You show a solid and thorough understanding of the theories at hand and apply them appropriately to the novel. I especially enjoyed your discussion of the role of the narrator and this sentence, "The interaction of the different languages within the novel clearly represents the struggle of ideologies these languages reflect."
I am curious, however, as to the assumption you make in the second sentence of the second paragraph. Is it your belief, or the theorist's, that prose employs "a greater number and variety of discourses than poetry"? Why do you feel this way, if it is yours, and could you elaborate more on that?
Nonetheless, good work, Anna.
(In the last sentence of the first paragraph, you are missing a "to" before "recognize".)
Thanks Bridgette, The prof gave me an A-. The prose offering a greater variety of discourse than poetry idea is actually Bakhtin's and I think it makes a lot of sense. Poems tend to have one or two maybe three speakers. Yet, prose allows for more people and different speech types just cause there are more characters, talking. And thanks for the copy edit. xoxo, Anna
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I am curious, however, as to the assumption you make in the second sentence of the second paragraph. Is it your belief, or the theorist's, that prose employs "a greater number and variety of discourses than poetry"? Why do you feel this way, if it is yours, and could you elaborate more on that?
Nonetheless, good work, Anna.
(In the last sentence of the first paragraph, you are missing a "to" before "recognize".)
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The prof gave me an A-.
The prose offering a greater variety of discourse than poetry idea is actually Bakhtin's and I think it makes a lot of sense. Poems tend to have one or two maybe three speakers. Yet, prose allows for more people and different speech types just cause there are more characters, talking.
And thanks for the copy edit.
xoxo,
Anna
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