ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Frederick Philip Grove, Sinclair Ross, Gender Role
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Frederick philip grove, lazybones & sinclair ross, a field of wheat . Canadian farmers trying to control the canadian landscape. Trouble with moral arbiters of grove"s time. one of his novels was condemned pornographic. deliberately induces an abortion by engaging in gruelling work. to contemporary reader reads di erently - sensitivity to di culties and challenges a woman faced. Elizabeth needs to be physically strong, milking, feeding, animals, watering, gathering, cleaning, weeding. tremendous emotional resilience and strength. Emphasis on her isolation. on elizabeth on her functionality. very alone in this landscape. di culty this environment. unpredictability of landscape, compared to sea, unforgiving or calm. Highlights degree to which we need to think of this landscape as changing. volatile. References to colour - lack of saturation. gold wheat stands out. Patterned and structured - her life. structure also contains volatility. Everything that is mentioned for elizabeth is serving a function.
