ENG353Y1 Lecture Notes - Heritage Canada, Designated Place, Animal Stories
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Nature , a: what canadian literature is but from a certain methodology - thematic criticsm. 1965, frye , not just important in term of categorizing lit. but also thematic analysis. Strangled articulateness - doesn"t say much, silet protaganist is something that frye and atwood felt was typical of canadian literature melaglant force - frye , atwood argues that nature is a monster: what terrorizes with. Space often: thematic criticism, terror of nature, garrison mentality. Oppositional thinking: conformity, colonial mentality, national identity. Settler narratives - susana moody, roughing it in the bush - catherine partrayal. Politics of adaptation, reflected in their style of writing. The treat is a huge physical setting nature , need a garrison ; influenced the canadian imagination. Garrison used in canadas early settlements to keep threats out. Also a way of configuring the mind and imagination suggests combat. Oppositional thinking ;garrison relies of oppositional thinking.
