ENG215H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Eden Robinson, Self-Harm, Gout
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Direct expression: coherent language / direct and immediate language. Ie: online, the abuse of an animal gets spread all over it enrages people/ in terms of indigenous right and people, we never care they are at a lower priority level than dogs: page 678. In this case, we have a poodle humping an officers leg: plays the role of the coyote the over policing of the indigenous, distorted form of the trickster. Narrative indeterminacy: page 674, the text jumps around from event to event, situation to situation there is no true chronology, this happens because of, orality oral writing is more spontaneous resists well constructed writing. Holism: in indigenous cultures, the belief that all things are part of a whole". People, animals, spirits, plants, and non-living things exist in a natural state of balance and harmony: how holism has been disrupted and what this means for lisa and her family, page 675-676, page 685.
