ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Margaret Atwood, Metafiction, Alice Munro
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Death by landscape- margaret atwood (lois and lucy, cappie) Lucy and lois are paired together: lucy: american, rich, dysfunction, ref to i love lucy". Examining stereotype that canadians romanticize anything that is american: lois: canadian, middle class, stable, ref to lois lane. Has little to offer in return, feels boring. Is a more competent camper, in handling the canadian wilderness. Disappearance of young girl (lucy) in canadian landscape. Insinuation that lois may have pushed her: uses gothic details to foreshadow events. Exploration of what happened: lois feels that it lucy"s shout wasn"t one of fear, lois later understands the meaning of cathy"s interview. Needed to find a rational explanation to explain her losses. Her age, youthfulness and innocence are taking advantage of: she feels guilt and loss. Her art answers the feelings of loss and dispositions. Gives her the ability to refrain the exp of losing lucy. No resolution: after incident, emphasis on emptiness and void.
