A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry (Written in 1958)
Lorraine Hansberry (2)
Lorraine Hansberry (1930 -1965) • Born in Chicago • Educated at UWMadison • First African. American to write for Broadway http: //www. nndb. com/people/101/000113759/lorraine-hansberry-1 -sized. jpg
Lorraine Hansberry • Raisin in the Sun inspired by experience • Father sued over segregated Chicago neighborhood http: //www. nndb. com/people/101/000113759/lorraine-hansberry-1 -sized. jpg
Hansberry House (2)
Hansberry House (6140 S. Rhodes Ave) • All white neighborhood • Family moved in in 1937 • Two bricks thrown at windows http: //www. nndb. com/people/101/000113759/lorraine-hansberry-1 -sized. jpg
Hansberry House • Hansberry family wins case in 1941 • Later (1948) “racial restrictive covenants” declared unconstitutional http: //www. chicagonow. com/blogs/unknown-chicago/1 -23 --paper. jpg
Motifs/Symbols
Motifs/Symbols • Mama’s potted plant • Home / Houses • Dreams (accomplished and lost) • Light / Sunlight (or lack thereof) • Money
Literary Terms (3)
Didactic literature • Literature that presents moral lessons and/or social commentaries • Dramatic, yet instructional
Epigraph • A quotation set at the beginning of a literary work to suggest a theme • Epigraph of Raisin in the Sun is Langston Hughes’ poem, “Dream Deferred”
Diction • Choice and use of words in literature (how one speaks) • Reveals characterization
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