Diverse teorier

Question 1

What does Ulricke Tancke says is the reason White teeth is critiqued?

Answer 1

Dismisses White Teeth for what is seen as its facile (superficial) take on contemporary multicultural reality.

Question 2

WHo wrote

Answer 2

Ulricke Tancke

Question 3

What does Ulricke Tancke argue?

Answer 3

That the novels reception -favourably or otherwise-is conditioned by the narrative mechanisms by which it operates and that is necessary to siclose these strategies in order to arrive at an adequate appreciation of its key concerns.

Question 4

what does James wood claim according to Ulricke Tancke?

Answer 4

James wood accuses White Teeth of bein unable to present sufficiantly nuanced characters. He says that Smitch reates hysterical realism, a form of writing which promotes ‘ a culture of permanent storytelling Furthermore, he says, **that the voice of the narrator consistently cancels out that of the characters; she reduces and obliterates them. It lacks moral seriousness. **

Question 5

What does Tancke argue in the end of her essay?

Answer 5

The narrative voice brings to the surface the poignant (painful) experiences, emotional dilemmas and violent potentials that the characters employ.

People tend to read into a text what they prefer or want to read.