ENGC39H3 Lecture Notes - Pathos, Unreliable Narrator, Britishness
Document Summary
Sensibility, but part of yorick"s journey is sentimental. He"s trying to keep in touch with his senses, experiencing the things through his senses, etc. Not centrally a travel narrative in some ways, conscious about his senses and stuff. Paratexts: dedication to publisher, the title page doesn"t say that it"s a novel. The grand tour: prior to 1830, no real organized tourist industry, was circuit of western europe (usually france, italy, germany and switzerland, upper-class male britons. Invitations to visit places that were really cool and stuff. In 1763, horace walpole estimated 20000 englishmen away on tours: socializing mostly happened within their own country. So not really all that enriching in socializing and shit: subject to lots of stereotypes and satire. Episodic structure of the text: narration and point of view first person, unreliable narrator?! As readers of sentiment, to prompt self-reflection. Taking the reader on a journey: picaresque: roguish adventure tale (petty criminal kind of tale)