ENGL103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paratext, Esi Edugyan, Five Ws
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Idea of changing a name, losing a name/identity and the power a name holds (connecting to culture, family) Germany at that time would have meant really puts you in the setting and brings you to the time period (horses, carriages, church bells, snow, elaborate clothes, face powders, etc. ) There is no aloneness quite so stark as genuine unbelonging . Three hundred years separate their lives, and so much has changed. And yet the nature of belonging has not. Where we come from and where we are, two different homes. Home is the rst exile this quote is powerful because it beautifully expresses the notion that our ascribed statuses separate us in many ways that are inescapable. Cultural productions engage with societal norms surrounding us, grounded in the institutions that fund these productions. Do not evaluate mastery, judge character choices or examine the psychology, make larger claims about life or humanity, ask what ifs or hypothesize non canon material.