ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ursula K. Le Guin, Metafiction, Utopia
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The ones who walk away from omelas by ursula le guin (lecture #3) Short story about narrator trying to compose a short story. Particular kind of story world a utopia. Real drama of story doesn"t happen within omelas, happen within the struggles of the narrator. Dramatic events: narrator"s struggle with her own art. Narrator: no control over what she is doing. Author: complete control over story and actions. Film camera/what the author is asking you to look at) Conflict in story: villain is us because we don"t believe in perfect worlds. Many of the horrors conducted during the nazi regime were conducted by perfectly normal human beings. Perfection in the way he plays the flute. Reflects what the author wants: perfection in her craft. Specific words and act of putting it together. Do you accept the joy? then adds one more thing to convince us.
