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WATERLAND

WATERLAND. By Graham Swift. Main Characters. Tom Crick, History Teacher Dick, Tom’s Brother Mary Metcalf, Tom’s Wife Freddie Parr, a young boy killed by Dick Tom’s Father, a lock-keeper. Which kind of Novel is that?. Detective Story: murder and investigation History Book:

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WATERLAND

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  1. WATERLAND By Graham Swift

  2. Main Characters • Tom Crick, History Teacher • Dick, Tom’s Brother • Mary Metcalf, Tom’s Wife • Freddie Parr, a young boy killed by Dick • Tom’s Father, a lock-keeper

  3. Which kind of Novel is that? • Detective Story: murder and investigation • History Book: Saga ofAtkinsonfamily • NaturalHistoryTreatise: eels’breedinghabits and long journeyfrom the SargassoSeatotheEuropeanSeas.

  4. Postmodernist Features • A lotofdigression and shifts in time • Tom doubtstoknow the pastwithcertainty • Psychicdisorder • ProblematizationofHistory • Open Ending

  5. What’s History? …It goes in two directions at once… There are no compasses for journeying in time. So… Tom tells his students stories: • Of the waterland he comes from • Of his family • Of his own life

  6. The importance of Fairy-tale • Both Tom’s parents usually told him stories • He lives in “a Fairy-Tale Place” • There isn’t a scientific explaination of events - ‘Do you know what the stars are? They are silver dust of God’s blessing…’

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