What aptly defines 'minor literature' according to Gilles Deleuze (and Guattari)?
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Correct answer: B. Deterritorialization of language
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In Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature (1975), minor literature has three features: deterritorialization of language, immediate political connection, and collective value.
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