ENG323H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bildungsroman, Coverture, Epistle
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Accomplishment by jane taylor aligned to ch. 8 of p&p on accomplishment of women: jane taylor"s most famous poem is twinkle, twinkle, little star . There"s a debate through the 17th and 18th century (a century before. Burney"s novel) about the ethics of laughter: is it wrong to laugh at people, politeness is a very fragile safety net politeness that ensures society. Lord orville is the most polite: politeness is the form of interaction that treats everyone as if they were equals. It may veil any qualities and it can attack politeness in that there is something hypocritical about it. Potential for aggression and domination of the powerless over the powerful: laughter often gets attached to 2 things: Ungovernable fits of laughter threat of laughter (body over the mind: artifice of society. Laughter is aggressive: laughter is sudden glory, but glory over someone else superior to someone else.
