Ke-Jia Liu

The Self as Seen: The Epistemic Function and Limits of Shame in Dance of the Happy Shades

In Munro’s fiction, shame typically arises when characters have done nothing wrong, through being seen, compared, and exposed. This article therefore treats shame not as derivative of gender, class, or maturation, but as an experience with ethical and epistemic significance of its own. Drawing on Bernard Williams, it a...