ENG 260 Study Guide - Final Guide: Double V Campaign, Nikki Giovanni, Kitchenette
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This exam will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions. The exam will be broken into two sections: Section 1: general questions (25 questions, 2 points each) You are responsible for knowing the following general information: Realism: representation of reality (in literature); represents subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, as well as implausible, exotic and supernatural elements. Naturalism: seeks to convince readers of the reality of the world it is representing (realism); represents individual lives as determined by their environments (no agency) Modernism: draws readers" attention to literary form via intertextuality and experimentation; more interested in representing psychological reality than physical reality. Authors who support/value black art: amiri baraka, nikki giovanni, etc. Amiri baraka & those in support of the black aesthetic--all art is political. Toyari jones-- black history month was a pr campaign to improve race relations. Historical contexts, including kitchenette buildings (in black chicago neighborhoods, slumlords would divide regular apartments into several 1-room apartments), wwii,
