1. Time, Space, and Fantasy, Haruki Murakami and Carlos Fuentes KHANH MINH TRINH SENIOR SEMINAR

3.  Relationship between knowledge and interpretation, reading and writing.  Simultaneity:  Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - two spaces at the same time.  Aura – same space but two different times.  Simultaneous occurrence leads to uncertainty.  Uncertainty, the key of the fantastic Thesis Statement

4. The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre - The Definition of the Fantastic: “that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature, confronting an apparent supernatural event.” -The Uncanny, the Marvelous, and the Fantastic

5. Hard Boiled Wonder Land Aura 2 spaces - 1 time 2 time - 1 space Uses of “I” 1993 Tokyo, Japan Programing Uses of “You” Translating Simultaneity Convergence Writing 1962 Mexico City, Mexico Opens Endings

6. Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World  Haruki Murakami – the inkling vs the INKling  2 independent yet related worlds  Science fiction vs Fantasy  The Japanese formal and informal I vs the past and the present tense in English, the protagonist has no name.  The Fantastic – how theovel can be read.  Open endings

7. Hard Boiled Wonderland: - Semiotecs, Calcutec, - The Inklings, Underground Tokyo, the old man, - Eternal life in sub-consciousness, End of the Wolrd

8. The End of the World - The Wall, the town, Unicorns, Shadows - Dream reading, Skull - Deception, sacrifice

9. Aura (1962)  Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)  Mexico City  The “you” form of narration  Reading and writing  Reason and desire  Allegory to the fantastic  Characters: - The French-Spanish interpreter (Felipe Montero) - The old widow(Consuelo) - The widow’s niece (Aura) - The General (Llorante)

10. Historical Background  The French Invasion (1861-1867)  Maximilian – Mexican-French monarchy  Liberal, democratic congress  Downfall, Napoleon III, Maximilian executed

11. Conclusions  What is the purpose of the two texts?  The world and its interpretation - thesis  Fuentes is highlighting the way we read our past is shaped by our present and also shape our present  Criticism of modernism and I-centrism – the main character’s downfall

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