Class+Notes-+Faulkner+And+Hemingway

Class Notes- Wed (Faulkner and Hemingway Discussion) __Opening Discussion __ Tangential- Different type of modernism Sanctuary is different from regular Faulkner because of its use of the “grotesque” __Connections to Texts So Far __ Obsession- What does this do to us? Tainted Innocence- What experience does to innocence Impotence- Emotional Disconnect Unconventional Narrative- experimental Framed Tales-Reader is the active role as detective Reader- Must focus in on gaps in the narrative Narrator is unbelievable even without the gaps casting doubt Distortion- Things gone awry  “We naturally mistrust someone who says you can trust them” __The Sun Also Rises __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What is the purpose of Cohn? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-The text begins with him <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-His presence shows the “not said” in the form of biases/racism/elitism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-He illustrates that every character has a flaw <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-He is the scapegoat of the story or “That Guy” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-He does have some form of integrity because he stands up for Brett and feels genuine remorse for his brutality <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Brett- “bitch that ruins children” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-Vulnerable <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-Reveals something humane about herself <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-Maybe referring to Romero <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-Brett is around men 24 hours a day and takes on many masculine traits <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Jake: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-His sexual injury is crucial to his character <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sanctuary __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Detective Fiction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“We have to situate the novel” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Characters <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Iconic types are the “corpus” of Faulkner’s texts: American South <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Heredity <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Social, Religious, Darwinian, economic, etc…things are passed down <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“Sin” is also passed down in the form of original sin or “The Wound” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Filtration creates concentration—as things are passed down they become stronger <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Old world meets new world <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The heritage of the past (slavery) comes forward <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Critiques the collision of opposing sides <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Modernism asks what happens when they collide? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Textual Tectonics and Cultural Collisions __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nature- Bird sings 3 notes perpetually in a refrain <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The sounds of the car tires on a gravel road <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">P + B- water demarcation line <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sensually oriented <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Limbo-esque <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> existing in this place which is an experimental laboratory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Characters interact like chemicals and the author sees what happens (so do we as the readers) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There must be a control or there are too many variables <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grotesque <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“Death at a Funeral” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Popeye- Bad smell, visually interesting <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“The Black Stuff”- possible racial reference, visceral fluid (bile)