ENGA10H3 Lecture : ENGA10 LECTURE 05.docx
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Infrasturcture/superstructure: darwin, marx, nietzhte, freud (more interested in what is behind the scene than the scene) From soul to self (kurtz, dorian: soul assumes that something larger than itself is guiding it, self thinks its on its own. Vampiric relationship of self + other (dorian/sibyl, kurtz/congo) Gray, kurtz: buzz is going to have to realize that he is still special; he didn"t lose his special-ness because he can"t fly. Epiphany: when we glimpse the infrastructure behind our own lives. We don"t want to grow old before we get wise; wisdom is not the same as knowledge (wisdom is how you use knowledge) dorian. Depression is different than sadness; sadness is information you know why you"re upset, depression is suffering it"s sadness that has lost its voice. In the 21st century: to be is to be seen ; we don"t feel as though we are unless we are noticed.
