ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Massey Lectures, University Of Guelph, The Climax
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November 5th, 2014; november 12th, 2014; november 26th, 2014. The reason these novels appeared, was because slavery was kept in place, not only by institutions, but also by narrative (how things are supposed to be): example, cinderella versions. Detective stories; bad guy will be caught at the end, villain will be someone who you didn"t think of. : cruxes big fundamental questions in a narrative that remain unanswered. (ex. He thought the absence of slavery meant poverty, but the north wasn"t abject or homely as he expected: leaves out the underground railroad, (beginning of chapter 11; he [douglas] doesn"t tell you [everything] about how he escaped. ) He has to leave details out in order to protect people. He"d rather leave slave owners in the dark, encouraging others to do the same: oral culture (illiterate slaves would deliver their story orally and it would be written down. November 5th, 2014; november 12th, 2014; november 26th, 2014 by activists) is fragile.
