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Confessions (Rousseau's "Confessions" (The Ribbon (Even…
Confessions
Rousseau's "Confessions"
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Introduction:
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Its a diary, a peek into his personal life, an overshare, but he knows it is going to be printed and widely read. Why do this? What is his motivation? Any analogs today?
Read First Page: "I have entered upon a performance which is without example, who accomplishments will have no imitator" Really?
The Ribbon
Even though Rousseau has a rather illustrious life (friends with Diderot, Volatire, etc.) he often focuses on private and often embarssing moments. What might be his motivation for this?
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Rousseau claims" I have related what was laudable or wicked, I have concealed no crimes..."
His rhetoric in this passage is curious: he recognized and exaggerates the seriousness of his offense, but also seems to be justifying himself and seeking the reader's forgiveness. Why?
What is also remarkable is the fact that he focuses on his childhood for much of the book. Up to this point childhood was rarely discussed or explored in literature. He suggest the importance of events in childhood in forming our adult identities.
I wish we had the time to read it in its entirety since it is amazing, but we will have to stick to a high-level overview
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What is a "confession?"
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Pascal said Montaigne was "stupid" for attempting to "paint himself." Though autobiographies were vain, narcissistic
In Class Journal Entry 15: Childhood Memory
Write a narrative of a moment in childhood where you did something wrong. Take your time to write this well: set the scene, describe the context, describe who was involved, describe how it made you feel, etc.
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