EN 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Etel Adnan, Mimesis, Palimpsest
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Part i: introduction to etel adnan"s sitt marie rose. Mimesis and hierarchy: introduction to guy demaupassant"s short story, the deaf mute. Etel adnan, with complete simplicity and sincerity, takes us to the source of the still current middle- eastern conflict which fills newspaper s with headlines and images of violence so horrific that it hurts my eyes. She was and is a feminist using her pen to create a palimpsest across men who seem to have become one armed body incapable of reason and love. She creates a palimpsest of love across a text filled with lust for power and violence bent on the annihilation, the total eradication, of an enemy. Adnan conceived this novel when she heard of marie rose boulos, a woman who befriended. Palestinians and was for this reason executed by the militia of her christian compatriots, and sworn enemies of the palestinians. She was a social worker and agitated for peace with leaflets.
