CDNS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Leilani Muir, Nellie Mcclung, Northrop Frye
8 Apr 2015
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Savage image: the view of a natural man someone who is na ve, innocent and in-tune with, hobbes. Palimpsest: appears in dryden"s 1672 conquest of grenada, something underneath that is showing through, ex. maps they show layers of reality , maple leaf flag based on older military flag. Centrism the privileging of one"s own perspective: eurocentric perspective, anglocentric perspective, etc. Maps of the new world (canada) were drawn by. Europeans so they were drawn from a certain perspective (as was all history: maps have a geocultural perspective they reflect the perspectives of the victors (colonialism) Inuit: indigenous peoples of the arctic and sub-arctic, generally live north of the tree line. 20th century canadian literary critic: northrop frye, canadian sensibility is less confused by the question who am i? than by. Where is here? emphasizing the importance of place in shaping identity: closely knit and beleaguered society its moral and social values are.
