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A shared story that tells a people what it means to belong together.
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cultural identity
A shared story that tells a people what it means to belong together.
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The second function of literary works is cultural identity: common stories tell a people what it means to be Chinese, Roman, biblical, or otherwise unified.
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"...the society. To legitimize authority. Second function is to create a cultural identity. So, you know, in China you have books like San Guanyin,..."
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"We'll read the Bible. Okay? In China you have like the Romans of the Three Kingdoms. And all these literary works were designed to..."
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"The class consciousness is more important than national identity, right? Now democracy. No, no, no. This is bad too, right? Because workers cannot defend..."
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"...is to be an open society and not have a distinct cultural identity. And this has created a lot of problems in Canada. It'll..."
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"...the German language, is what will define our culture and our identity. He writes, description and characterization in such a language is itself a..."
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"...very diverse. Okay, so different cultural outlooks will also determine their cultural identities."
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"...that produces men of genius to lead their countries. The Russian cultural identity is the idea of Mother Russia, the land itself, the nation,..."
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"...anywhere between 38 to 41 plays. And he established the English cultural identity, OK? Shakespeare is really a founder of English culture. And he..."
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"...their religion. They were Roman, meaning that they had a distinct cultural identity. And lastly, they were republic, meaning they were run by the..."
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"...a problem he's trying to solve, is like a new Roman cultural identity. Okay? So, remember, the old Roman cultural identity was based on..."
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"It will establish a new Roman cultural identity focused on Rome. piety over liberty and it will show that Greek culture is one of..."
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"...this Greek world, okay? The Greeks need to establish a cohesive cultural identity. And they did that by promoting a Greek education, okay? But..."
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Greek civilization begins as a reversal: chaos, illiteracy, and poverty force the polis, the alphabet, and Homer, until poetry teaches a new human being how to see, feel, and think.
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