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    Wael Fatale lll amen « Intention * Unconscious « Determinacyllt we ae O71 Critical Terms Ua Fe for mee Literary Study | ie a N Edited by eae Frank Femeeaea Thomas Mebaiohiin iddaa ae TD - cr a Literary History #* Race # Et FS ae c oe tation « S§ P ) a eee a , J. Hillis Miller To My Colleagues in Lit. X OTHING scems more natural and universal to human beings than tellin stories. Surely there is no human culture, however “primitive” Withou, its stories and habits of storytelling, its myths of the origin of the world ° legends of the tribe or groups of stories about folk heroes. Linguists use the ability to narrate as a measure of advanced language competence, From Our ear. liest childhood we hear stories and learn to repeat them. An example is the story my ewo-year-old granddaughter echoed from her mother, speaking of herself in the third person as the heroine of her own story: “Mama will carry down, and then baby will feel much better.” As adults, we hear, read, See, and tel] stories all day long—for example, in the newspaper, on television, in ‘encounters with co-workers or family members. In a continuous silent internal activity, we tell stories to ourselves all day long. Jokes are one form of narration. Advertising 's another: “Use this product, and then you will feel much better.” Ar night we baby up and

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