The critical lens I chose to read Beloved through is the new historical lens. Out of all the different lens I chose the new historical lens because it was the lens I knew the best and it would be the most interesting lens to look through because you get to look through that time period of when the book is based and when the author wrote it. I have looked through different novels and other different things using the historical lens and have had success in understanding some of the deeper meanings of the novels. I have also used this lens many times in history class and in english class. I believe that this lens is the best way to fully understand what was going on in that time, which would then lead to understanding what was going on in the book. Another lens that I considered was the postcolonial lens because I understand what that one is about and it would help go deeper into the book because it is about slavery and that is what the postcolonial lens looks at. I am hoping to get a better understanding of the historical lens and of the book Beloved. Using the historical lens will help me understand the lens better and will make me better at using it overall. Using the historical lens in this book will help me gain a better understanding of slavery and what happened in that time period and why the author wrote this.
I think that using the Historical Lens is very meaningful in this context as well. I hope that you learn more about the history and nature of slavery throughout Beloved because I know that there is so much interesting information in the text about history! Also, my critical lens somewhat relates to yours as well (post-colonial lens) so I'm looking forward to comparing how we look at the book differently through our similar lenses!
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