Time passes, class texts are read, dissected, deconstructed. Suddenly in the epochs of literary criticism, a new theory emerges. Schools of thought form and take shape and eventually find themselves in the subconscious of the reader, who now has the option of understanding his literature with a new interpretive strategy. One of the new schools ...
The Harlem Renaissance remains one of the most significant artistic movements in American history, far surpassing its original importance to one specific minority. The renaissance served to create a consciousness of identity for African-Americans, while also forcing white American to confront the importance of an ethnic group too long considered inferior. The Harlem Renaissance is ...
David Mandessi Diop (1927 – 1960) was a revolutionary African poet born in France but with parents of West African descent. His poems highlighted problems of Africa brought about by colonialism and gave a message to Africans to bring about change and freedom. He was known for his involvement in the negritude movement in France, ...
Comparison of the writings of Hoyt W. Fuller and Trey Ellis on the idea of a “Black Aesthetic” provides a reader with valuable insight into the development of what ultimately was the quest for black racial upward mobility. Fuller’s article, “Towards A Black Aesthetic,” first establishes what exactly this idea, this “Black Aesthetic,” was in ...
Students study the greatest writers and poets of history, and most of them sigh and groan through it and never come to have an appreciation for the fantastic minds celebrated before them. Shakespeare, Hemingway, Homer, Faulkner, Baudelaire. These are big names who all have something in common. Each is revered for his great mind and ...
