EN119 Lecture Notes - Historical Romance, Animal Magnetism, Typewriter
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Week 8 lecture 1 march 5th, 2013. Dracula and new sciences/technologies (blood transfusions, mesmerism; phonograph, typewriter) Genre literary schemata feature/function being pushed further: broken contract; evolution, historical romance, pirate story. Free indirect style: a style of narration in which a character"s thoughts, feelings, and words are conveys in the third person, even though the focalization is consistent with the first-person perspective: mary is the protagonist. In first person, but disguised as third person. Mary is involved in everything that happens in the book. Cause its difficult to do that for one character only. Dracula could not use third person because it was written with journals from different point of views. A narrative built on historical fact and details which chronicles life in another time ( period piece ), and showcasing a particular place (region). The historical romance is characterized by a tone of intrigue, a romance plot, and frequently, a degree of lyricism: setting, built.
