Historical Figures
This person edited a collection of fiction, poetry, and essays fron African Americans entitled The New Negro
Who is Alain Locke
This term identifies the movement of Black intellectuals and artist during the 1920’s
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This quote comes from: "All of which mattered little. There was a fire, promising life with every dancing flame."
What is To build a Fire by Jack London
This was prescribed to women who were labeled hysteric
What is the Rest Cure
This term describes the literary movement that broke from romanticism and Victorian values. It focused influenced by world war I and industrialization. Included stylistic innovation and language that would shock readers.
What is Modernism
This quote comes from: "How does it feel to be a problem? they say"
What is the Souls of Black folks by W.E.B Dubois
What is the term used by W.E.B Dubois that emphasized the importance of classical education and art for the betterment of African Americans. Belief that the elevation of a percentage of the population would benefit the whole.
What is the Talented Tenth
This text is an example of literary realism, a genre that aimed to capture the intimate details of daily life.
What is Daisy Miller
This quote comes from: " I had no schooling when I was a slave, though I remeber on several occasions I went as far as the schoolhouse door with one of my young mistresses to carry her books. The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression on me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise"
What is Up from slavery by Booker T Washington
What is the "Gregorio Cortez"
A White Heron and To Build a Fire are examples of this literary movement
What is Naturalism
This quote come from: "Course Ah knowed it! That’s how come Ah done it.” He slapped his leg with his hand and almost rolled on the ground in his mirth. “If you such a big fool dat you got to have a fit over a earth worm or a string, Ah don’t keer how bad Ah skeer you.’
What is Sweat by Zora Neal Hurston
This federal law criminalized the mailing of obscene materials. Included contraceptives and materials related to abortion
What is the Comstock Act
This writer inspired a lot of the writers and artists during the Harlem Renaissance
Who is W.E.B Dubois
This quote come from: "“People are certainly not nice like they used to be,” said the grandmother. “Two fellers come in here last week,” Red Sammy said, “driving a Chrysler. It was a old beat-up car but it was a good one and these boys looked all right to me. Said they worked at the mill and you know I let them fellers charge the gas they bought? Now why did I do that?” “Because you’re a good man!” the grandmother said at once.
What is a Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor