2. With The Alchemist, we have examined the figurative language and meaning in the text, the author purpose in writing the text, and now we are going to look at its cultural significance.
This process, approach, that we have taken with The Alchemist is the introduction to how we will examine literary texts this year.
Language... author position . . . cultural product.
3. The Ted Talk for today is by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Adichie, like Duckworth, was awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant. She has written the novels, The Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and We Should All Be Feminists. This Ted Talk challenge viewers to look beyond the "single story" perspective that is easy to adopt.
As you are using the Ted Talk handout to generally take notes on this presentation, please consider the following:
- Why is representation of different cultures critical in literature?
- It what way do we see Coelho explore the concept of the single story within his book, The Alchemist?
- How do we as readers of The Alchemist fall into the trap of the single story as we are reading Coelho's story?
- What aspects of society.. gender, religion, geography, economy... do we see find susceptible to the single story? How? Examples?
Bring 6 questions addressing Adichie's Ted Talk/ Multiple texts/ The Alchemist.
Finish your Ted Talk handout.
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