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19 Cards in this Set
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- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Mbembe quote re Western view of Africa |
the West has invented Africa as an imaginary signification against which to define itself |
imaginary signification |
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How does Naidoo describe Africa? |
A giant jail for most of its people |
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What does author Phillip Pullman say about the moral authority of fiction? |
“thou shalt not might reach the head…but it takes once upon a time to reach the heart” |
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3 ethnic groups of Nigeria |
Igbo (largest tribe in East); Hausa (Nthern and Sth-Eastern); Yoruba (mostly Sth-Western)
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What term describes the folk-tale narratively? |
Kairos (outside of time)
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How is the story Leopard & Tortoise used in the text? |
To suggest timeless truth; reflection of the larger purpose of the text itself, to reveal injustice through fiction; Mrs. Bankole’s leopard-skin coat (threat)
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Terms for sequential, forward and backward movement of time |
Chronos; prolepsis; analepsis |
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In what ways is liminality explored in the text? |
Transitory spaces (train station; airport); role reversal (Sade forced into a parental role). |
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What Bakhtinian concept does the text employ to create a sense of cultural exchange? |
Heteroglossia
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Through what writing method is authorial view injected into the text? |
Free and direct speech (as opposed to direct and tagged ie dialogue)
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What does blood symbolize in the text? |
Loss of innocence/awareness
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John Donne quote that opens the text |
On a huge hill, Cragged, and steep, Truth stands, and he that will Reach her, about must, and about must go.
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How does Naidoo remove the “luxury” of adolescence? |
Takes the children away from their comfortable home/parents and has them confront the harsh realities of the adult world |
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What is one of the ways Sade employs to cope with her new-found refugee status? |
Gives names to people in authority eg Brass Buttons
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What is the name of the Robert Frost poem referenced in the text? |
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
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How could the poem be interpreted in terms of the text? |
Snow = white, a wish to return to innocence; a transitory space, the man is enjoy the restful woods but must move on/ a refuge |
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To what area of significance to Sade does Naidoo connect the Frost poem? |
The woods behind “family home”; the poem is an example of analepsis, a wish to return to a previous state of being…
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In what way is abjection present in the text? |
Social purification of elements/culture unfamiliar/threatening to it |
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How does Sade experience shame? |
Singled out at school - treated as not being worthy of respect (K.A. Appiah – the Honour code) |
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