ENGLISH 125D Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Things Fall Apart, Tendril, Chinua Achebe
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Final paper is due fri dec 9 (leave it in hfa, box in front of her door) final exam is all ids of quotes, no essays; review session mon (dec 5?) Marjorie can meet with you by appointment mwf. Epic form is broken here, not triumphant; used here as a form of critique. Modern novel = novel of equivocatn, inner dialogue/contradixn. Epic form: not much interior; a certain sureness. Okonkwo = modern hero b/c his fate isn"t the success of the epic hero. He also makes mistakes all the time and misreads the world; stuck in the limits of epic form. He denies us his interior voice, doesn"t let us see any insecurities. Epic form also can"t narrate the dialogic (collective voices) Epic = narratv of single hero bringing the world into view. On the one hand, okonkwo"s words; on the other hand, collective voices around him. Oracle - another decision-making entity beyond okonkwo, that influences individuals/the group.
