B&W Batch #2
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iambarr | November 23, 2009
Fear and Confusion The defining characteristic of metafiction is that the text must self-consciously acknowledge the conventions involved in the fiction-writing process. In Lost in the Funhouse, John Barth not only calls attention to general literary conventions, he blatantly exposes them within his own story, often defining them immediately before defying them. Two of the [...]
iambarr | November 22, 2009
Barth – “Lost in the Funhouse” The Assignment: Show how it operates as metafiction The significant way Barth experiments with familiar narrative conventions to comment on the story-writing process. How do- -structure -point of view -style operate as vehicles for what Barth wants to communicate about the world? Do they comment on or critique aspects [...]
iambarr | November 21, 2009
Outline I. Introduction A. Define terms – metafiction (fiction about fiction), postmodernism (a reworking or subversion of past conventions) B. Present major arguments C. State thesis – In writing a story about the writing of a story, Barth has created a classic work of metafiction. II. Definition and defiance of convention – Barth defines many [...]
iambarr | November 21, 2009
“Fiction about fiction, stories about storytelling, have an ancient history, so much so that I am convinced that if the first story ever told began with the words ‘Once upon a time,’ probably the second story ever told began with the words ‘Once upon a time there was a story that began Once upon a [...]
iambarr | November 21, 2009
Barth – “Lost in the Funhouse” The Assignment: Show how it operates as metafiction The significant way Barth experiments with familiar narrative conventions to comment on the story-writing process. How do- -structure -point of view -style operate as vehicles for what Barth wants to communicate about the world? Do they comment on or critique aspects [...]
iambarr | November 20, 2009
i am not wearing my uniform. i hate my boss. financial aid isn’t as manipulable as i thought. i’m surprised that manipulable is a word. the happy little veneer of my world contains cracks. i drink too much. i make bad decisions. this will continue. something needs to change. overreactions are generally more appealing than [...]
iambarr | November 20, 2009
my head hurts and my coworkers are jackasses.
iambarr | November 20, 2009
trafc light again. this can’t be safe.fuck the world, i’ve got issues. how do i go about accomplishing the things i want and need when there is a sky like that to contend with? sentence ending with preposition..grumbl
iambarr | November 20, 2009
traffic light. thoughts, concerns & fear. how can a person stay focused with a sky like this and problems like these? i don’t have problems, not real problems, not “holy shit, how do i feed my family?” kinf od problems, but problems nonetheles
iambarr | November 6, 2009
boss: write a query to call up all perimeter access grants for any given period of time. me: write disjointed semi-nonsensical thoughts while avoiding work? you got it. i have an unhealthy obsession with max headroom. and the golden girls. i can’t dance, but my girlfriend makes me look better by proxy i walk everywhere, [...]
