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Portrait Essays: People in Words

One of the most important parts of portrait essays is to understand that any depiction of another person-whether a famous stranger or a family member-is also a depiction of the writer. With this lecture, you'll delve into this dynamic between a subject and its writer and examine this power struggle as it plays out in a portrait essay. Using examples from Truman Capote and Scott Russell Sanders, you'll see how your own anxieties and prejudices can come through in an essay focused entirely on someone else.

English
  • Originally Aired June 24, 2016
  • Runtime 32 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created August 22, 2019 by
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  • Modified December 22, 2021 by
    ramita254