ENGL204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ghost Story, Sensorium, North South Mrt Line
27 Sep 2018
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As folktale that grows out of country"s history and mythology (dream/vision: new kind of awakening via fairy tale or imagination) Story is fictional history, putting to rest the ghosts/traumas of american. Allegory of change (cid:3247)king george tavern(cid:3248) (cid:3247)the union hotel(cid:3248) Story is also a critique of the new us culture. Embrace tradition of storytelling, but create fictional tales that use local materials and national events. The fall of the house of usher. Grey (not pitch black, but can"t quite see well enough) Eyesight is compromised because it"s more murky and dull and misty. House collapses in the end and falls into the lake and it vanishes. Sir roderick (the host) and his relationship with his guest. Gets him to stay by painting, reading, writing songs, studying, etc. Fact and fiction merge inside the story. See lady madeline as ghost; buried alive. Cannot ever leave house unless you get new art form.
