ENG140Y1 Lecture 25: 25 On Such A Full Sea 2
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Chang-rae lee"s on such a full sea 2. Complicity and the genesis of on such a full sea"s dystopia: does the individual still matter and do we even care, lee"s anger towards himself at the real boarded up houses of baltimore. Speci cally, i am responsible: plot: hugely elaborate in the second half compared to the rst. State of b-mor alludes to america"s history: manifest destiny of the 19th century: god-given right to colonial occupation, linked to current ideas of communication . Modern epic structure and the hero: elements of the epic. A hero of some venue with special qualities, often god-given. The machinery operating; gods and goddesses intervening . Ceremonial style: made in accordance with traditions. In media res beginning (and perhaps end: on such a full sea. Hero: odysseus" agency and so on; but fan deviates, spawning some kind of new (perhaps postmodernist) model of heroism.
