ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eden Robinson, Medicine Man, Joseph Boyden
22 Aug 2016
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Main focus: eden robinson dogs in winter. Relates herself to po and his descriptions. Approach to her work as a unique and authentic native experience. Get lisa"s perspective in the present, but informed through these memories and dreams: this tells us more about her and about herself. Documents the trauma of her mother"s imprisonment. Mother is a serial killer: kills 7 people including lisa"s father and later her aunt genna. The moment when her aunt genna is killed really sets off her depression. It is impossible to identify the racial background of the characters: writer is figured as an informer. Shows that the violence is an effect of colonization. His friend, francis, returns from visiting down south (toronto) with xavier"s sister, gloria: francis is interested in shape shifting, and has increased violence. Stabbing of antoine dink"s mark of power over the reserve: people begin to question whether or not dink is able to shape shift.
