AS AM 5- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 68 pages long!)
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How do i understand my place in collectivity? (american life) How to present the i & we? (on style): How to analyze the i & we? (on close reading): Authorial intention is not important, one"s own interpretation of the work. Returned to the question of national collectivity & their successes/failures. What is it that stopped us from attaining the ideal? . Dualism - america we understand vs upside down america. A tale of two cities: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times . Minority has been central to the very founding of american life & governance: Thomas jefferson on minority vs majority rights. Metaphors of minorities: critical language to explain literature. Otherness: radical difference between us & them. Asian as always foreigner, the strange, & the grotesque. Assimilation: american promise of leaving behind tradition & entering into modern life (don"t be who you were) Melting pot (assimilation) vs salad bowl (separate cultures)
