Romare Bearden's (1912-1988):

Image: Image: Does the painting remind Does the painting remind you of anything? an object? ayou of anything? an object? aperson? a place?person? a place?

Mood: Mood: Is the image somber? Is the image somber? angry? a feeling of gaiety?angry? a feeling of gaiety?Motion: Motion: Is the painting active or Is the painting active or static? Are you aware of brushstatic? Are you aware of brushstrokes, gestures?strokes, gestures?

Sound: Sound: Does the image give off a Does the image give off a sound? Is it noisy? quiet?sound? Is it noisy? quiet?Color: Color: Does one color Does one color

predominate? Is it a varied palette?predominate? Is it a varied palette?

Use the five senses as a theme. What are the people in the Use the five senses as a theme. What are the people in the painting hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, tasting? painting hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, tasting? Describe the painting. Describe the painting.

Setting the SceneLoraine Hansberry ≠ Harlem Renaissance

BUTBUTA Raisin in the Sun = lit. tradition of Harlem

by addressing

RacismRacism AND

DiscriminationDiscriminationAnd

Dreams Deferred Dreams Deferred

Dust Tracks on the RoadDust Tracks on the Road

BackgroundBackground

AutobiographyAutobiography

PurposePurpose

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 Renaissance

BUTBUT “Brownies”=literary tradition of Harlem Renaissance

by addressing

RacismRacism

AND

ReverseReverse RacismRacism

Unsavory themes = Unsavory language

““Brownies”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