Course 4—Lecture

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LitCourse 4
How to Read: Title & Setting

Titles—highlight irony

Titles can be ironic, meaning the opposite of what is stated or suggested.

"Good Country People," a famous story by Flannery O'Connor, concerns a family whose members are petty, prideful, and self-absorbed—hardly the "good people" the title refers to.

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