19.22: Technology and Identity (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
The imago technology lies at the heart of this novel thematically and narratively. How does this technology create a world, delineate Mahit's culture from Teixcalaan, and ask enormous questions about identity and empire?
Thing of the Week: \u201cRotten\u201d (Documentary Series available on Netflix)
Homework: Come up with three technological or magical approaches that would raise questions about what it means to be you, to be an individual. Take one of these, and then write a scene wherein two characters argue about it.
For those of you just joining us, here's what our close reading series has covered, and what lays ahead!
Close Reading Series: Texts & Timeline
Voice: This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar (March 17)\xa0
Worldbuilding: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (May 12)\xa0
Character: \u201cYou Perfect, Broken Thing,\u201d \u201cThe Cook,\u201d and \u201cYour Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home\u201d by CL Clark (July 7)\xa0
Tension: Ring Shout by P. Dj\xe8l\xed Clark (September 1)\xa0
Structure: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (October 13)
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