Essays about: "Maya Angelou"

Found 2 essays containing the words Maya Angelou.

1. 1. The Caged Bird’s Free Flight : Analyzing Intersectionality in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with the Aim of Empowering Pupils in the EFL Classroom to Speak Out Against Inequality and Prejudice

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Karin Risedal Olsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Maya Angelou; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; upper secondary school; EFL classroom; critical race theory pedagogy; intersectionality; racism; gender; class; autobiography;

   Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis was to study the portrayal of discrimination that occurs because of multiple factors in Maya Angelou’s book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The analysis has been conducted through the lens of Critical Race theory as the theory draws on the affiliation between race, racism and power. READ MORE

3. 2. 'Master of My Faith, Captain of My Soul' : Identity and Community in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Veronica Söderlund; [2017]
   Keywords : community; identity; Toni Morrison; Maya Angelou; diaspora; otherness;

   Abstract : This essay is a close reading of the novels Beloved by Toni Morrison and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou with the purpose of analyzing the impact and role of the African American community in two characters’ formation of self. The aim is to contrast and compare the two chosen characters’ experiences with their respective African American communities and discuss common ground, similarities and differences. READ MORE