American novelists

women is, “An African American female who has been exposed to many players, liars, manipulators and cheats that her original gentle loving, caring, nurturing , spirit has been diminished to a blackened heart, hard exterior and bitter disposition at times to the point of no recovery,” (urban dictionary 2017). This definition time and time again has diminished black women and their accomplishments to just being angry and bitter. This has also set forth a stereotype of African American Women and…

William Faulkner was an American novelist and short story writer. He was a well-known famous author, but his dreams of martial glory and a broken love affair were impelled which led him to join the British Royal Air Force. Upon returning home, he enrolled in a few university classes and published poems and drawings in the campus newspaper. Despite coming up short as a poet, Faulkner joined a literary crowd, was famous for his novels set in American South, and won the Nobel Prize and other awards…

Alice Walker is a renowned novelist, poet, activist, and feminist that has created a notable reputation across the globe. Everyday Use is one of her favored and outstanding short stories in which she brings attention to the hardships of African-Americans who are having difficulties coping with their personal identities in cultural terms. This short story notes a few issues of heritage which sets up a conflict between the characters of the story, each with opposing viewpoints. Walker 's use of…

Toni Morrison is the first black woman writer to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature. She may well be regarded as the most accomplished, innovative and important living novelist of African American Literature. Toni Morrison can be categorized as a literary activist of the Black Feminist Movement which came into being as a response to both the Black Liberation Movement and the Feminist Movement. Its genesis lay in the realization that sexism existed in the Black Liberation Movement and…

According to Paulo Coelho, a Portuguese lyricist, and novelist, “Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions, (Coelho, n.d.).” I would go further by saying that if we understand each other, we can overcome racial and cultural barriers. This…

The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer is a literature, written by Mark Twain, who was an American humorist and novelist. His vivid imagination, keen sense of humor, and sharp wit resulted in some of the most beloved classics of American literature. In this novel, the frequent use of the conversational rule of Black English, which constantly reminded me that it is about black Americans. Mark Twain was also good at the use of contracted forms which is very common in black oral English. Above all let me come…

The Jazz Age took place in the 1920s. In this era jazz music and dance came together and created what is known today as the Jazz Age. This name was adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald, an American novelist and short story writer. He came up with this name because of the rhythms it had, fast paced beats, and the style and spirit that it possessed. In this literary analysis, tone, symbolism, and imagery will be acknowledged and discussed based on the lyrical rhythm this song has. Billie Holiday…

movements accepted the idea of two cultural Americas-one black, one white. While the two movements emerge the political vales inherent in the Black Power concept are finding concrete expression in the aesthetics of Afro-American dramatists, poets, choreographers, musicians and novelists. The Black Arts and the Black Power concept both relate broadly to the Afro-American’s desire for self-determination and nationhood. The Black Arts Movement pushed for the creation of a representative Black…

Alice Walker is a much acclaimed, contemporary, Afro- American novelist, poetess, activist and philanthropist writing for her declared cause of uplifting Afro- American women and projecting them as goddesses in her fictions. Her fictitious world is typical as the world painted by her predecessors and contemporary Afro -Americans both men and women writers. Her fictitious world, though much dominated by female characters, Walker casts much insight into the male characters making them grow…

“Every African-American is bilingual, all of us, we speak street vernacular and we speak job interview”. The crowd roars with laughter at comedian Dave Chappelle's words. But even as the comedian smirks, there’s something in his face that shows that what he said wasn't entirely a joke. What Dave Chappelle is trying to address here, is something that is controversial and continuously debated by linguists. That is if code-switching, alternating between two or more vernaculars in a conversation, is…