ENGL 222 Lecture : ENGL 222 Guest Lecture Renovating Heaven Notes Mar 20
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Distinguishing between: author (andreas schroeder, narrator (peter?) Different relationship with the idea of his father in reflection: protagonist (peter?) Particular relationship with his father someone he wants to please, looks up with him, loves being bestowed with a little bit of authority. Relationship changes a lot: storyteller writer narrator. Storytelling oral flexible, fluid, changes from person to person. Writer presents a coherent vision of humanity, semi permanence to a story that lingers in the original version of how the teller created it. Role of narrator became a lot more important. Invention of writers: what"s the capacity of a narrator, roles of the narrator: From steve almond"s nyt article (see vista) Passive receptor of data, doesn"t interpret why the information is relevant. Narrative voice contextualizes and frames, like a voiceover (think: one tree hill) The capacity to make sense of the world . Peter is asking: what does it mean to be mennonite and.
