Post-Colonial Voices · Narrative Reading
Hybridity and Language
Analyzing how post-colonial authors blend indigenous languages and English to create a new literary voice.
Key Questions
- 1Why might an author choose to write in the language of a former colonizer?
- 2How does the inclusion of non-translated terms affect the reader's experience of the text?
- 3In what ways does linguistic hybridity reflect the lived experience of the diaspora?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Post-Colonial Voices
Period: Narrative Reading
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