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Romare Bearden's ( ): Image: Does the painting remind you of anything? an object? a person? a place? Mood: Is the image somber? angry? a feeling of gaiety? Motion: Is the painting active or static? Are you aware of brush strokes, gestures? Sound: Does the image give off a sound? Is it noisy? quiet? Color: Does one color predominate? Is it a varied palette? Use the five senses as a theme. What are the people in the painting hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, tasting? Describe the painting.

Setting the Scene Loraine Hansberry ≠ Harlem RenaissanceBUT A Raisin in the Sun = lit. tradition of Harlem by addressingRacism AND Discrimination And Dreams Deferred

Dust Tracks on the Road

Background

Autobiography

Purpose

How does Hurston’s autobiography document cultural ideas? Personal ideas?

What is Hurston’s dream? How does she pursue it?

Is her dream perfect? What obstacles exist?

Z.Z. Packer Well-traveled –born in Chicago; raised in Atlanta and Louisville Well-educated –Yale University –Writing Seminar at Johns Hopkins University, –The Writers' Workshop at Iowa University –Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: collection of short stories recently published –eight stories –the antics of a troop of black Girl Scouts who encounter some [atypical] white Girl Scouts ["Brownies"]

Setting the Scene ZZ Packer ≠ Harlem RenaissanceBUT “Brownies”=literary tradition of Harlem Renaissance by addressingRacism AND Reverse Racism Unsavory themes = Unsavory language

“Brownies” Read the short story and ANNOTATE as we read –Make connections –Make meaning –Make comments Answer questions AS we read 1-2 paragraph response to the FINAL question. –Examples from LIFE and LITERATURE

Take home Quiz Due Thursday