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Examine the structure of Moby Dick. How and why does it adopt so many…
Examine the structure of Moby Dick. How and why does it adopt so many genres and forms?
Journal
Comedy
Travel writing
Life on whale ship - 98
Metafiction
Reference to book's size, content, significance
Draws attention to its realist genre (Ch 45)
Both aural and written cultures e.g. Ch 52-54
Narration
Flits between 3rd person, 1st person (Ishmael), 1st person (unknown)
Play
From Chapter 29 onwards, Ch 36, more and more towards end
Soliloquys
Ahab (Ch 37)
Asides (Ch 38, 39)
Hymn (Ch 40) within play
Varied dialogue (Ch 40)
Comic scenes e.g. Ch 43
Sermon
Persuasive (Ch 24)
Defendant of whales (Ch 89-90)
Prophecy (Ch 26)
Address to pagans (Ch 35)
Bathetic
Fleece's sermon to the sharks (Ch 64)
Unconventional
Religious references to whales (Ch 82)
Science writing
Anthropological
Geology (Ch 104)
Phrenology
History (101)
Philosophical (114)
Cetological
Whaling manual
Pseudoscience
Ch 55-57
Culinary history of whales (Ch 65)
Apocrypha (e.g. Ch 71/72)
Especially a lot around Ch 70-80
Etymology and extracts
Epic
Comparison of Ahab to Old Norse Kings
The story is a 'legend' b/c tragedy