Multicultural and Post-Colonial Children’s Literature Flashcards

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Literature about different cultural groups is often called

  • Multicultural literature
  • politically correct literature
  • poly-cosmic literature
  • post cultural literature
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  • Multicultural literature
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Multicultural literature that tend to focus on what issues?

  • identity, difference, and power
  • socio-economic class difference
  • sexism and feminism
  • Anglo- European dominance
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  • identity, difference, and power
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Which of the following tends to be included in Multicultural literature for children?

  • issues of ethnicity
  • issues of gender
  • Ageism
  • Handicaps and special needs
  • All of the above
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  • All of the above
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Generally, ‘ post-colonialism’ describes cultures affected by:

  • an ongoing process of colonization
  • colonies from the Greco-Roman era
  • a past history of colonization
  • all of the above
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  • an ongoing process of colonization
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A process of rewriting old texts against the common messages/ images of Empire is known as:

  • De-colonization
  • Post-colonization
  • Social Revolution
  • none of the above
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  • De-colonization
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What value does Multicultural literature provide?

  • Help children understand and empathize with diverse groups
  • provides positive reinforcements of non-Anglo-European communities
  • show children how to identify prejudice
  • teaches children to reframe from discrimination
  • all of the above
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  • all of the above
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In addition to strong literary qualities, Multicultural and post- Colonial literature’s must also be evaluated on:

  • the strength of its protagonist
  • the themes
  • accuracy of cultural details
  • it’s narrative point of view
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  • accuracy of cultural details
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In addition to strong literary qualities, Multicultural and post- Colonial literature’s must also be evaluated on:

  • it’s authorial position
  • it’s lyrical content
  • it’s narrative point of view
  • it’s themes
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  • it’s authorial position
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What is the term for taking into consideration the author’s background and his/her relationship to the cultures s/he describes in fiction?

  • cultural assimilation
  • authorial position
  • subject position
  • narrative appropriation
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  • authorial position
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