Centre/Margin (Periphery)

• Engels
• HBO
• Studiejaar 2

Centre / Margin (periphery)

 After this lesson:
- Students can explain what centre/margin means.

- Students can link imperial Europe to centre/margin.

- Students can point out centre/margin in a text.

Trigger warnings for "Home":

Mutilation, racist slurs, refugees, sexual assault, violence, war.

What do you think the concepts
centre and margin entail?

What do you think 'binary' means?

Can you think of some examples where centre/margin applies?

Side concepts

- Imperial Europe

- Colonialism

- Modern Imperialism

Imperial Europe

British Empire

Warsan Shire

- Born 1 August 1988.

- British writer, poet, editor and teacher.

- Born to Somali parents in Kenya.

- Brunel University African Poetry Prize (2013).

- Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’.

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Why does the writer refer to home as ‘’the mouth of a shark’’?

Which literary devices do you recognise in ‘Home’?

Literary devices

- Repetition

- Enjambment

- Metaphor

- Imagery

- Symbolism

What is the centre in this text? What is the margin?

Connecting centre/margin to 'Home'

- Close but not a part of

- Racism and privilege

- Center can educate itself

- Bridging capitol

Learning objectives:

- Students can explain what centre/margin means.

- Students can link imperial Europe to centre/margin.

- Students can point out centre/margin in a text.