Download Setting the Scene

Romare Bearden's (1912-1988):
Image:
Mood:
Motion:
Is
Does
Isthe
theimage
the
painting
painting
somber?
active
remind
or
Sound:
Does
the
image
give
off
Use
the
five
senses
as
a atheme. What are the people in the
Color:
Does
one
color
you
angry?
static?
of anything?
Are
aIsfeeling
aware
of
angaiety?
object?
of brush
a
sound?
ityou
noisy?
quiet?
painting
hearing,
smelling,
touching, seeing, tasting?
predominate?
Is it a varied
palette?
person?
strokes,
gestures?
a place?
Describe the painting.
Setting the Scene
Loraine Hansberry ≠ Harlem Renaissance
BUT
A Raisin in the Sun = lit. tradition of Harlem
by addressing
Racism
AND
Discrimination
And
Dreams Deferred
Dust Tracks on the Road
Background
Autobiography
Purpose
How does Hurston’s
autobiography
document cultural
ideas? Personal ideas?
What is Hurston’s
dream? How does
she pursue it?
Is her dream perfect?
What obstacles
exist?
Z.Z. Packer
• Well-traveled
– born in Chicago; raised in Atlanta and Louisville
• Well-educated
–
–
–
–
Yale University
Writing Seminar at Johns Hopkins University,
The Writers' Workshop at Iowa University
Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.
• Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: collection of short stories
recently published
– eight stories
– the antics of a troop of black Girl Scouts who encounter some
[atypical] white Girl Scouts ["Brownies"]
Setting the Scene
ZZ Packer ≠ Harlem Renaissance
BUT
“Brownies”=literary tradition of Harlem Renaissance
by addressing
Racism
AND
Reverse Racism
Unsavory themes = Unsavory language
“Brownies”
•
Read the short story and ANNOTATE as
we read
– Make connections
– Make meaning
– Make comments
•
•
Answer questions AS we read
1-2 paragraph response to the FINAL
question.
– Examples from LIFE and LITERATURE
Take home Quiz
Due Thursday