"What is Juxtaposition?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers
Channel: OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film
Date: 2019-08-23

Poet-in-Residence David Biespiel answers the question "What is Juxtaposition?" using examples from the authors Charles Dickens and Natasha Trethewey, and the artists Mark Rothko and Rene Magritte.  The short video is designed to help high school and college English students to properly identify juxtaposition in poetry and prose to analyze the purposes that this literary form serves. The video is sponsored by the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University. For more discussions of literary topics and essay writing tips, please subscribe to the free SWLF YouTube Channel or visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/oregon-state-guide-english-literary-terms

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Timestamps
0:00 Juxtaposition Defined
1:18 Juxtaposition in the Visual Arts
2:21 Juxtaposition in Literature

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