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    The document provides an overview of several literary theories and concepts including New Criticism, Feminist Criticism, Marxist Criticism, Psychological Criticism, Mythological/Archetypal Criticism, and Critical Race Theory. It also discusses analyzing and evaluating media texts, what constitutes an archetype, and examines the dangers of a "single story" perspective. Key points covered include focusing on the text itself in New Criticism, examining gender roles and imagery in literature through a Feminist lens, exploring ideology and social classes under Marxist Criticism, and analyzing characters' psychology under Psychological Criticism.

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    Notes

    How Fiction Can Change Reality:


    - Story can change people’s perspective
    -

    What is New Criticism?


    - New Criticism: Literary criticism with textual focus rather than meaning interpreted by
    author/reader
    - Text should stand alone (exclude author’s message and reader’s interpretation)
    - Close Reading
    - Look for tension
    - E.g. Elsa & Anna had tension
    - Explore the tension resolved in unity
    - E.g. Elsa & Anna unified despite the tension
    What is Feminist Criticism?
    - Examines woman in literature
    - Tension between male and female imagery
    - Bowls depict women, keys depict men
    - Bowls receive, keys open
    Marxist Criticism
    - Marxcist Critic:
    - Ideology: system of beliefs that underlie our actions and material lives
    - E.g. Social relationships such as men must be providers is engraved in our minds
    - Hegemony: Those in power create a worldview to dominate others without using force
    - 3 Classes
    - Aristocracy
    - Royalty
    - Bourgeoisie
    - Wealthy with societal power
    - Proletariat
    - Workers
    What is Psychological Criticism?
    - Psychological criticism: taking ideas of psychology and applying it to literature
    - Two ways to focus this way of reading:
    - Author
    - Psychology of author
    - Characters
    - Psychological analysis of characters
    Mythological/Archetypal Criticism
    -
    What Critical Race Theory Actually is- And Isn’t:
    - Field where people concluded racial disparity was consistent
    - Misconceptions
    - White people are inherently evil
    - Everything and everyone is racist
    - Anti-white or racist

    Analyzing and Evaluating Media Texts:

    What is an Archetype?
    - Archetype: Behavioral pattern and reflection of that pattern in a story
    - Think of as “pattern”
    - Two examples
    1) Wise old man archetype
    a) Yoda
    b) Karate Kid sensei
    2) Petrification (turning to stone) by beasts
    - First instinct when seeing is a monster is to “freeze” (“turn to stone”)
    - Common ancestry results in patterns throughout the world

    Danger of A Single Story

    -take notes on passages that stand out to you


    -brainstorm why they stand out to you and what comes to mind when you listen to her message
    -listen to this speech through two literary theories, what connections do you make when you listen with two
    different perspectives? What kind of details stand out with these theories/lens?

    Stand out:
    - Chimamanda’s roommate treating her with pity and being surprised that she knew how to use a
    stove
    - The lack of stories being shared from other cultures, resulting in “a single story”
    - Woman telling Chimamanda what to write about in the sequel of her novel
    - Law that women were required to receive consent from husband before renewing passport
    -

    Race Theory:
    - Majority of the books she read contained caucassians with blue eyes, resulting her believing that
    all literature must contain these types of characters
    - Discovering African stories saved her from viewing literature this way
    - In American literature, Africa was seen as a dark place with people who were half human and
    half devil
    - Chimamanda’s roommate thought she didn’t know how to use a stove
    - “African Authenticity”, Chimamanda was told that her characters weren’t authentically African
    because they were too similar to the typical caucassian characters
    Marxist Criticism:
    - The danger of a “single story” affect her and her roommate as Chimamanda saw her friend as
    proletariat while her roommate saw Chimamanda that way
    - People with power are able to share more of their stories
    - America has a lot of power and they are able to create many different stories
    - Africa is not as strong of a country and isn’t able to have as many stories, resulting in
    many people having only a single story

    Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks


    - HeLa cells (“He” for Henrietta and “La” for Lacks)
    - Cells originated from Henrietta’s cancer cells
    - Grow and divide endlessly
    - Historical Fiction vs Creative (Historical) Nonfiction
    - HIstorical
    - Story takes plain in past
    - Characters, actions, and other details are fictionalized
    - Creative (Historical) Nonfiction
    - Events are not fictionalized
    - Work reads likes a novel rather than a history textbook
    - “If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that’s dishonest. It’s taking
    away their lives, their experiences, and their selves”
    Prologue

    Rhetoric

    Rhetoric: Art of speaking or writing effectively


    - Choice of words, volume, and tone affect effectiveness of speaking
    - Pathos - appealing to the emotions of audiences
    - Ethos - Credibility
    - Logos - Logical presentation of arguments

    Rhetorical Texts: Study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion

    Satire & Parody


    ● Satire: A rhetorical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or society in order to
    convince you to see its stupidity and shortcomings.
    ○ Intends to warn the public to change their opinions about the prevailing
    corruption/conditions in society.
    ○ Critique
    ● Origins of Satire:
    ○ Ancient Greece had a type of theatre called satirical drama which displayed serious
    events with lewd pantomime and subversive mockery.
    ■ Make jokes about sex, governments, and systems of power to criticize important
    figures in Greek society and mythical heroes.
    ○ The Ancient Romans were inspired by the Greeks
    ■ “Satura” was the word scholars used for satire meaning “DISH OF MIXED
    INGREDIENTS”.

