Sunday, October 5, 2014

Lecture notes

Prologue
- embodied contradictions in it, 
(Heavenly and earthly)
(Theological and biological)
(Supernatural to natural)
(Winter to spring)
(Sickness to health) 
(Death to life)
-they define one another, or show a progression.
- Tone of the prologue, gentle satire.
-begin at top of social latter work way down.
- inter play between social roles. 
-the hierarchy is almost American because it's dynamic(socially mobile, don't stay in places)
NARRATOR
-lens through how we see everyone
-compassionate 
-Questioning 
-Easily impressed 
-Observant 
-Ironic 
(Amused in attached way) 
-self deprecating (my whit is short)
FRAME  STORY 
-prologue (story about journey)
-shows up in the links between stories. 
-the tales function as a catalog of tales within a frame between competition.

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