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Maya Angelou...? The so called ‘literary canon’ is an ever-evolving catalogue of the most important, prestigious and talented who have ever written in the English language, and to have one of your works described as ‘canonical’ is probably one of the best praises a writer could ever receive. Any number of factors could lead to a writer’s work being included in the canon, including ingenuity and creativity, artistic merit, cultural importance, historical importance, public popularity, or some mixture of the above traits. Though it is impossible to identify exactly what leads to a writer being worthy of inclusion into the literary canon, it is sometimes completely obvious that a writer is deserving of the honor. This is certainly the case...
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Cultural Exercise...?Cultural Exercise Different cultural context play a role in attribution in different ways. Some people like explainingthe events of life in terms of situation context while others like explain in terms of presumed dispositions. The Asians like explaining the events of life in terms of situation while the Americans like explaining the events in terms of the disposition. This is attributed to the fact that the Asians were influence by the Chinese culture while the Americans were influenced by the Greek culture. The Greek culture brought about disposition since the Greeks had analytical stance, their focusing in an object was to categorize...
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Maya Angelou...?Angelou’s Style of Writing Maya Angelou’s exploration of self entrapped under layers of both racism and gender is remarkable in her fictional autobiography ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’. The book traces the development of Angelou from a simple child to a mature and responsible adult who shuns away the veils of society to reach her potential (Neubauer). One of the author’s strongest themes throughout the work is displacement. Angelou and her brother are moved by their parents so that they can avoid racism though this is never fully possible. The displacement is not limited to geography alone but to racial undertones as well. The author believes that the sense of displacement is stronger than the...
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Maya Civilization...development similr to tht of ncient Mesopotmi nd Egypt (Schele, 1987:38). Extensive trde ptterns spred their culture over wide re of the estern mesomericn lowlnds. For time, city sttes in Belize nd in the Peten section of Guteml fought for supremcy. The Peten cities eventully collpsed. Mentime, My civiliztion of South meric living in the Yuctn were developing t slower pce, probbly becuse of less fvorble environment, which reched its ndir fter the collpse of the Peten. Torn by invsions of the Toltecs nd lter ztecs, they were declining, or t lest chnging, when the Spnish rrived. Never did the My civiliztion of South meric dispper, however. In fct, they still live nd spek vried dilects of their old lnguge in Belize,...
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Cultural Exploration...Cultural Exploration: Southeastern Georgia Caucasian and Chinese Cultures Semester, Name of Institution
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Culture is not frozen or fixated in time or space. Rather, it is a very dynamic phenomenon. It does vary from one society to the other and from one period to the other. Given the fact that human beings are social, the aspect of the varying aspects of culture from time to time and from place to place plays a very significant role. This is because there is need for human beings to interact from time to time due to their social nature. As they interact, there comes a time when it becomes necessary for one culture to...
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Maya Angelou...and teenage pregnancy. Her life experiences ands the strength she manages to gather from the circumstances in her life inspire her poetry.
Style of Writing
Maya Angelou has an incredible style of writing that makes her stand out among many poets. Her poetry exhibits a constant use of strong language. She brings out power in her arrangement of power and ideas making her poetry highly inspirational. Angelou explores several themes in poetry, and manages to utilize the power of language in communicating with her audience. It is evident that her good command and use of language makes her poetry much more interesting. For example, in her poem ‘still rise’, there is evidence of her expertise in language use....
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Cultural Exercise...Cultural Exercise The term attribution falls in the field of social psychology, which is used to explain and illustrate reasons why certain behaviors and events occur. Attribution theory explains many models used to explain the process involved in the methods. In this essay, two articles; Culture and Causal Cognition and Situational Salience and Cultural Differences in the Correspondence Bias and Actor –Observer Bias are used to describe how different cultural context might play a role in attribution.
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Maya Angelous cultural impact, and her treatment in the media...Maya Angelou’s cultural impact and her treatment in the media Maya Angelou’s cultural impact and her treatment in the media
Maya Angelou had a very strong impact and left a lasting legacy in the poetry, drama, playwright, director, production, and acting fields. Through the publication of, “I know why the caged bird sings”, she became the first African American to write about herself. This kind of writing was different from the marginalized black female writers who took central character roles. Through her life, Angelou set a lasting precedence for African American writers and America as a whole in poetry writing in writing about being black in an unapologetic manner. The legacy precedes her as the most successful visible woman... ...
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Maya Angelou...What details in the opening paragraphs indicate that an event of crucial importance is about to take place? Maya Angelou talks about how the walls of the store were fully occupied and people were still squeezing themselves into the store (Maya 1). The fact that the store was full clearly indicates how important the event that was about to take place in the store was important.
How does Angelou buildup SUSPENSE in her account of the fight? At what point were you able to predict the winner?
Suspense occurs when Angelou writes about how they did not breathe, they did not hope; they waited (Maya 18). The people were staring at the radio in the store waiting to know whether Joe Louis had...
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Cultural Exploration...Cultural Exploration India and US has distinct cultures that also puts them a part in terms of the gender expectations and task relationship. From the time immemorial, India has been known for its discrimination against women. For instance, Indian culture gives more expectations to male than women. Women are subordinated in the society and at some point denied some privileges. At the same time, men are nurtured well to be important people in the society. The society and families expects more from men than women as per the Indian tradition. On the other side, US have equal gender expectations. Children are treated equally regardless of their gender and they grow and...
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