ENGL 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Toni Morrison, White Supremacy, Zoophilia
23 Nov 2017
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Midterm format: writing part is about an hour, then 30 minutes to revisit. We will be given a list of topics. Bringing together conversations we"ve had and readings we"ve had. Prepare: write out connections you can make between different texts. Wants us to work with the ideas that we"ve been discussing. You"re going to pick the texts you talk about the questions will be broad. Have at least 4 texts you are comfortable talking about. [power point] the spectacle is an act of exorcism to expel black society from the white society. Trudier harris is a scholar who talks about baldwin and toni morrison. conjuring works with the idea of exorcism. Instead of reading what the crowd is trying to do, but also what is happening practically. In the story, a means of promoting secregation. possession: the act of spectacle as a means of the internalizing.
