Lemonade Syllabus Essay

Lemonade Syllabus feature’s Beyoncé’s album Lemonade, and literary works from a plethora of genres. Lemonade Syllabus is different than a class syllabus because it displays what the class is about, and what needs to be accomplished during the semester. It is an impactful literary work because she uses the syllabus in an ironic manner. Benbow does not use a syllabus as a reader may expect to read a syllabus, and that helps to keep the audience looking for more. Although you know how the class will be, there is still an air of mystery regarding how the class will be implemented. You do not have options with a syllabus most of the time, and with Lemonade you have control over what you want to read. I think Candace’s Lemonade Syllabus is different because she gives us an outline into black womanhood and feminism. There are no assumptions of what the quotes, literary works, or pictures mean all of it revolves around educating her readers. The composition corresponds with genre because it goes hand in hand with the black social issues seen today. The readings and Beyoncé’s lemonade are cohesive, the content displayed in both of them are about social injustices and how to heal from them.

It is very noticeable how the visual elements are continually displayed at the beginning of the page, as if the reader needs to be impacted by the image before preceding to the text. Another effect displayed is that no more than two pages of text is supported by a notes page. I believe the purpose of these pages is for the reader to be engaged in the text they have read, but the reader also has the option of taking notes from what they have read. Lemonade Syllabus creates effects spatially through alignment. The reason alignment suits it better is because of the way Benbow has her page set up. There is no doubt that her placement of text, visual elements, and re-occurring notes is meant to guide you throughout reading