ENG140Y1 Lecture 14: 14 Interpreter of Maladies 2
Document Summary
A temporary matter ; the third and final continent : matter: many de nitions, including the scienti c. Interest in forms of spatial travel: including space travel in continent . Interest in the passage of time, also; advanced age of old woman, setting in another time, sudden passing of 30 years at the end: transnational narratives as not only about space, but also time. The time-space continuum: short stories in particular focus on one event, not a string of events, the novel privileges the idea of progression of events over time. Short stories call attention to the importance of singular events: bakhtin"s chronotopes. From kant (time and space are constructed) and einstein (time and space intersect); about the intrinsic connection between space and time. Inseparability of space and time; in literature, the two are fused. In the novel, time and space become artistically visible. Third and final continent: mrs. croft"s house.
