CH1- Genesis Flashcards
What is the link between Oranges and the Biblical Genesis?
This chapter is Jeanette’s Genesis- the story of her creation and her formative years
What methods do we see in Genesis?
-Presentation of Mrs W vs Mr W
-Bathos
-Childish description of the town
-Presentation of church
-Biblical parody
-Capitalisation of concepts outside the Church
-Metanarrative
What quotes support the message of: the presentation of Mrs Winterson vs Mr Winterson?
“My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle”
“She hung out the largest sheets on the windiest days”
“join her in a tag match against the Rest of the World”
“She would get a child, train it, build it, dedicate it to the Lord”
What quotes support the message of: bathos?
“she told me the story of the Sacrificial Lamb. We had it on Sundays with roast potato”
What quotes support the message of: Childish description of the town?
“the town was a fat blot”
“long stretchy street”
“cobbly road”
What quotes support the message of: presentation of the Church?
“My mother said he looked like Errol Flynn, but holier”
“Pastor Spratt and Pastor Finch”
“he’s playing with the fuzzy felt”
What quotes support the message of: capitalisation?
“Breeding Ground”
“Next Door”
What quotes support the method of: Biblical parody?
“she followed a star… A child with too much hair”
“she was very bitter about the Virgin Mary getting there first”
What quotes support the method of: metanarrative?
A tale of a princess who rejects her privileged life in favour of a more homely one-Louie’s calculated approach to Jeanette’s adoption is not one based on maternal feeling but to find a role and future for herself.
“you are in danger of being burned by your own flame”
What is the plot summary for Genesis?
- Introduction to Louie and her Manichean Worldview
- Jeanette’s adoption story and an impression of her childhood
- Mrs W’s conversion story and the presentation of the Evangelical Pentecostal Church
- METANARRATIVE OF PRINCESS AND HUNCHBACK
- Incidents of Jeanette’s 7th year (Pastor Finch warns of demons and J’s education with her mother)
- Jeanette is summoned to school
What contextual notes are important for Genesis?
-1960s Lanchashire Mill Town established contrast to decade of liberty in the outside world
-Pentecostal Evangelical Church established
-Bible chapter of Genesis is the creation story- this Genesis is Jeanette’s creation
What theme and poems would be good to compare with Genesis?
-Identity/creation
-Motherhood/Female authority
-The Long Queen
-The Map Woman
-The Woman Who Shopped
