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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{concerns itself with class differences, economic and otherwise, as well as the implications and complications of the capitalist system} \tn 
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Relate context of work to social class of the author and or time period & Whom does it benefit if the work or effort is \seqsplit{accepted/successful/believed}, etc.? \tn 
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What roles does power, money and class play in this work? & Which class does the work claim to represent? \tn 
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Consider who has the money/power and who doesn't & What values does it reinforce? \tn 
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 & What values does it subvert? \tn 
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Does the work propose some form of utopian vision as a solution to the problems encountered in the work? & What conflict can be seen between the values the work champions and those it portrays? \tn 
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What does the work say about oppression; or are social conflicts ignored or blamed elsewhere? & What social classes do the characters represent? \tn 
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In what ways does the work serve as propaganda for the status quo; or does it try to undermine it? & How do characters from different classes interact or conflict? \tn 
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How do characters overcome oppression? & What role does class play in the work; what is the author's analysis of class relations? \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{the manner in which gender and sexuality is discussed} \tn 
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What elements of the text can be perceived as being masculine (active, powerful) and feminine (passive, marginalized) and how do the characters support these traditional roles? & What sort of support (if any) is given to elements or characters who question the masculine/feminine binary? What happens to those \seqsplit{elements/characters?} \tn 
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What elements in the text exist in the middle, between the perceived masculine/feminine binary? In other words, what elements exhibit traits of both (bisexual)? & How does the author present the text? Is it a traditional narrative? Is it secure and forceful? Or is it more hesitant or even collaborative? \tn 
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What are the politics (ideological agendas) of specific gay, lesbian, or queer works, and how are those politics revealed in...the work's thematic content or portrayals of its characters? & What are the poetics (literary devices and strategies) of a specific lesbian, gay, or queer works? \tn 
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What does the work contribute to our knowledge of queer, gay, or lesbian experience and history, including literary history? & How is queer, gay, or lesbian experience coded in texts that are by writers who are apparently homosexual? \tn 
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What does the work reveal about the operations (socially, politically, psychologically) homophobic? & How does the literary text illustrate the problematics of sexuality and sexual "identity," that is the ways in which human sexuality does not fall neatly into the separate categories defined by the words homosexual and heterosexual? \tn 
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 & How do characters embody these traits? \tn 
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How does this portrayal criticize the leading political figures or movements of the day? & How does the literary text function as part of a continuum with other historical/cultural texts from the same period...? \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{people's unconscious affects their behavior. the unconscious feelings affected behavior are desire, fear of loss, and repression.  Dreams are a lens into the unconscious. The behavior of characters in a story give insight into the author's unconscious feelings} \tn 
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