ENG252Y1 Lecture : Lives of Girls and Women
Document Summary
Thursday february 17 leonard cohen suzanne everybody knows closing. Language- margaret atwood claims moody struggles with language, a kind of language bound up in the land itself. The idea of a spirit in the land/environment. Snow, barometer rising, -- what identity can an individual have under the pressure of collective bigger identity (community) leacock- irony (public and private roles) Othering: michel in franklin (indian is bad guy), barometer rising excludes whole african community. Franklin- male british bodies suffering for their country. Pauline, and jesse stein female strength and the tension it creates (a jest of. Documentary like realism in window is broken by the metaphysical. Lives of girls and women is about visual realities and the undergrowth of mysterious realities. Each chapter is almost a short story, break it down. Alice monroe- first book of shorts stories won governor generals award. Plurality of her stories deal with girls and women who have a background in small town, rural ontario.
