English 1900 Lecture Notes - Robert Kroetsch, Steeple, Canadian Literature
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He has written poetry, prose, and was a critic. He is an important figure in canadian literature. Reminder of virginia woolf same writing style; non-linear and digressive. Interesting parts such as the peeing in a bucket and sex with a stone. We see the vernacular (everyday language, everyday speech: everyday language of the small town, very down to earth way of telling the narrative. Had to learn to read and write twice. I became a writer many times hand and manifesto. What is the connection between hand and a manifesto: the root of manifesto (mani) means to strike, it has to do with hand itself, in the first paragraph we are getting to the root of language itself. What is a readerly gesture: passive, about consumption. What is a writerly gesture: active, about creation or transformation. In order to restore to please each and every one of them (page 42)
