Chopin. Gilman. Crane, London. Hurston
Chopin. Gilman. Crane, London. Hurston
Paper details:
Part 1. Answer the followings questions in at least 100 words.
1. Describe the feeling or the attitude of the speaker in the following poem by Langston Hughes. Are there any connections you
can make between the speaker's attitude and the words you discussed previously: Jim Crow, segregation, sharecropping,
oppressive. migration?
The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Part 2. Answer the following question in at least 50 words.
2. Identify the rivers and places mentioned in the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” Why do you think he mentions theses
places? What are they symbolic of?
Required Texts Baym. et al. Eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 8th ed. VoL 1 (ISBN-13: 978-039391885Ll)
Vol. 2 (ISBN-13: 978-0393918878)
Victorian Ideals o Read “Lecture 7" - Read: Kate Chopin - “The Story of an Hour" - Read: Charlotte Perkins Gilman - “The Yellow
Wallpaper“
Realism and Naturalism - Read: Stephen Crane - “The Open Boat" - Read: Jack London - “To Build a Fire"
Modernism o Read “Lecture 8“ - Read: Zora Neale Hurston - “How It Feels to Be Colored Me" Complete Quiz #2 - covers
Chopin. Gilman. Crane. London. and Hurston (due by Sun. Sept 24 by 11:59 pm)
Modernism (Continued) - Read: Langston Hughes - “The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Complete Writing Assignment #12 (due by
Sun, Sept 2a by 11:59 pm)