《新编美国文学史（第三卷）》课件lecture 15

1、 The Grandmother (2 groups) “Oh look at the cute little pickaninny! she said and pointed to a Negro child standing in the door of asha ck. ”Why youre one of my babies. Youre one of my own children !“The Misfit (2 groups)“Nome, I aint a good man, but I aint the worst in the world neight”“Jesus shown

2、everything off balance. “Prophet gone wrong”One quotation which suggests the values and attitudes of one character. find one quotation which you think best illustrates the major thesis of the pieceShe would of been a good woman, The Misfit said, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minut

3、e of her life. “and in this story you should be on the lookout for such things as the action of grace in the Grandmothers soul, and not for the dead body.” Lecture 15American Literature since 1945 (II)Outline 1. The Harlem Renaissance2. African-American Civil Rights Movement 3. Alice Walker and “Eve

4、ryday Use”We have always been imagining ourselves . . .we are the subjects of our own narratives, witnesses to and participants in our own experience. . . . We are not, in fact, “other.” (Toni Morrison, 1989)1. The Harlem Renaissance1. The Southerner is the Negros Best Friend.2. Slavery was Benefici

5、al to the Negro.3. The Races will Never Mix.4. All Negro Leaders are Mulattos.5. The Place for the Negro is in the South.6. I love my Black Mammy.7. Do you want your sister to marry a Nigger?8. Do not disturb the present friendly relations between the races.9. The Negro must be kept in his place.10.

6、 Lynching is the defense of Southern womanhood.The Negro Speaks of RiversLangston HughesIve known rivers:Ive known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers.I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.I built my hut n

7、ear the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and Ive seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.Ive known rivers:Ancient, dusky rivers.My soul has grown deep l

8、ike the rivers.Janie CrawfordLogan KillicksJody Starks“Tea Cake” WoodsI love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.Janie CrawfordLogan KillicksJody Starks“Tea Cake” WoodsJanie CrawfordLogan KillicksJody Starks“Tea Cake” WoodsHalle Berry as Janie in Their

9、 Eyes Were Watching God2. African-American Civil Rights MovementThe Black Power Movement Afros”slave names”: Everett LeRoi Jones-Amiri Barakanegro vs. blackNATIVE SON (1940)Bigger ThomasMary DaltonBessieJames BaldwinBigger Thomas, a “symbolical monster”Alice Walker black racism3. Alice Walker: “writ

10、ing permits me to be more than I am” “They were sharecropperslandless peasantsthe product of whose labor was routinely stolen from them.”Daughter: Rebecca WalkerThe Color PurpleCelieAlphonsoMr.ShrugSofiaHarpo “Everyday Use”(1973) Questions about characters, 3 groups 1. Mama2. Maggie 3. Dee MamaAppea

11、rance: a large big-boned woman with rough, manworking hands”Education: second grade Race: “ I am the way my daughter would want me to be: a hundred pounds lighter, my skin like an uncooked barley pancake”“I walked a mile and a half just to see the sight.”Decision: “I did something I never done befor

12、e”Maggie:Appearance: scarred Education :“she is not bright”Personality: meek, Shy and silencedQuilt: Knows how to quilt; “Shed probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.”Dee:Appearance: ;“Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure”; Dressed in bright clothing and g

13、old jewelryEducated, living in the city Name: “Dee is dead”; WangeroBoyfriend Hakim-a-barberPersonality: Ambitious and determinedQuilt: “old fashioned , out of style” to hang, or frame the quiltsreal connection to heritage ashamed of her lowly origin & chasing the fashion“They had been pieced by Grandma Dee and then Big Dee and me had hung them on the quilt frames on the front porch and quilted them.” Quilt What it must have meant for “a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers time?Quilt: African American womens life and art“I really se