GENG 260 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Discussion of A Negro Love Song and We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar Outline of Current Lecture I James Weldon Johnson s The Auto Biography of an Ex Colored Man Current Lecture I James Weldon Johnson s The Auto Biography of an Ex Colored Man Quiz Question James Weldon Johnson is the narrator of The Auto Biography of an ExColored Man FALSE It s a novel fiction Why would he call it an auto biography It could be seen as a good marketing technique white people expect the traditional slave narrative Intertextuality the idea that texts interact with and shape the meaning of each other Texts that reference respond to or revise other texts exhibit intertextuality Can be intentional or unintentional Ex Character reading a book or quoting a song A story being retold updated every Disney princess movie Rapunzel Tangled Snow White Into the Woods when authors reference quote the bible ect Signifying A kind of intertextuality that emphasizes a repitition an revision of previous African American texts Unmotivated Akin to Pastiche imitation with the intent to celebrate previous work Star Wars Homage signaling admiration and respect These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Absence of negative critique Motivated Akin to parody imitation with the intent to mock or comment on previous work space balls Revisions signaling critical dialogue Presence of critique Johnson s repetition of the conventions of the slave narrative are an example of Motivated or unmotivated poll question Narrator Ex colored man piano prodigy He doesn t want sympathy so what does he want The Pickaninny another caricature of African American children smart able talented These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute