ENG353Y1 Lecture 19: Visvis, Canadian Lit - Feb 16 2017
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Fugitive pieces: dori laub theorizes the importance of the listener in telling the trauma story; it requires the presence of an attentive listener, pg. 182 experienced for the first time" when jakob tells m. ; afterwards his trauma seems reconciled do a degree: jakob"s first wife alex is a professional listener (pg. 210: it makes no difference once you get past the wall , the wall being the trauma: ben"s relationship w/ petra seems to offer him a chance to wipe the slate clean unlike. 82: if you know one landscape well, you will look at all other landscapes differently and if you learn to love one place sometimes you can learn to love another; topophilic" love of place: pg. European; irish/scottish roots were the biggest parts of his upbringing. Instilled respect for natural world from father would go to georgian bay w/ family in the summer.
