In our blog we intend to respond to Invention of Wings in a number of ways.:
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- in literary responses, we might analyze passages that strike us as particularly beautiful to investigage how the author's style creates meaning.
- in "reading" responses, we might pause to consider where we find meaning for whatever reason. Emphasizing the reader's role in interpreting a text, this approach invites the reader to be critical of the assumptions found in the text and aware of her assumptions in reading the text
- in historical responses, we might research historical allusions or information in the text to understand how Kidd uses history to give the novel verisimilitude and revises history for the purposes of the art of fiction
- In cultural responses, we might connect information about our own lives in the 21st century to the ideas Kidd presents in her book.
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