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MAYA ANGELOU

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ABOUT THE AUTHORy BORN-1928

y LED A FULL PUBLIC LIFE

yWROTE MANY VOLUMES OF POETRYy THIS BOOK IS A POETICIED TRUE STORY OF HER

LIFE

y DANCER,PLAYWRIGHT,SINGER,ACTRESS.

y CIVIL ACTIVIST

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HOW IT IS A AUTOBIOGRAPHY?y Focus on specific parts of political, personal and

ideological life.

y First person narration.y Story of her own self

y Ventures beyond dates and facts

y Chronological record

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTIONy It has thematic development

y Dialogue

y Characterizationy Theme

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PLOTy Early years

y Life in Stamp,Arkasnas

yArrival of her fathery Rape victim

y Life with her step father

yAs a mother

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THEMESy Identity

y Racism

y Familyy Sexism

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MOOD OF THE TEXTy Both tensed and nostalgic

y Depicted entire range of emotions

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CONTRIBUTIONy She was the first Black street car conductor at age of

16.

y Civil activisty She wrote volumes of poetry likeJust Give Me a Cool

Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, On the Pulse of theMorning.

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AWARDSy I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), focuses on

the first seventeen years of her life, brought her

international recognition, and was nominated for aNational Book Award.

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