ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carnivalesque, Eurocentrism, Ben Okri
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King completed phd, ma, and ba: his thesis was called inventing the indian, academic interest embedded in short story of coyote goes west. In his thesis and essays, non-fiction, lectures, he consistently shows his interest in native. King was critical of post-colonial model which assume european colonialism of america is most important reference point for indigenous people. King says it is not most important reference point. Want to escape post-colonialism narrative of victimhood and despair. Discovered robinson in 1990s and revealed to him how oral stories can be used in written fiction powerfully. Like robinson, king recreate spoken words in written text through similar means: attention to rhythm, syntax, sound, attention to spacing around words to indicate pause or break in delivery. In celebrating oral storytelling, also doing something political. Challenging supremacy a(cid:374)d autho(cid:396)it(cid:455) of o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:449)(cid:396)itte(cid:374) (cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ati(cid:448)es. I(cid:374) ki(cid:374)g"s (cid:449)(cid:396)iti(cid:374)g, o(cid:396)alit(cid:455) is deli(cid:271)e(cid:396)ati(cid:374)g (cid:373)ode of resistance to written colonial narratives.
