Tragedy expresses public right while the novel expresses the norm

Evidence

I think that there is a fundamental, essential kinship between tragedy and right, between tragedy and public right, just as there is probably an essential kinship between the novel and the problem of the norm. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 5132

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how does the tragedy-right versus novel-norm pairing map onto genres of colonial legitimation versus colonial governance?