SOCC44H3 Lecture : SOCC44 - LEC01.docx
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Comedies of errors - almost every single one is fallen aristocratic families, etc. (for example, pride and prejudice) How to replicate the old manners in the new world, determining the social hierarchy in the new world. Men going off into the wilderness and conquering nature. Goes westward, meets a noble savage/indigenous american who wants to help, and conquers the west alone with numerous near death experiences. Women only exist as nags, if rarely. Starting 1910, looking at literary theories, people tried keeping justifying the differences. Stated reasons: historical and independence story, us" obsession to bear arms, freedom and individualism. Up until 1895, foreign novels were very cheap, but drastically peak almost by double. Us, unlike canada, did not honor british copyrights laws - did not have to pay anyone that"s why it"s so cheap. The mass market tended to like british and canadian styles.
