ENGL204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Harriet Ann Jacobs, Rape Culture, List Of Star Wars Spacecraft
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Bartleby is the voice of a new kind of identity: the :everyman who tries to assert himself - (different from rip van winkle) Bartleby positions himself vis a vis 3 things: Blurs difference between leisure/work: agrarian vs. industrial society. Separation of private from public sphere (refuge vs. world ; gendered; etc. ) Office became domesticated; but it is a poor substitute for idealized home. Belongs to process called rite of passage (separation, transition, incorporation) Transition:: liminal (threshold), pass through period or space of ambiguity; implies transition in age, class, sexuality - victor turner. Voice - unemotional, reserved, formal, passive aggressive, repetitive. Propertied , white men were only truly free people. American slave i am an american (i should be a free person) By law not recognized as a citizen. White men in society write letters to him. Others can say and know their age, he can"t even introduce himself and give his age. Can only give places (birthplace for example)
