YDSH 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tevye, List Of Narrative Techniques
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Gallows humor/black humor laughing at death: should not be defined by this moment of death, survival mechanism. First person narrator who we can"t trust, he"s deceiving, he"s exaggerating. Tell a story, create a narrative within the story itself. Thinks of himself in the light of a prophet. Longstanding jewish tradition of suffering but still having hope/faith. Sholomolecham pseudonym, another literary technique to again remove himself. And all because of jews suffering because of them, blaming them. Took revenge upon his beard, sliced it right off. Using language that is associated with heroism get revenge on his people. Poured out his heart to pork chops. Spotted as quickly as a false coin. Cosmopolitan is a code word for jew: critiquing means jews. Shrewd chap really smart, don"t need to tell us that he"s smart.