African literature

Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass are both well-known African American writers who were for the abolitionist movement. The two writers appeal to their audience and attack slavery by utilizing their knowledge and later found freedom. Wheatley’s works are subdued but also impactful whereas Douglass uses his cogent words to broadcast his points. The writings of Wheatley and Douglass differ in multiple ways; the stand point of the writers’ social views are distinctive differences. Phillis…

Literature can be defined as written texts with artistic value, including the traditional literary genres of poems, fiction and drama. Literature is understood in many ways. It is a body of written and oral works, such as novels, poetry and drama that use words to stimulate the imagination and confront the reader with a unique vision of life. The underlying assumption here is that a work of literature is a creative, universal form of expression that addresses the emotional, spiritual, or…

novels or books by another to further infer and understand such periods of history long since passed. Books, such as Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford and Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene are insightful and historically sound pieces of literature that can further a person’s ability to understand and compare such dissociated and yet rather correlated writings by two distinct but different and unique individuals. When one looks to understand Meet You in Hell, specifically, it is…

extended her use of fables and folktales beyond her novels and into her speeches (Middleton 64 ). In 1993, Morrison became the first African-American women to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature award and in her acceptance speech The Nobel Lecture in Literature she decided to retell a story, a fable heard in many cultures around the world ( The Nobel Lecture in Literature 198 ). The story is about a wise old woman, a rural prophet where fame extends beyond her community and to the city where…

Michael Dana Gioia in the article, “Why Literature Matters,” states that our recent lack of interest in literature is in decline. Gioia points out in a study that our decline of Americans reading literature is a great cause for concern. He also states that we are sending workers into the workplace who are not taught the necessary skills of reading comprehension. Gioia informs us of how the lack of reading literature has damaged our understanding of civic knowledge. The author suggests that to…

Then, he discusses the struggles Asia, Africa, and Latin America have endured for their rights; he suggests they would support African Americans if they could (X 640). Then, he discusses the struggles Asia, Africa, and Latin America have endured for their rights; he suggests they would support African Americans if they could (X 640). Following, Malcolm X utilizes a much more graphic image to rouse his audience; he uses Uncle Sam as his image. While King tries to…

decided to interview Professor Elif Armbruster from Suffolk University's, English department. Professor Armbruster research interest are American Realism (1870-1920), American Domestic Architecture (especially late 19th/early 20th century) and Women’s Literature. Even though, I could have interviewed another professor from the English department which I don’t know, by conducting this interview I got to know more of Professor Armbruster. Also, I really owe her for motivating me to pursue a minor…

There are many reasons why reading literature is important to society and important to being human. Reading literature allows us to step into someone else’s shoes and understand their differences and culture. Allowing us to step in someone else’s shoes, we can feel sympathy, rage, happiness, or love; giving us these emotions means that we can experience empathy, which is the one aspect that makes us human. Authors have the ability to reach these emotions within people by using diction, imagery,…

Who would have thought that the mot famous author of the 1960s and Pulitzer Prize winner would have ended up never marrying? Who will she leave her fortune to? This author was Harper Lee, a famous writer even today; she was a Modern/Post-Modern author known for basing her renowned novel To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set A Watchman on her childhood. Her novels were able to depict the despairing and terrible events of the 1930s, by using real-life events, symbols, and themes. Lee reveals the…

“The Development of the Black Revolutionary War”. In the text, Audrey Lorde discusses poetry. Not poetry in terms of rhyming words or specific stanzas, as white literature frames it, but poetry as a mode of communicating and accessing our emotions. Stewart discusses the revolution of black arts. Not in general terms but in a way that African-Americans saw themselves and clearly understood that this new model must originate within the Black community. According to the Lorde and Stewart, both of…