Textuality » 5LSCA Interacting5LSC A - SDri_Normal People: Notes 12th December
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12th December We are at the end of the novel How does the write conclude? Do you think there is a storyline? No à Modernist novel Key word: consciousness Does this incipit remember you some other texts? à Eveline What makes them similar? Setting => inner setting + both inside house What is she doing here? A instant coffee What are the narrative techniques adopted at the beginning of the section? à External 3rd person narration that speaks from Marianne’s point of view. It was as if it were What is she doing after making a coffee? She goes and places her forehead on the glass. What does the narrator suggest? The outside is not clear because there’s a sort of barrier. Joyce à focus on Eveline + l’esterno è tenuto a distanza da Eveline Rooney à focus on the setting + l’esterno entra in punta di piedi People have forgotten about her => She’s a normal person now To exploit = sfruttare Damp hair = capelli umidi To whisper = mormorare Colour grey à sth indistinct; neither black nor white Fog à typical topos of English literature Dining hall = mensa Dublin à living being => beautiful Sleeve = manica What does the narrator do? à Marianne’s ordinary routine Drug dealer = spacciatore di droga Joyce à realismo simbolico Out of the ordinary = extraordinary
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