ENGB37H3 Lecture : April4Lecture.docx
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How has the figure of the cowboy been updated to appeal to the canadian audience: designed to sell. Eli is an unusual cowboy: sensitive, poetic. The killer with the heart of gold tony soprano: sympathizes with underdogs, he longs for the simple life. He wants to get out of the western more than anything: longs for a female companionship. Has an intense relationship with his brother. Obsessed with cleanliness, trying to brush away all the roughness that comes with cowboys. Unusual western: does not set up the typical cowboys vs. indians/ good vs. evil dichotomy. Indeed, evil seems to reside within eli, as he struggles with the morality of being a killer and a cowboy. Where do you think the story is going: if it"s literature we don"t know where it would go, things don"t work out. The exam: write on 6 different texts, part a. So you discuss a total of four texts in part a: part b.
