Short description
This edition of selves and others: Language, identity, and literature explores how and why we ask who are you? of ourselves, and of other people whenever we use language, and what it means for the way we study and write about texts.
Long description
This edition of selves and others: Language, identity, and literature explores how and why we ask who are you? of ourselves, and of other people whenever we use language, and what it means for the way we study and write about texts. Drawing on contemporary ethics and issues, Selves and others: Language, identity, and literature investigates how we understand ourselves and other people, and emphasises how you can use this understanding to improve your own academic and creative writing. The edition of selves and others: Language, identity, and literature provides an even bigger selection of literary extracts from classics to modern best-sellers. It also includes new, updated chapters on gender and culture, reflecting recent developments and feedback on selves and others: Language, identity, and Literature from thousands of students across southern Africa.
Table of contents
Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :English (ENN101D) by lecturer Fetson Anderson Kalua
- 1. Autobiography: Exploring the self
- 2. Characterization: People and perspectives
- 3. Made for each other: Ideas about gender
- 4. Writing worlds apart: Representing cultures