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Time, Space, and Fantasy, Haruki Murakami and Carlos Fuentes KHANH MINH TRINH SENIOR SEMINAR
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hard Boiled Wonderland: - Semiotecs, Calcutec, - The Inklings, Underground Tokyo, the old man, - Eternal life in sub-consciousness, End of the Wolrd
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The End of the World - The Wall, the town, Unicorns, Shadows - Dream reading, Skull - Deception, sacrifice
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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)
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Historical Background The French Invasion (1861-1867) Maximilian – Mexican-French monarchy Liberal, democratic congress Downfall, Napoleon III, Maximilian executed
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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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Thank You For Your Attention
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