tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post2273386799383415150..comments2021-09-09T21:16:02.942-07:00Comments on Writing (about) Time: Thoughts Concerning Temporal Play in Contemporary Narratives: Ending Romanticization of Time Travel in KindredMelissa Ameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13372494777317072570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-52410149094158207172016-02-07T16:29:08.907-08:002016-02-07T16:29:08.907-08:00I'm wondering what you think the complications...I'm wondering what you think the complications are of living within a culture that does indeed romanticize time travel. When most people think about time travel, they recall things like Back to the Future. Do you think part of the force behind stopping the romanticization is the brutal historic context behind Dana's travels? McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183103205359229576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-6761382751615077852016-02-03T15:04:28.868-08:002016-02-03T15:04:28.868-08:00I agree that Kindred does not romanticize time tra...I agree that Kindred does not romanticize time travel, even though contemporary authors have predominantly continued to use time travel in a romanticized or comedic way (at least in the novels and movies that I can think of). And maybe it's use to show reality and brutality is why I have heard of the novel but have never been told that I MUST read this novel. As with the other novels that we have read, I found this novel to be very appropriate to use in my classroom, but I have never seen it on a college-bound reading list or a suggested list of novels for American literature. I assume that it has been dismissed because of the time travel technique by people/teachers who have not given it a chance. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140944873258565457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-8404485805988373422016-02-03T09:10:06.807-08:002016-02-03T09:10:06.807-08:00Your post had me considering how society dictates ...Your post had me considering how society dictates what is considered right and wrong. You mentioned Tom Weylin's relationship to his slaves, that he pitied them but also treated them cruelly. This dichotomy of his character suggests a conflicted balance between knowing what is morally right and living in a society in which the rules are geared to you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-60238574863981950872016-02-02T14:51:32.665-08:002016-02-02T14:51:32.665-08:00I also loved how time travel in the novel brought ...I also loved how time travel in the novel brought the past back into conversation with the present as well as humanize those in the past. Like you said, the white plantation owners are shown to have some good parts of themselves, rather than just being completely evil. Everyone is humanized and shown to have positives and negatives. As time progresses, we tend to lose the fact that these people were real and full of life. We start to see everyone and events in black and white.Kristina Kastlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580807881489622895noreply@blogger.com