tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post944673614496887388..comments2024-02-22T07:47:22.661-05:00Comments on The Bathroom Monologues: #NaNoReMo Update #3 – Almost DoneJohn Wiswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-62449425748372676032013-02-19T22:41:58.397-05:002013-02-19T22:41:58.397-05:00One of the three Forewords I tracked down referred...One of the three Forewords I tracked down referred to it as satire, and I recall a couple college professors referring to it in a similar way. This probably implanted the bias in me if Middlemarch wasn't intended satirically. However, it also read as natural satire from the first chapters, with the narrator phrasing things to poke fun at misogynist perspectives and characterization, and the discussions on education and gender roles. It's such an enormous critique of a society from so many levels that it's never felt unlike a satire thus far - three chapters left as of tonight.<br /><br />Be happy to chat it over with you if you give it a re-read!John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-51137257574935881832013-02-19T22:27:50.119-05:002013-02-19T22:27:50.119-05:00I read Middlemarch as part of a survey course on t...I read <i>Middlemarch</i> as part of a survey course on the novel, and I don't ever remember anyone referring to it as satire. Did it just strike you as satirical, or did it get pitched to you that way? When we studied it, we discussed it just as a human vs. society situation, from the POV of each character (but mostly Dorothea, of course). The 19th century was the prof's specialty, so he gave the text a lot of attention in his lectures.<br /><br />Now I feel like re-reading it from the satire angle! I know I still have my copy around somewhere...Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.com