1. Invasions of Privacy: The Body in the Novel
By Peter Brooks
Presented by Casey-Lyn Bird
Edited by: Dr. Picart and Donna Gallagher

2. AIMS:
To understand:
How the rise of the novel is tied to the idea of privacy.
How the condition of privacy characterizes the reading/writing of novels.
The body as semiotic and carrying its own story.
Privacy in relation to the law.

3. Key Terms
Epistolary:
Semiotic:
Epistemophilic:
Inviolable Rights:

4. Examples of Double-Entendres
*Include Your Children When Baking Cookies
*Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case
*Stolen Painting Found by Tree
*Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Space

5. Supreme Court Cases
Griswold v. Connecticut (1964)
Roe v. Wade (1972)

6. Discussion Questions
Do you think the rise of the novel created a need for privacy or did the interest in privacy create a place for the novel?
Do you think the government should have any say in people’s private lives?