Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 12 AIL 1134 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Swift Beside Equiano
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The idea
Unit four worked Swift's proposal: level, statistical prose describing an atrocity. Equiano's prose is also level and also describes an atrocity. The manner is nearly identical and the purposes are opposite, which makes the pair the most useful contrast in this unit.
In practice
Same manner, opposite purposes.
Where people slip
Manner alone cannot tell them apart.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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