ENGL 222 Lecture Notes - Metanarrative, Bulldozer, Feminist Theory
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English final paper: close reading inspires p i (ca) e. I might be nothing by rachel rose: place leads stepping stones destiny, different places produce different people, place being conditional, conditionality, place-specific outcomes. The word artifact immediately placing it in imagination as a thing in the past the historical component to artifacts: there is a history to it. But that history need not be read in the same way. Be invisible to the person reading the artifact: the puppet disappears in the basket of toys, subjectivities how we read things. Theme of absence and presence (i might be nothing / something; disappearing and coming back) Because their presence preserves an absence: historical landmarks. What does that say about our roles at citizens: lineage. Speaker seems to suggest that there is value in inheritance, but also. 16 : poem about prostitution, sexual abuse, learn how to belong in place by mimicking or performing, learn how to mimick love.
