Intertextuality Topic

    I have been thinking about many topics for the intertetuality final project, and I have decided that I would like to base it off of literary texts that depict a defiant female protagonist. I find many real life feminist figures and cultural leaders to be very intriguing, so I believe this topic will be very interesting to me. In this class specifically, I definitely find Aneeka to be very bold in Home Fire. I also give props to Antigone for being so strong headed and persistent with her beliefs even though she knew that she would be killed for sticking to them. I tend to admire many female protagonists that go against the status quo, and I would definitely like to do a deep dive on other texts that include this same plot structure and include a character like this. I would like to focus more on women of color who battle against certain rules or face different challenges who are also headstrong and stick to their core beliefs. I have not read many books with a strong female protagonist that goes against rules, but I would definitely love to look more into this subject, especially women of color who face additional challenges.  I am not completely sure what time period I would like to focus on, but I was thinking in the late 1800’s or early to mid 1900’s. I will have to do more research and find out what specific time period I will focus on, but I have the general idea of the time period. 





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  1. Michelle BOctober 27, 2021 at 12:09 PM

    This is an excellent topic, Bianca, and I especially love your focus on women of color. Don't forget that you have a responsibility to find texts from multiple time periods and from multiple and diverse locations/regions for this project, so you will be considering texts from Africa and Asia and the Americas (North and South) and the Middle East. Your home text of Antigone already has you covering Europe and the ancient period. You're ready to start researching!

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