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GENDER IDENTITY

Explore the role of gender identity in modernism / postmodernism by comparing and contrasting two of the pieces you read below.

1. What do you think each piece reveals about gender identity?

2. What do you think the artist or writer was trying to show through the piece?

3. Give specific examples and lines from the works to support your response

4. Write a couple of paragraphs to explain yourself (be sure to carefully proofread your writing.)

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1. Emily Dickinson Read this  biographical information , the poem “ My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun ,” and any two additional  poems  by Dickinson

2. Frank Bidart Read this  biographical information  and the poem " Queer "