English 2308E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bildungsroman, American Literature, Slave Narrative
20 Jan 2016
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Franklin and drake: a key to life, the jefferson attitude, rationalists on government, the declaration of , deletions and changes, notes on virginia . Franklin"s autobiography is not factual not quite fiction but deliberately constructed for particular effects. He also draws upon literary forms bildungsroman narrative that emerges from germany in 18th century narrative of a young man rising in the world and realizing the art of living. Why narrative is interesting is because it is the prefect narrative to articulate the enlightenment promise every young man can find their places in the world plays on this when talking about his teen years. Naive young man works towards perfection doesn"t quite get it but i"s a work in progress. Detail after detail supporting that he"s after this moral vision. When he comes to philadelphia as a poor boy (carrying nothing with him) .
