1. Cultural Criticism Unit One Part Two

2. Looking Back O Unit One: Part One Essential Question: How do artists and writers organize or construct art or text to convey meaning? O Reader Response Criticism: O Asks YOU, the reader, to be aware of your personal attitudes, beliefs, and experiences that you bring into a text you are reading

3. Reader Response Criticism Author Reader Text Interaction with others Meaning

4. Now, Unit One: Part Two O Essential Question: What does it mean to be a stranger in the village? O Discuss with your partner: O Reactions? O Problems with this question? O Word choice used in the question

5. Preview of Assessment Two O Writing a Reflective Essay O “Write a reflective essay that illustrates an event in which you or someone you know felt like a “stranger in the village” or was perceived as a stranger by some group”

6. Cultural Criticism O Definition: This form of criticism examines how different religions, ethnicities, class, identifications, political beliefs, and individual viewpoints affect the ways in which texts are created and interpreted. Cultural Criticism suggests that being a part of, or excluded from, a specific group or culture contributes to and affects our understanding of texts

7. Statements Around Cultural Criticism O Ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual identity, and so on are crucial components in formulating plausible interpretations of text O While the emphasis is on diversity of approach and subject matter, Cultural Criticism is not the only means of understanding ourselves and our art O An examination or exploration of the relationship between dominant cultures and dominated cultures is essential O When looking at a text through the perspective of marginalized peoples, new understandings emerge

8. How Does This Apply to Me? O Rich O White O Males Questioning Systems of Power Noticing Hierarchies Who traditionally holds power in the United States?

9. Redefining “Where You Are From?” O http://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don _t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a _local http://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don _t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a _local

10. Where I Am Local RitualsRelationshipsRestrictions RunningTimNo passport HikingCatching up with my mom Female JeopardyAlcoholic family members No money Self- Reflection/Meditation College friendsExperience “It is what it is”Family in 7 mile radius