ENGL123 Lecture 21: English Lesson 21
6 Dec 2015
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11/02/2015: the magistrate confinement and torture are represented, how torture and confinement are thematized in the text and settler colonial practices of domination, thinking about the relationship between narrative and history, pg. Lack of understanding-> doesn"t perceive her do go through interpretation-> she might not understand his actions but deals w/ them for her food and shelter-> she doesn"t have depth. He has preconceived notion of what a barbarian is-> preconceived notion of who she is-> limit his ability to interact w/ her. Changes focus of novel-> changes to magistrates incarceration. He loses his power over her and his position in the empire. He asks her to stay-> he started to have intimacy w/ her and understand her: severing of ties to empire. Allows the barbarian girl to be an individual (equal footing) and make a choice on her own footing: he"s not welcomed home-> not surprised about it (almost relief, elation, pg.
