EN286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Role, Prefrontal Cortex, Yazh
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Social justice issues - inequalities in racism, classism o. Harry potter, is designed to appeal to broad reading audience, but some of the books are designed for genders. The subject matter becoming more and more mature from the 19th centuries. These are commodities, there is a particular adult agenda behind yal, it needs to be sold. o. Neuroscience - changing adolescent brain - prefrontal cortex o. Teenage brain going through particular changes during their years: a teenager sense appropriate behavior may not be the same as an adult, where the prefrontal cortex may not be developed o o. English literature should not use neuroscience as proof. She argues that we develop our identity through narrative, by consuming them and creating them. we understand our lives through reading and what they have offered to us. Identification: ability and tendency of readers to align themselves with particular characters within yal.
