"Monk", 41 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2016-11-08 11:05
Text: 
"Monk"
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in "Monk" (Location)
Page Number: 
41
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
I will have to try to tell about Monk.
Page Event Ends: 
41
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Narrator
Characters Mentioned: 
Monk Odlethrop
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1937 to Friday, April 30, 1937
Summary: 

The narrator begins by discussing his determination to "try to tell" the story, to use the "nebulous tools" of "literature" to "juxtapose and anneal" the "inconsistencies" of Monk's life into the "verisimilitude and credibility" of "art" (41).

Chronological Order: 
57.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Art, Trying-to-Tell, Meaning, Order, Moron
Cultural Issues:
Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs:
Philosophical›Power of literature | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics:
Description›Character portrait | Metafictional | Narrative›First-person passim

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