Fictional literary works are reflective of the worlds we inhabit by using the raw elements of reality and refashioning them into stories that reveal to us the significance of life in some manner. This is accomplished through what are called themes, or an underlying meaning of significance within a literary work. Literary texts, however, are actualized by the technical features of writing known as literary devices. It can be said that the significance of a text (what is interpreted) or actualized through literary devices (what is analyzed), however, both meaning and its component parts are important to understand in relationship to one another for a wholistic view.
Prompt: Consider the experiences you have had in reading Karen Tei Yamashita’s Through the Arc of the Rainforest and identify a literary theme that is reflective of a global system by analyzing how various literary devices (like plot, setting, characters) and interpretative lenses work in writing to facilitate the larger meaning of the text and reveal some insight about the world.
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