ENGLISH 3EE3 Lecture 5: Lecture Five (Sept.19.18) Continued
20 Sep 2018
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Johnson, (cid:498)the autobiography of an ex- coloured man(cid:499) Bernard bell (critic) meaning of his identity by undertaking the autobiographical enterprise. He focuses on class making it seem like african americans have to (cid:498)in the african american novel [at the start of the 20th c] the leading characters uplifting the race. Generally, the choice is in favour of the latter. (cid:499) (cid:498)johnson"s novel reverses the norms of this dilemma his narrator chooses self- rather than racial uplift. (cid:499) Assuming that the narrator is a betrayer to his race follows the (cid:498)one drop rule(cid:499) which is racist and the denominator for many racist countries. The harlem renaissance or the new negro movement (1919-1940) In the south it was very hard for african american men to vote (1914-1920) Practices that racialized african american people still happen today. Writers: langston hughes, jean toomer, claude mckay, countee cullen, nella. Larsen, jessie fauset, alain locke, arna bontemps, zora neale hurston, dorothy.
