Seeing and Surviving in Timothy Findley's Short Stories
Abstract
In Timothy Findley's fiction, the act of looking at a person or a thing is an act which helps to define both individual characters and relationships among characters, and which tells us about the kind of world in which they operate. Indeed, most of Findley's characters spend most of their time simply watching other people and themselves. Hence, we note the vantage points in Findley's terrain and the need for sharp eyes, binoculars, telescopes, cameras, and mirrors. In the short story collection Dinner Along the Amazon, sight is used for at least five purposes: to get the lay of the land; to locate oneself; to obtain gratification; to communicate emotion or information; and to attack or threaten.Published
1988-06-06
How to Cite
Murray, D. (1988). Seeing and Surviving in Timothy Findley’s Short Stories. Studies in Canadian Literature, 13(2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8087
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