ENG272H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Extermination Camp, Parataxis
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Thres a photo of a guy austerlitz met. There s a logic, but it is difficult to decipher. Parataxis: arrange beside without pointing out their coordination. The novel is structured like this to show how the plot is connected. Have to jump between texts to outside. The novel embodies the theory of the mind. The novel is a record of a conversation: in all it"s ambiguity, when talking to a friend, common knowledge is present, which is what the novel assumes the reader has. Naktorama (zoo for nocturnal animals: does not make sense till you read details, over the years flemish sky - pg 5. Antwerp train station: king leopold helped create a strong hold over the congo, the ne*ro boy and the king are related by mistreatment. Image of africans treated as animals is etched into our mind. Novel spins into gear by relating to the holocaust. Reader puts the dots in and connects them though.