ENG250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Christian Mythology, Nigger, American Civil War
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Frederick douglass and walt whitman and the act of independance. Reading: the action of perusing written or printed matter. Interpretation: action of interpreting or explaining explanation, exposition oneself in this way. Interpretation: attacking the document and trying to extract something. Drama: interpreting a role, music: interpreting a piece of music. Bring 1855 edition of leaves of grass. Do not relate leaves of grass to us civil war. Focus on a few lines of particular. See how you can respond to a text. Pick a section in general of 10-15 lines and talk about it in general, then talk about how the few lines speak to section and how this ties in to the entire song of myself. Close reading section 6 song of myself. Kanuck, tuckahoe: native american name, cuff: african american name, congressman, also the type of grasses. I give them the same, i receive the same : came from the dust, received by the grass when we die.
