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Definition of Autobiography
1. A history of a persons life written or told by that person.
2. A biography written by the person it is about.
3. An account of a persons life written by that person.
Elements of an Autobiography
Four broad types of autobiography: thematic, religious, intellectual and fictionalized
Personal pronouns
Definition of Fiction
1. The class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in
prose form.
2. Something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story.
3. Written stories about people and events that are not real: literature that tells
stories which are imagined by the writer
Setting
Stamps, AR; St. Louis, MO; Mexico; Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, CA
Character
Not all characters are true-to-life; some are an amalgamation of several less independently
interesting people
Conflict
Symbols
Point of view
Written from a present point of view rather than looking back on her life
Themes
Racism/segregation
Resistance
Displacement
Can any elements then be condemned as false if they are representative of the
Afro-American experience?
Bibliography
Agins, Donna Brown. Maya Angelou: "Dversty Makes for a Rch Tapestry"
Berkeley Heights: Enslow, 2006. Print.
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why The Caged Brd Sngs. Bantam ed. New York:
Bantam, 1971. Print.
Gilbert, Susan. "Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Brd Sngs: Paths to
Escape." Maya Angelou. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2002. 73-83. Print.