Intro To Their Eyes Were Watching God Ms

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Intro. To Their Eyes Were Watching God Ms. Foley 2014

Intro. To Their Eyes Were Watching God Ms. Foley 2014

The Author: Zora Neale Hurston § Born January 7 th, 1891 § Died January

The Author: Zora Neale Hurston § Born January 7 th, 1891 § Died January 28 th, 1960 § Folklorist, anthropologist, and author § Father was a Baptist preacher § Mother was a schoolteacher § Raised in Eatonville, FL (one of the first all-black towns in the U. S. ) § Sent to boarding school after her mother’s death in 1904

The Author: Zora Neale Hurst § Started her degree at Howard University § Left

The Author: Zora Neale Hurst § Started her degree at Howard University § Left to go to Barnard College, Columbia University (where she was the only black student) § Graduated with a degree in anthropology in 1928 § First marriage in 1927 to Herbert Sheen (jazz musician/doctor) – lasted 4 years § Second marriage in 1939 to Albert price (25 years her junior) – lasted 7 months § Traveled extensively through the Caribbean and American South to collect stories, myths, and superstitions of the descendants of the slaves.

The Author: Zora Neale Hurston § Part of the “Harlem Renaissance” movement § Frequent

The Author: Zora Neale Hurston § Part of the “Harlem Renaissance” movement § Frequent collaborator with Langston Hughes in this time. § Her work was very unpopular for a long time. Some of the major criticisms were: § Her use of dialect § Her lack of politics in her writing § Brought back to the spotlight in 1975 by Alice Walker

The Novel: Their Eyes Were Watching God § Published in 1937 § Set in

The Novel: Their Eyes Were Watching God § Published in 1937 § Set in Central and South Florida during the early 1900’s § Follows main character Janie Crawford from girlhood to adulthood (and through three “marriages”)

The Novel: Their Eyes Were Watching God § Themes: § Identity (specifically female identity)

The Novel: Their Eyes Were Watching God § Themes: § Identity (specifically female identity) § Relationships between the sexes § Independence § What does it means to be successful/fulfilled? § Communication: Speech vs. Silence

Their Eyes Were Watching God Journal § How does who we choose as our

Their Eyes Were Watching God Journal § How does who we choose as our significant other reflect who we are? § Do the relationships we have with others change us? § In a famous song we are told that “love is all we need. ” It this true? Why or why not?