Suzan- Lori Parks’ Monumental Influence on Literature
Black women in the 20th century have made a monumental impact on literature. Numerous amounts black women have achieved literary expression in several genres. African American women writers have become the voice of others. These women have provided comfort for those going through hardships. As a novelist, screenwriter and playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks had a great influence on literature. Suzan-Lori Parks should be taught in English 215 because she has paved the way for African American women and she can teach the community more about the African American history and culture.
In “Understanding Suzan-Lori Parks” by Biography.com, Larson claims that “Parks belongs to the group of writers …show more content…
For example: In the play “In the Blood, Parks portrays the life of a desperate, African American, single-parent family living on the cusp of society. The play Venus is the true-life story of Saartjie Baartman. In 1810, Baartman, a member of the Khoi-San peoples of South Africa, was transported to London and Paris. Venus follows Baartman’s experience in Europe from Africa to her untimely death in Paris and finds interest with the relationship between this “Venus” and Baron Docteur, thereby becoming a most unusual love story. Topdog/Underdog explores the relationship between two brothers, Lincoln and Booth. Topdog/Underdog explores the relationship between two brothers, Lincoln and Booth. Parks should be included in English 215 because she focuses on In the Blood’s relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter; on how the main characters in Venus and Topdog/Underdog are molded by the histories that name them; on how and why the women of Girl 6 and Their Eyes Were Watching God challenge the film industry’s traditional female representations; and on Getting Mother’s Body’s quest to embody literary repetition and revision through its signification on William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Light in August.” Parks’ written works make history more relevant by asking readers to see the past as more personal and urgent. (Larson, The Revisionary Aesthetic of Suzan-Lori Parks: “Hear the Bones Sing, Write it
Black women in the 20th century have made a monumental impact on literature. Numerous amounts black women have achieved literary expression in several genres. African American women writers have become the voice of others. These women have provided comfort for those going through hardships. As a novelist, screenwriter and playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks had a great influence on literature. Suzan-Lori Parks should be taught in English 215 because she has paved the way for African American women and she can teach the community more about the African American history and culture.
In “Understanding Suzan-Lori Parks” by Biography.com, Larson claims that “Parks belongs to the group of writers …show more content…
For example: In the play “In the Blood, Parks portrays the life of a desperate, African American, single-parent family living on the cusp of society. The play Venus is the true-life story of Saartjie Baartman. In 1810, Baartman, a member of the Khoi-San peoples of South Africa, was transported to London and Paris. Venus follows Baartman’s experience in Europe from Africa to her untimely death in Paris and finds interest with the relationship between this “Venus” and Baron Docteur, thereby becoming a most unusual love story. Topdog/Underdog explores the relationship between two brothers, Lincoln and Booth. Topdog/Underdog explores the relationship between two brothers, Lincoln and Booth. Parks should be included in English 215 because she focuses on In the Blood’s relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter; on how the main characters in Venus and Topdog/Underdog are molded by the histories that name them; on how and why the women of Girl 6 and Their Eyes Were Watching God challenge the film industry’s traditional female representations; and on Getting Mother’s Body’s quest to embody literary repetition and revision through its signification on William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Light in August.” Parks’ written works make history more relevant by asking readers to see the past as more personal and urgent. (Larson, The Revisionary Aesthetic of Suzan-Lori Parks: “Hear the Bones Sing, Write it