EN119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Free Indirect Speech, In Medias Res, J. R. R. Tolkien
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Last day: jamaica inn as historical fiction & definition of genre, contexts (piracy, regionalism, new tools for creating narrative suture. How did du maurier develop her historical fiction: research, actually stayed at jamaica inn, regionalism. Exam: essay question compare & contrast 2 novels: the past, tolkein created a happy world to distract from the current war, ideal past; du. Maurier used a real world place: dracula = monstrous past; jamaica inn = ancient pagan past, tolkein = fantastical past, vaguely medieval, not historically medieval; du. Maurier = historically accurate/authentic presentation of the past: tolkein = creates familiar to fantastic, du maurier = creates historic realism. Today: historical romance , debate, breaking the generic contract, lyricism, cultural function. Who is the monster of the novel: joss merlyn, ch. Lyric: a short poem expressing the state of mind or perception of a single speaker.
