GRSJ 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Forces, Ethnography

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"the margin at the center:on testimonio (testimonial narrative)" - john. Argues that during a the period of marx, most literary texts (e. g. essays, autobiographies) were formed to make the european man --> thus we should understand these writings are formed under cultural and social forces of power (e. g. feudalism/capitalism) Testimonio: novel, narrative in a book told in first person by a narrator who is the real and actual protagonist of the event witnessed (therefore life experience) --> i. e. autobiography, interview. Believed to be resistance literature especially in latin. The narrator"s account is more important than the recorder"s account. Represents a social situation collectively, rather than an. Individual problem (e. g. unemployment for lower economic income citizens) Using the term "i" is very important --> demanding the reader to. Listen and that it calls for attention (however should be careful with facelessness under dominant culture) Gives voice to originally "voiceless" members of the community.

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