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 of contemporary culture?
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Define terms – metafiction [...]
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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 of the conventions of storytelling [...]
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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 of contemporary culture?
Outline
I. introduction
A. define terms – metafiction, [...]
Category: notes, paper, school |
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