English 150 Midterm #1
What is close reading? - -the detailed analysis of a literary text, usually a short poem or prose
excerpt...the close reader typically attempts to account for and justify the presence of all the text's
features of sound and sense
-Who's speaking? What is the attitude or tone? From which perspective?
-Every aspect of the text is meaningful
Sound in literature... - Alliteration; repetition of sounds
Form in literature... - a works structure of style
Genre in literature... - established category for written work
What was Kimono Wednesdays? - Visitors invited to channel inner Camille Monet by wearing kimonos,
sparked uproar and protests claiming this is orientalism
What is Orientialism? - A set of ideas held by the west
Identifying Asians as "others"
Attraction and replusion, could be both
What was orientalisim in America? - Columbus arrives in the west, thinking near china, dubbed
"Indians", the Boston tea party, trading big things, the 1780s opening trade with china
What is claiming America? - establishing an Asian American presence
What are common orientalist themes? - "heathens"
"feminization"
"backwardness"
What is close reading? - -the detailed analysis of a literary text, usually a short poem or prose
excerpt...the close reader typically attempts to account for and justify the presence of all the text's
features of sound and sense
-Who's speaking? What is the attitude or tone? From which perspective?
-Every aspect of the text is meaningful
Sound in literature... - Alliteration; repetition of sounds
Form in literature... - a works structure of style
Genre in literature... - established category for written work
What was Kimono Wednesdays? - Visitors invited to channel inner Camille Monet by wearing kimonos,
sparked uproar and protests claiming this is orientalism
What is Orientialism? - A set of ideas held by the west
Identifying Asians as "others"
Attraction and replusion, could be both
What was orientalisim in America? - Columbus arrives in the west, thinking near china, dubbed
"Indians", the Boston tea party, trading big things, the 1780s opening trade with china
What is claiming America? - establishing an Asian American presence
What are common orientalist themes? - "heathens"
"feminization"
"backwardness"
