ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Knitting, Clean House, Citizen Kane
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Eng110y5 lecture 18: trifles (1916) susan glaspell. Background: usually read as feminist literature for how it examines (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s lives and subjective views of them, *lizzie bourdon case girl acquitted of killing stepmother and father with axe. Lizzie bou(cid:396)do(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:395)uitted (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause old (cid:449)hite (cid:373)ale ju(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:272)ould(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)p(cid:396)ehe(cid:374)d fa(cid:272)t: pat(cid:396)ia(cid:396)(cid:272)h(cid:455) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s that the(cid:455) do(cid:374)(cid:859)t thi(cid:374)k he(cid:396) possi(cid:271)le of (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Story of play based on case where iowa farmer killed by mysterious intruder while wife slept wife found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. To(cid:396)(cid:455) is(cid:374)(cid:859)t a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) mi(cid:374)(cid:374)ie killed he(cid:396) hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d o(cid:396) (cid:374)ot (cid:271)ut why: women become co-conspirators who protect minnie. Terminology/lack of narration: diegesis voice that narrates for us, representation of something, representation, g(cid:396)eek fo(cid:396) (cid:862)to lead/guide th(cid:396)ough(cid:863, e. g. Cask of amontillado, narrative of the life of frederick douglass: narrator/intermediary gives us lens to view the events more subjective, mimesis showing story without a voice, presentation, g(cid:396)eek fo(cid:396) (cid:862)to i(cid:373)itate(cid:863, e. g.
