PHIL 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dramatic Structure
20 Jun 2017
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The monument as memory theater the lincoln memorial as example. The same is true of universal cities may not be known by one thing, but many things. Benedict anderson: the nation is an imagined community . When political communities are massive, need bonds of kinship that are powerful enough to unite them into a community. Becomes something metaphorical symbols of sacrifice, loyalty to national ideals, loss of selfhood into the nation. Dna analysis/identification would strip the nation of that unknown. Narrativity (the act of constructing narratives) is the most fundamental form of human knowing. Annal = no real relation between them; no common chronology/theme; starting point/endpoint are arbitrary. Chronicle = more mature/fully developed; pertains to a common subject; chronological order. Narrative = fully developed form; contains climactic moment.
