Lecture+Notes

=Lecture Notes=

Please Note: //It is your responsibility as a student to ask clarifying questions regarding what you don't understand from classroom lectures.//

//Nothing takes the place of being present in class, and being attentive. :-)//

I. Background Information
1. The "Old West" of the Late 1800's
 * New Perspectives on The West
 * The Old West
 * Old West Index Page

2. About the Author:
 * Source: "Books and Writers"

3. Pulp Novels/Dime Novels
 * Pulp novels (so called because they were made from cheap, wood pulp pages) presented //**simplistic and repetitive plots.**//
 * Early "Dime Novels" (Late 1800's)

4. Why are we studying the novel //Shane?//
 * Despite being a western novel, **//Shane// goes beyond stereotypes**
 * Compelling plot
 * Mythic, western setting
 * Characters are complex and show depth of feeling and human failings
 * The narrator conveys a message (makes a point), but is also mysterious (therefore interesting to read)

II. Narrative Point of View
1. Narrator
 * __//narrator//__ (n): one who tells the story
 * Bob Starrett, an adult, is telling a story from an important summer in his childhood

2. Point of View
 * The story is told in first person point of view.
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3. [|Motifs]
 * Names: heroes with single names, Christian reference of Joe & Marian (Joseph & Mary)
 * Eyes and vision