Friday 16^th 2016

SEMIOTIC MATERIALISM AND INTERTEXTUALITY

Third person omniscient intrusive narrator.

Robyn holds that "character" is a bourgeois myth, an illusion created to reinforce the ideology of capitalism. → Add to point 9

After telling the reader another feature of Robyn, David Lodge exposes the woman's thesis about her ideas.

• Cultural convictions

Her convictions are totally in contrast with the traditional ideas about the novel. She belongs to the contemporary world and she is able to understand how it works. Robyn's convictions can also be applied to today's world.

“The novelist is a capitalist of the imagination.”

“There is no such thing as an author, someone who originates a work of fiction ab nihilo.”

“There are no origins, there is only production, and we produce ourselves in language.”

“You are not what you eat but you are what speaks to you.”

Noi abbiamo tante identità che sono in continuo movimento e mutamento e non possono essere controllate. → No one is in total control of his/her own destiny.

10. Body language