ENG365H1 Study Guide - Close Reading, Richard Brautigan, Ishmael Reed
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Choose one question to answer, & one book to talk about. Red = i"m not too interested in writing about this. How an author deforms/challenges conventions in response to their historical conditions . How authors explore & articulate the manifold meaning of sensuous facts. Form is never more than an extension of content creeley: form~content ) meaning (arises from an emergent order tween the 2, authors search for fresh forms, acknowledge emptiness of certain forms. Our impression of the world is one great blooming, buzzing confusion william james. Form conventional vs not: the relationship of form to content. The problems of writing & narratives: breaching conventions why and how authors do it. The body: the relationship of body to identity, relationship between body and form, relationship between body & gender, body & reality. Spend no more than 20 min on this. They will be broad, such that a question might be applicable to a few works.