ENGL 222 Lecture Notes - Simile, Norm (Social), Close Reading
Document Summary
Historiographic there is no such thing as history: there are the raw materials that historians shape for our viewing, product of history written into a coherent narrative. Canada starting in much smaller places: small pockets. Historiographic metafiction: fictionalized account of the history of canada, historical stories in canada. Fictionalized this town to explore her child in some way: exploring how memory impacts us. Growing up in a small town / small place impact what we do, what we feel, what we want from canada what we do in the future. Present narrator: vanessa is remembering: story of memory with very specific family, socio-political forces, and how that impacts her right now, memory"s impact on us in the present, small-town version of canada. Dave godfry: when you say place, i think movement. : contextualizing in terms of mobility, vanessa"s mobility is limited. Young girl mobility of profession is limited. Parents control what she is allowed to do.
