Self-paced
P1
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Intro topic ·
Three notable autobiographical collections by U.S. Latina authors
Expect the main point to relate to why these three collections are significant
P2
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Significance of collections ·
They cross boundaries between languages, identities, and rhetorical styles
P3
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Significance of first collection ·
Borderlands/La Frontera
Blends personal and cultural history using narrative and poetry
Significance of second collection ·
Loving in the War Years
Blends genres, non-chronological sequence of events
Critic's perspective ·
Non-chronological writing sets women's autobiographies apart from men's
It's unclear if this critic thinks men's autobiographies never use non-chronological writing, but at the very least, it's not the traditional approach
Significance of third collection ·
Getting Home Alive
Combines mother's and daughter's perspectives
Author's perspective ·
These complex narrative styles convey complex identities
P4
Main point ·
These three collections by U.S. Latina authors use innovative methods to express complex, marginalized identities
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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This is one of the parameters of typical autobiography. We have evidence of this because the author
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There’s no evidence this is a parameter of typical autobiographies. It’s not clear that typical autobiographies even have different modes of presentation.
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There’s no evidence this is a parameter of typical autobiographies. The author never comments on whether bringing up politics is typical or unusual. (Don’t confuse “politics of multiple cultural identities” with the concept of political overtones.)
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There’s no evidence this is a parameter of typical autobiographies. It’s not clear that typical autobiographies even include poems.
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This isn’t one of the parameters of typical autobiographies. If anything, typical autobiographies probably wouldn’t involve other genres like poetry as part of representing personal experiences. This is partially why the Latina writers’ autobiographies are innovative — they include multiple genres.