Essay Questions

How does Jill Lepore exploit postmodernism-“Here He Lyes”

Jill Lepore implements intertextuality when she cites Captain John Smith’s works such as “The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke and America.” The intertextuality forms the heart of her deconstruction of the captain’s writings. Jill Lepore emphatically critiques the assertion that Captain Smith “wasn’t a liar.”

How did Franklin implement Pastiche-“The Way to Wealth”

Jill Lepore explicates, “Franklin counterfeited court documents, elegies, and even scripture. Some of his fakes are so cunning they weren’t discovered to be fakes, or his, until long after he was dead, partly because he was remarkably discreet.” Franklin emulated the styles delineated above while composing his works; the mimicry is a pastiche which designates that the work is not unreservedly imaginative. His discreteness surmises that he preferred to obscure any leads which would tip-off that the work had been furtively imitated.