美国文学Unit15 African and Native American Literature

*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,Unit 15 African American Literature&Native American Literature,African American Literature,Writing Oneself into Humanity and Slave Narrative:,James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaws“talking book and A Narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw,an African Prince(1770);,Phillis Wheatley,African American Literature,The Vernacular Tradition(Oral Tradition):It consists of forms sacredsongs,prayers,and sermonsas well as secularwork songs,secular rhymes and songs,blues,jazz,rap and stories of many kinds.,“Vernacular art accounts,to a large degree,for the black Americans legacy of self-awareness and endurance.(Ralph Ellison),“Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel?,African American Literature,Harlem Renaissance:to build a,counter culture,a battle literature,a literature which reflects the feeling,the experience,the history,and the,ambitions of the Black people.,Langston Hughes(19021967):,“Drum,“Dreams,“Me and the Mule,“Border Line,Langston Hughes,Novelist and Poet,1936,African American Literature,Ralph Ellison(19141994):,Invisible Man,(1952),an archetypal existential story of modern times.,First edition(,Random House,1952),won the,National Book Award,in 1953,African American Literature,Toni Morrison(1931):“Recitatif(1983)and Beloved(1987),1.Who is the protagonist in“Recitatif？,2.What significant role does Maggie play in this scenario from“Recitatif?,3.What is the main struggle of the protagonist?,4.How does Twyla Benson change in the story from the beginning to the end?,1st edition cover,Native American Literature,Indian(colonizers name,a mistake)or Native?The name issue.,Speaking or Writing?The oral tradition and the power of words.,Healing the nature:Iron Eyes Cody as the Crying Indian,Native American Literature,The Native American Renaissance:,N.Scott Momadays,House Made of Dawn,(1968),James Welchs,Winter in the Blood,(1974),Leslie Marmon Silkos,Ceremony,(1977),Louise Erdrichs,Love Medicine,(1984),Native American Literature,Louise Erdrich(1954-):an enrolled member,of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,an American author of novels,poetry,and childrens,books featuring Native American characters and settings.,Love Medicine(1984,1993,2021):The book explores 60 years in the lives of a small group of Chippewa living in North Dakota.It won the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award.,Thank you!,