ENGC80H3 Lecture : ENGC80 - Modernist Narrative March 6.odt
Document Summary
In 1930, a critic came up with hemingway hero . A male protagonist, generally disillusioned by wartime experience, alienated from the rest of society, interested in more masculine pursuits hunting, etc. This character adheres to an unwritten code : grace under pressure. The idea of centre is problematic it"s polyvocal many characters have a voice and many ethical stances are performed. Another critic argues that one of the problems occur when we decipher one heroic figure and center the text around this figure, we erase the importance of other characters. It is a gendered way to follow nick adams . To only focus on rising action and climax is a male way of reading. To follow a subject through a progressive quest through a beginning, middle, and end. There are limitations & risks to understanding in our time as an oedipal narrative. In our time is not a novel it"s a short story cycle.
