wants to be cordelia; then, anne with an e . Miss barry (see confession, chapter 19, 197-8) Professionalized speech, recitations (avonlea and white sands hotel) Example: end of chapter 1 (61) access to marilla"s thoughts, only expressed aloud after matthew dies: Oh, anne, i know i"ve been kind of strict and harsh with you maybe but you mustn"t think i didn"t love you as well as matthew did, for all that. It"s never been easy for me to say things out of my heart, but, at times like this it"s easier.
