Questions After 3/26 Class

Good evening :)

First of all, I want to send you the tutorials for Ms. Pandya's class on Monday.  If you have taken her class or another librarian's class before, just skim over the tutorials to review.

Here they are.  

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/jHRBWP27FlYdKI/html

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/gHCuqaifkJFQA5/html

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/Xw3oOY8sM0j1uW/html

Also, on Friday, Miriam will present, and we will finish up Frederick Douglass' Narrative.  Next week we will move on to Harriet Jacobs' lifewriting and Phillis Wheatley's poetry.

Here are a few questions:

-- Compare/contrast Douglass' experience of slavery with Equiano's.

-- Compare/contrast how Douglass escaped slavery with how Equiano purchased his freedom.

-- Compare/contrast how each narrator engages with his audience.

-- Compare/contrast how each author presents his characters.

-- Compare/contrast how each author presents slavery.

-- How does Douglass depict the impact of slavery?

-- How does Douglass depict humans' desire for power and the effect of power?

-- How does he show that his narrative is truthful?

-- What is it like for Douglass to return to the country?

-- What is it like for him to live in the city?

-- What is it like for him to leave the South?

-- Compare the South & North at this time.

-- Here James Earl Jones reads excerpts from Douglass' speech for the 4th of July:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tTkHJWxfP0
What does this speech add to your understanding of the Narrative?
What does it add to your understanding of the Narrative's historical context?

How does Douglass represent America?  How does this speech fit into the concept of American identity?

-- What do you think about the idea of there being conventions in the slave narrative?  Is this a good thing?  Or a bad thing?  Why?  Why not?  How does this affect the truthfulness of a narrative?

-- If you are an education major, discuss the differences between teaching more traditional forms of literature and teaching life writing & narratives of exploration.

I am looking forward to seeing what you have to say!

Dr. Szlyk