Literary Movement

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 Zora Neale Hurston
Sweat
1926
Harlem Renaissance: a cultural, social, and artistic explosion
that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.
Zora Hurston was the fifth of eight children and was born in
Notasulga, Alabama.
In order to be eligible to attend Morgan College, she claimed
she was born in 1901 and was only sixteen rather than
twenty-six.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Used alot of figurative language and was very vocal
throughout her work.
 William Faulkner
A Rose For Emily
1930
Modern: conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of
representation and express the new sensibilities of their time.
William Faulkner was rejected from joining the United States
Army in 1914 because he was too short.
Faulkner changed his last name from the original Falkner
Moment in history: Faulkner won a nobel peace prize in 1949.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self Reliance
1841
Romanticism, Transcendentalism: philosophies that propose
to discover the nature of reality by investigating the process
of thought rather than the objects of sense experience.
He was a boy genius, he was the youngest member of his
Harvard class at just 14.
He was friends with Henry David Thoreau.
Moment in History: In 1820 and 1821 was awarded the
Bowdoin Prize.
Henry David Thoreau
Resistance to Civil Government
1849
Romanticism, Transcendentalism: Philosophies that
propose to discover the nature of reality by
investigating the process of thought rather than the
objects of sense experience.
For a while, Henry David Thoreau worked in his fathers
pencil factory.
Thoreau went to Harvard on a scholarship.
Walden (1854)
Realistic, complex, sophsiticated writing style.
Martin Luther King, Jr

Letter from Birmingham Jail

1963
Civil Rights
King entered college at the age of 15.
Kings birth name was Michael, not Martin.
King was jailed 29 times.
I have a dream Why we cant wait
Moment in History: Won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word
Albulm in 1971.
Mohandas Gandhi

On Nonviolent Resistance
Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize 5
times
Mahatma Gandhi walked/traveled almost 18 kilometers a day
throughout his lifetime which is enough to walk around the
world twice over.
The words of Gandhi
Moment in History: Named man of the year by TIMES
magizine in 1930.
Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

1861
Realism: Practice of accepting a situation as it is and being
prepared to deal with it accordingly
Harriet was just six years old when her mother died.
Harriet stayed with Horniblow, who taught her to sew, read,
and spell.
The Harriet Jacobs family papers
Jacobs was determined because she fought for what she
beleived in and for what she believed is best for others.
Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

1845
Realism: Practice of accepting a situation as it is and being
prepared to deal with it accordingly.
In his youth, Douglass taught himself to read
After escaping to the North, Douglass settled in New Bedford,
Massachusetts where he became a preacher.
Escape from Slavery
Factual, Simple and Straightforward writing style.