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After reading Benito Cereno I’ve come to the conclusion that the novella doesn’t exactly paint African enslavement  as the horrible reality that it truly was. I feel that we are made to sympathize with Captain […]

1)While reading Culler’s chapter on “Narrative” I began thinking about the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. I had recently re-watched this movie a few days ago and when ideas of narrative were being thrown around […]

In Chapter 5 Culler presents many interesting rhetorical and poetic techniques. Many of these techniques can be found within the two poems that are the subject of our first paper. Of all of the techniques […]

After reading “Literature, Meaning and Interpretation” I must say I was most intrigued by the idea of language taking on different interpretation as it relates to an individual’s specific  culture. For example […]

Though I admittedly found it hard to grasp or even agree with every idea presented within each angle Culler gives I found that Literature as Aesthetic stood out and was the most interesting to me. I thought it was […]

After reading Culler’s thoughts on the categorization and selection of what defines literature the biggest takeaway for me is that our definitions are often largely subjective. Whether this subjectivity is […]

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My name is Rafael Correa. It is my  second semester here at LaGuardia. Currently I am pursuing a degree in Childhood education with hopes of one day using my experience in school to teach music and/or […]