    The Anthropocene Reviewed

    Kentucky Bluegrass
    - Kentucky Bluegrass (Native to Europe)
    - More water is dedicated to lawn grass than farms
    - ⅓ of clean water in America is used to water lawns

    Googling Strangers
    - Thesis: There are dangers and benefits of having the ability to google strangers
    - A lot of personal info can be find online

    Prom

    Stanford Marshmallow Experiment


    - Synopsis: Walter Michelle (Psychologist) experimented on preschool kids → gave kids options to
    immediately eat one marshmallow or wait to earn an extra marshmallow. Those who could delay
    gratification had “better lives” in general → connects to people’s ability to invest in their future
    rather than receive gratification in the present

    - Theme:

    Early Mornings Anthropocene Reviewed

    Story of Your Life

    Determinisms: All events are determined by causes outside of human free will
    Free Will: Power of acting without constraints of fate
    Heptapod consciousness: Experience past, present, and future all at once. There is an underlying
    purpose, act out the past, present, and future for the sake of this purpose.

    Exam Prep

    Themes
    - Innovations of life/butterfly effect
    - Story of Your Life
    - Louise Banks knew her past, present, and future but decided to go through with
    the planned future despite pain she would endure
    - “Greater purpose”
    - Heptapods live this way
    - Henrietta Lacks
    - HeLa cells helped science
    - Danger of a SIngle Story
    - Only knew stories about caucasians and believed all stories had to be about
    caucasians
    - Googling Strangers
    - John Green saw a boy’s parents being told that the boy may pass away. Years
    later, Green discovered the boy was alive through his facebook page
    - Miscommunication
    - Henrietta Lacks
    - Henrietta unaware of treatment and infertility
    - Doctors
    - Story of Your Life
    - Confusion between Heptapod language and English
    - Perspective: Understanding multiple perspectives brings us closer to the truth
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - Scientific perspective and ramifications of her cells
    - Henrietta’s children’s perspective
    - Historical perspective → Henrietta’s story occurred during time of segregation
    - Anthropocene Reviewed: Prom
    - Teenagers view prom as “best night of their life”
    - Not inclusive of LGBTQ
    - Green has his own view of prom
    - Marxism
    - Anthropocene Reviewed: Mario Kart
    - Players more head receive weaker items than players more behind
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks → systematic racism is prevalent in our society
    - African-Americans are treated as less than
    - The way we deal with trauma impacts our future
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - Deborah vs Joe
    - Deborah faced different mental illnesses while Joe acted out and was
    arrested
    - How does society deal with trauma and healing?
    - Story of Your Life
    - Louise Banks knew her daughter would die if she had her but still followed
    through with giving birth to her
    - Accepted the trauma because of the good memories that came out of it
    - Acceptance
    - Importance of Living in Present
    - Story of Your Life
    - Despite knowing her future, Louise Banks focused on her present and enjoyed
    her present experiences
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - Deborah was hung up on her mother and her own past → suffered from mental
    illnesses as a result
    - Meeting Rebecca Skloot helped to deal with the trauma and focus on
    her present
    - David Lacks neglected his kids after Henrietta passed
    - Was too focused on the past of Henrietta passing away
    - Immorality: People live on through their memories
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - Henrietta is remembered through her traumatic experiences and cells
    - Courage: Courage comes from perseverance
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - Rebecca Skloot was courageous in researching Henrietta’s story
    - Optimism: Optimism for Future
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - Henrietta was told that her cells would make a change
    - Story of Your Life
    - Louise was able to be optimistic for her future even though she would suffer
    - Anthropocene Reviewed: Humanity’s Temporal Range
    - John Green is afraid for humanity but wanted to be optimistic → gave
    humanity’s temporal range a ⅘ stars
    - Marxism: Money gives power
    - Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    - People with money were able to get better treatment
    - Anthropocene Reviewed
    - John Green received extra benefits from his bank upon becoming successful and
    wealthy
    DIfferentiate topic and theme
    - Topic: Trauma
    - Theme: The way we deal with trauma impacts our future

    Exam Essay Notes:


    - 1st body paragraph about 1st text
    - 2nd about 2nd text
    - 3rd comparing both
    - Try to mention pathos, satire, etc. in the third paragraph to establish how both texts mention the
    theme.
    - Keeping the first two content heavy
    - Maybe use lenses

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