What contextual (social/cultural/political etc) considerations* does the section you have examined engage with and how? In ‘What He Wants to Say Which is Right to Say,’ concerns of gender inequality is reflected throughout the work. Throughout the work, the main character, an unmarried woman working as an insurance sales is heard expressing her own concerns […]
Month: November 2020
Perspectives in Bang My Car
Chapbook–Street literature, that is cheap and accessible for all. Bang My Car is called a chapbook since it reflects the perspectives of ordinary people and is not designed to be a work of high literature or a big read. Polyvocality doesn’t let the readers assume the perspective of the author since it gives a voice […]
The relationship between writers, readers and texts in the construction of meaning
From the article by Kae Tempest: “A story doesn’t cultivate empathy just by virtue of its having been thought up; it must be engaged with to become powerful; the story must be read, the song must be listened to, in order to acquire its full charge.” –This quote became really effective for me when Tempest […]