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Many critics agree that the primary characteristic of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work is its sociopolitical commitment. ███

Intro topic · Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work and its political focus

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Characteristics of Sembène's films · Influenced by socialist realism, designed to educate, adapted to West African culture

Key characteristic · Films draw on African oral tradition

Possibly the main point, though not yet clear

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Example connections · between Sembène's films and African oral tradition

Sembène uses West African tree motif and trickster characters

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Generalize connections · between Sembène's films and African oral traditions

Sembène and African oral tradition both use archetypes (i.e., stock characters) that represent broader ideas and challenges

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Another connection · Dilemma tales

Stories where the outcome of the plot is open to audience interpretation

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One more connection · Conflict between polar opposites leads to change in characters' perspectives

Sembène uses this to deliver his political messages

Contrast perspectives · between critics and author

Critics say Sembène's focus on polar opposites is due to Marxist (i.e., socialist) influence; author says it's due to West African influence

Passage Style

Single position

Spotlight

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The author doesn’t suggest anything about Sembene’s popularity.

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The author doesn’t mention anything about government support for Sembene’s films.

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The author doesn’t suggest that critics in Senegal misunderstand his films. Although the author does note that many critics are likely wrong in thinking that binary oppositions in his work are due to Marxist components of Sembene’s ideology, we don’t know that these critics are in Senegal.

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Supported in P2.

85%

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Government censorship isn’t mentioned.

PrepTest 136 - Section 3 - Passage 1 - Question 4

Difficulty

Analysis

Answer Popularity

Question history

Confirm action