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EOC Concept Map, Connections- Pink - Coggle Diagram
EOC Concept Map
Language and Power
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, “The Language of African Literature”
gouge says language is powerful because it shapes how people think. When people are forced to use a colonizers language, they can lose their culture.
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Edward Said, Orientalism
Said explains that the West uses language to create unfair ideas about other cultures, These ideas make non-Western people seem "different or "less than." This is what gives the West more power.
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, “Under Western Eyes”
Mohanty says Western writers talk about women in other countries in a way that is not accurate. Because of this inaccurate stereotype it takes way women voices. People should talk for themselves to give themselves power.
M. NourbeSe Philip, Zong!
This poem is broken and hard to read on purpose. It shows that some pain, like slavery, is too big for normal language. Language and wording and writing fail here.
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Ghassan Kanafani, Men in the Sun
The men stay silent instead of speaking up and they die because of it. This shows just how important a voice is.
R.K. Narayan, “A Horse and Two Goats”
Two men cannot understand each other because they speak different languages, This shows how language can create confusion and power differences.
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Class, Global Systems and Voice
Mulk Raj Anand, “The Cobbler and the Machine”
This story shows how machines and modern systems take away jobs and dignity. It shows unfair treatment od workers.
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Rigoberta Menchú, I, Rigoberta Menchú
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Hala Halim, “Lotus, the Afro-Asian Nexus…” + Lotus
This shows how countries in Africa and Asia share similar struggles. it connects people across the world.
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