![]() ![]() This unit is based upon the strategies described by Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts in their book, Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Tests-and Life. In the Core Curriculum, new emphasis is being placed on text-dependent analysis. Reading 47 will provide my students with an opportunity to reflect on differences between science fiction and realistic fiction. ![]() ![]() This unit will introduce students to a subgenre of African American literature while also providing them with the opportunity to develop a more nuanced understanding of the machinery of slavery. In 47, Walter Mosley elucidates (almost incidentally) how close to impossible it was for slaves to overthrow their bondage because of the machinery of the law, and their inability to match their white masters’ firepower, as well as the personal and familial bonds that made the price of rebellion one that affected family and community members. Walter Mosley mixes social realism and science fiction in 47, the story of a young slave in 1832. Keywords: cotton fields, Literature, Slavery, social realism, Walter Mosley Seminar: Aliens and Others: African Americans Writing Generic Fiction ![]()
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