Professor Poyner-Del Vento
Kindly turn off
 All cell phones
 The wireless component of any laptop computers
Room for Exam
 Exam is scheduled on Mon, July 25th, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
 If your tutorial is D904, you will take your exam in SUR
5320
 If you have any other tutorial, you will take your exam in
SUR 5280
 Short lecture about The English Patient, 1:50 to 2:20, in
SUR 5280
Overview of lecture
 Nations and names
 Postcolonialism
 Revision
 Outline
 Brief Exam Review
Nations and names
The English patient desires to be
free of nations and names
 “But I wanted to erase my name and the place I had
come from. By the time war arrived, after ten years in
the desert, it was easy for me to slip across borders, not
to belong to anyone, to any nation” (Ondaatje 139).
The English patient’s identity is
erased
 No name
 No face
 Unclear national identity
 Obscured memories
Desert as unclaimed and un-owned
 “The desert could not be claimed or owned - it was a piece
of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and
given a hundred shifting names long before Canterbury
existed, long before battles and treaties quilted Europe and
the East. Its caravans, those strange rambling feasts and
cultures, left nothing behind, not an ember. All of us, even
those with European homes and children in the distance,
wished to remove the clothing of our countries. It was a
place of faith. We disappeared into landscape. Fire and
sand. We left the harbours of oasis. The places water came
to and touched . . . Ain, Bir, Wadi, Foggara, Khottara,
Shaduf. I didn't want my name against such beautiful
names. Erase the family name! Erase Nations! I was taught
such things by the desert.” (Ondaatje 139)
Other characters’ identities are
obscured
 Heavy use of pronouns
 Loss of Kirpal Singh’s name
 The sapper
 The Sikh
 Kip
The English patient rejects
ownership
“‘What do you hate most?’ he asks.
‘A lie. And you?’
‘Ownership,’ he says. ‘When you leave me, forget
me.’
Her fist swings toward him and hits hard into the
bone just below his eye. She dresses and leaves.”
(Ondaatje 152)
The English patient claims
Katharine as his own
 “This is my shoulder, he thinks, not her husband’s, this
is my shoulder. As lovers they have offered parts of
their bodies to each other, like this” (Ondaatje 156).
The English patient claims
Katharine as his own
 “Are you telling me the English did not believe you? . . .
Whereas the only name I should have yelled, dropped
like a calling card in their hands, was Clifton’s.”
(Ondaatje 250-251).
Postcolonialism
Twice, the English patient forms a
multinational community
 As an explorer in the desert—worked with people who
are “German, English, Hungarian, African” (Ondaatje
138)
 As a patient in the villa
 Hana: Canadian
 Caravaggio: Italian-Canadian
 Kip: Indian
 The English Patient (Almásy): Hungarian
Villa as utopia
 World War II has caused enormous suffering
 Four wounded people find healing together
 Form an international community
Hana and Kip
 “Discovering in lovemaking there can be a whole
civilization between them, a whole country ahead of
them” (Ondaatje 225).
 “Hana now received this tender art, his nails against
the million cells of her skin, in his tent, in 1945, where
their continents met in a hill town” (226).
Other connections between
characters
Hana
Kip
Caravaggio
Almásy
(the English patient)
Movie moment
 There are a number of differences between the novel
and its film adaptation
 In my opinion, the largest difference is that the film
version preserves this utopian vision of international
harmony
A bomb explodes
 “One bomb. Then another. Hiroshima. Nagasaki”
(Ondaatje 284).
A bomb explodes
 “Kip. . . . A boy and a girl.” (Ondaatje 288).
Postcolonial novel
 A novel that directly addresses the after-effects of
colonialization
 Often from perspective of previously colonized voices
Colonized voices
 Kip is Indian
 Hana and Caravaggio are Canadian
 The English patient is assumed to be English
Kip embraces Englishness
 Joins British military
 Considers his job to be important
 Loves Lord Suffolk and other English role models
 Embraces Englishness DESPITE
 Racism from Caucasian people
 India’s current struggle for independence
Kip rejects Englishness
 “There’s a painting . . . David” (Ondaatje 116)
David with the Head of Goliath
Image from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caravaggio_-_David_con_la_testa_di_Golia.jpg
Revision
Most of your grade in the course is
still under your control
 Outline: 10%
 Exam #3: 10%
 Final Draft: 35%
 Exam #4: 10%
 Total: 65% of grade is still unassigned
 You still have the means to radically change your grade
in ENGL 101W
Remember:
 Essays aren’t made of ideas; they’re made of WORDS.
