Learning Goal: I’m working on a writing discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Required length of submission:
- 150-200 words
Discussion question:
- At the end of “The Country,” Paredes says, “[The Texas Legend] appears in two widely dissimilar places: in the written works of the literary and the educated and orally among a class of […] adventurers who have used the legend for very practical purposes. One must classify the Texas legend as pseudo folklore. Disguised as fact, it still plays a major role in Texas history. Under the guise of local pride, it appears in its most blatant forms in the ‘professional’ Texan” (44).
- What do you think he means by this? How is the legend used for “practical purposes”? Why does he call it “pseudo folklore”? Explain.