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+ Adrian Alphona, ayad akhtar, disgraced, G. Willow Wilson, hala alyan, kevin gannon, Ms. Marvel, Pedagogy, radical hope, salt houses, syllabus

How I Construct My Syllabi

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How do I construct a syllabus? Why do I choose the authors I choose? Why do I choose the texts? Out of all the writers and works of literature, how do I narrow down what I want students to read during a sixteen week semester? Well, today I’m going to talk some about my thought process when constructing my syllabi. I do this, some, … Read More How I Construct My Syllabi

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+ ayad akhtar, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, disgraced, identity, Juan de Pareja, Portrait of Juan de Pareja

Juan de Pareja and Identity in Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced”

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Last post, I wrote about the opening of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced where Emily works on a portrait of her husband Amir. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez’s Portrait of Juan de Pareja serves as the inspiration for Emily’s portrait of Amir, and the two discuss Juan de Pareja and specifically the language that they use to construct his identity. The exploration of identity and … Read More Juan de Pareja and Identity in Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced”

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+ ayad akhtar, disgraced, drama, Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith, the land south of the clouds

Identity in Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced”

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In the last post, I talked some more about about Isabel Wilkerson’s statement from Caste when she says, “None of us are ourselves.” I looked at that statement in relation to Long Vahn in Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith’s The Land South of the Clouds. Today, I want to look at Wilkerson’s statement and my own assertion that we can never know our “true” selves in … Read More Identity in Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced”

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