Haroun and the Sea of Stories Introduction

This lesson covers, allegory, bildungsroman, and farce, and it applies these concepts to the novel, making connections to the context in which Salman Rushdie wrote it.
Below is the outline of the slides used in the...
This lesson covers, allegory, bildungsroman, and farce, and it applies these concepts to the novel, making connections to the context in which Salman Rushdie wrote it.
Below is the outline of the slides used in the lesson:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Introduction
Historical and Political Allegory
Bildungsroman
Farce
Allegory
Any story, poem, or other work of art that is highly, or even completely, symbolic or full of symbols
Usually symbolic of some psychological or spiritual journey or process
Political and Historical Allegory
Why Allegory?
To represent the abstract, spiritual, or psychological
To avoid offending
To avoid censorship and/or prosecution
Bildungsroman
A Coming of Age Narrative
Usually a hero or “chosen one”
Epiphanies
Healing or saving the community
Bildungsroman
Farce
Silly to the point of absurd
Can be satirical in nature
Exaggerations
Allegorical attacks on serious, deadly powerful individuals and groups
Putting It All Together
1989 Ayatollah Khomeini ordered a fatwa against Salman Rushdi
“The first thing the police officers told me was that I needed an alias in order to make possible certain practical things: secret houses had to be rented, and I needed a fake bank account and had to write checks.”
Children’s Book
Farce
Political allegorical attack on censorship in repressive societies
Essential Questions in Haroun and the Sea of Stories
“What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?”
Where do stories come from? What inspires us?
Is there such a thing as toxic culture?
How does a hero emerge—what choices do they make?
How are egalitarian societies more powerful than repressive, hierarchical ones?
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