![]() The better story is itself an object of adoration, a means through which one glimpses faith. Martel’s “better story” trumps either science or religion. Pi gets a new faith precisely by having to “worship” outside of institutional contexts, while surviving 227 days alongside a Bengal tiger. Yann Martel framed Life of Pi as “a story that will make you believe in God.” I use three approaches to the “new vision of God” this fiction is said to inspire: 1) Revisioning the Creator by rethinking human-animal relations 2) The balance of science and religion as a necessary part of “believing in God” 3) The privileging of a good story over either religion or science. Key words: LifĪlong with "Out Too Far: Half-Fish, Beaten Men, & the Tenor of Masculine Grace in Old Man & the Sea," this was written soon after departing Jamaica (where I taught both texts), and initiates a body of work re-visioning human-animal relations. The paper will – by analysing arbitrary, cultural and personal symbolisms and significances, mostly through psychoanalytical lens – unravel covert meanings and messages in cultural, religious and environmental contexts whilst simultaneously showing how these are pivotal to understanding major themes in the novel. ![]() Using qualitative descriptive case study, this paper aims to provide specific content knowledge by examining the literary use of symbols, symbolisms and significance in Yann Martel‟s „Life of Pi‟, which has been prescribed as a set book for Grade 12 school-exiting learners in South Africa, for the year 2017 onwards. However, as its interpretations are context-bound, it causes anxieties for the under-proficient language teacher who, firstmost, requires deep specific content knowledge to drive instruction and enhance cognition amongst learners. Abstract Symbols and symbolisms across literary genres are powerful rhetoric devices used to enhance not only writers‟ style, but to convey richness in meaning that transcends narrative descriptions.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |