Due at the beginning of class: 10 sentences from the vocabulary that was handed out on Friday, if you have not previously turned it in and your Prezi outlines.
In class: drawing lots for the presentations.
Collecting Richard Wright's Black Boy from the library. This is independent reading. You will have a content test on Monday, April 8 at the start of class. We will review the text the Monday and Tuesday after the break. As well, you will turn in your graphic organizer for the text. handout in class / copy below.
Wednesday, March 27- vocabulary quiz
BACKGROUND READING FOR RICHARD WRIGHT'S BLACK BOY
"http://www.gradesaver.com/black-boy/study-guide/about/"Tao, Andrea. "Black Boy Background". GradeSaver, 23 June 2000 Web. 24 March 2013.
Recently named among the top 25 non-fiction works of the century, Richard Wright's Black Boy has made a strong impact on American literature with its strong commentary on the cultural, political, racial, religious, and social issues of 20th century American society. Critics often describe the novel as a superb example of subtlety-crafted narrative describing Wright's journey into adulthood. Many critics question as to whether the book should be considered pure autobiography, particularly because they doubt the accuracy of Wright's recollection as well as because of its novelistic style. But it is agreed that the book monumentalizes an important piece of American, as well as African-American, history.
Black Boy celebrates Wright's talent for narrative in its description of the brutal South from the black perspective between 1900 and 1945. Perhaps not meant to be a social commentary, Black Boy has nevertheless become an integral piece of African-American literature, dealing with the prejudices of Jim Crow laws and the unity of the black community. Wright criticizes black culture for not providing a strong foundation for its race, but place hope in the idea that African-Americans will overcome and defeat racism. Wright is able to depict being a black male in an oppressive society by selecting symbolic moment from his own life, drawing insights from his own personal experience.
More true, however, is that Black Boy is able to transcend what appears at first glance to be a novel from a limited perspective ? that of the black male in American society. Rather, Wright discusses a universal existence by discussing religion, intellectual hunger, and basic human emotion. Many have even described Wright's analytic style as metaphysical, with his discussion of ghosts and dreams.
Published in 1945, Black Boy has become a celebrated document of prejudice in the South and struggle in the North for African Americans, as well as a depiction of Richard Wright's version of the "American Dream."
Richard
Wright’s Black Boy graphic organizer…due Monday, April 8
(first day back from break)
Per the introductory material on the blog from Monday, March
25, I would like you to focus on the universal themes of existence by
discussing religion, intellectual hunger, and basic human emotion. As you read the novel, jot down five textual
examples of each, noting the page numbers. We’ll use your material in class.
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