“The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your
Own Manuscripts”
 Essay by Donald M. Murray
“The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your
Own Manuscripts”
 Information
 Meaning
 Audience
 Form
 Structure
 Development
 Dimension
 Voice
Information
 Do you have enough information?
 Do you need to reread parts of the novel?
 Do you need to find more relevant passages from
novel?
 Do you need to complete some external research? (Be
sure to cite!)
Meaning
 Do you have a debatable thesis statement?
 Are you analyzing the implications of your thesis?
 Do you need to perform more Close Reading on
passages?
Audience
 Are you writing for the appropriate audience?
 Are you writing for someone who has already read the
book?
 Are you writing for an audience of literary scholars?
Form
 Are you comfortable with the form of a university-level
literature essay?
 Are you fulfilling the expectations for the
introduction?
 Are you fulfilling the expectations for the body
paragraphs?
 Are you fulfilling the expectations for the conclusion?
Structure
 Is your essay structured in the best way possible?
 Would a different structure be better?
 Should some parts be reordered?
Development
 Are there any sections that should be developed
further?
 Are there any parts that should be cut back, with fewer
details given?
Dimension
 Are the different ideas in balance with each other?
 Are the different paragraphs in balance with each
other?
 Are the citations in balance with the original
interpretations?
 Are the paragraphs strong? Are they unified and
coherent?
Voice
 Are you writing in a formal voice?
 Have you addressed Lower Order Concerns?
Outline
Format for Outline
 Thesis Statement: ___________________________
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 Topic Sentence for Paragraph #1: ____________________
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Supporting evidence: _________________________________
Supporting evidence: __________________________________
 Topic Sentence for Paragraph #2: ___________________
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Supporting evidence: _________________________________
Supporting evidence: _________________________________
 Topic Sentence for . . . repeat for remaining paragraphs
Visualization of Outline
Thesis
Topic sentence
for Paragraph #1
Topic sentence
for Paragraph #2
Topic sentence
for Paragraph #3
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
-Supporting evidence
Advantage of Outline
 Allows you to see essay as whole
 Allows you to focus on HOCs, not LOCs
 Resources available on WebCT
Format for Outline
 Several pages, using point form
 Works Cited page, using MLA style
 Optional: Acknowledgements page
 Will be graded according to rubric
 Due dates are based on your tutorial dates
 Mon, July 18th
 Tue, July 19th
 Also turn in via WebCT
Brief Exam Review
Exam is open book and open notes
 Must bring:
 Pen or pencil
 SFU student ID
 Should bring:
 Marked copy of The English Patient
 Notes from lecture
 Close Reading sheet
 Specially prepared notes for exam
 Scrap paper
Exam is open book and open notes
 Might bring:
 Dictionary
 Another book for reference (be sure to cite!)
 CANNOT bring:
 Anything electronic (e.g., laptop, electronic translator,
cell phone)
 Anything potentially noisy or distracting
 Anything to share with classmates
Exam Format
 1 hour long
 2 questions, each worth 50%
Passage analysis
 You will be given a choice of three passages from The
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English Patient.
Choose two.
For each passage you choose, write one or two paragraphs
that analyze the internal complexities and ambiguities of
the material, offering your own interpretations.
Your analyses will probably discuss the passage’s
significance to the entire book.
Your answer should focus on an analysis of the passage, not
merely a description of the passage or a list of observations
about it.
To prepare for exam
 Practice Close Reading
 Choose passages relevant to themes in lecture
 Bring examples of Close Reading to office hours
Room for Exam
 Exam is scheduled on Mon, July 25th, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
 If your tutorial is D904, you will take your exam in SUR
5320
 If you have any other tutorial, you will take your exam in
SUR 5280
 Short lecture about The English Patient, 1:50 to 2:20, in
SUR 5280
Read until page 58 by next lecture
Good luck with your outline!
Good luck with Exam #3!