African American Literature Journal

This blog contains the innermost thoughts, feelings, and interpretations of students at Columbus State University who are studying early African American literature.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Hopkins -- Part III

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Does Hopkins simply incorporate the fallen woman plot into her narrative? Or does she signify on it -- that is, revise, critique, extend it...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Pauline Hopkins -- Part II

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How does the debate between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington inform Hopkins's characterizations? What characters does the author ...

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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Pauline E. Hopkins -- Part I

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In The Souls of Black Folks , W.E.B. Du Bois made the very important philosophical move of conceiving of race as a "veil" (social ...

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Friday, November 2, 2007

W.E.B. Du Bois and the N.A.A.C.P.

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In the essay "How NAACP Began" by Mary White Ovington, what did you learn about the formation of the NAACP that impressed or even ...

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Booker T. Washington

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Critics have pointed out that Booker T. Washington in Up From Slavery adopts Frederick Douglass's slave narrative. Where does Washingt...

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Friday, October 5, 2007

William Wells Brown II -- The Georgiana Issue

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Clearly, Georgiana is an antislavery advocate. In the last part of the book, what do you think about the choices she made when it came to h...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

William Wells Brown

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How do Reverend Peck and Carlton differ on the importance of the Bible/Christianity to the slaves? How does Georgiana mediate their disagree...

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