Authors of captivity narratives

common practices among many nations that affected many innocent individuals. As a result, it influenced writers to reveal the horrors of slavery despite the white-superiority society they lived in. In his autobiography, “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African”, Olaudah Equiano focuses on his own experiences as a slave that motivated him to take a political stance in the abolition of slavery. Slavery had tragically affected Equiano’s…

colonialism told through the eyes of a 15- year old, Kambili. The book addresses some of the issues evident during the postcolonial era, which includes domestic violence, silencing of the victims and the multiple embodiments of postcolonial feminism. The author, Chimamanda Adichie, born in 1977 in Kambili’s hometown of Enugu, is of Igbo descent and is a Catholic and used her own childhood experience to inform the lives of her characters.The novel is Adichie’s endeavour to filter the thoughts…

change the situation and lead the black slaves to freedom. He is thus the author of the biggest slave revolt in southern Virginia in 1831. The Stephen B. doesn 't border of telling the Turner 's rebellion, he also underlines…

theme of modern literature, especially during economically booming times in America—like the pre-depression stock market era or the post-Cold War patriotic fervor. Indeed, many people liked to focus on the positives during these times; however, many authors felt the need to expose details of t-hose who could not advance themselves in these times through the forum of fictional novels. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club exemplify this exact type of exposition.…

while others risked their lives to desperately escape captivity. By the 1800s, many had had enough. They could not bear the crushing oppression any longer. They actively opposed the standards forced upon them, such as illiteracy and total obedience. These people included Frederick Douglass, a rather known figure in African American history, and Solomon Northup, author of the renown book, 12 Years a Slave. In Douglass’ first autobiography, Narrative of the Life…

romances, The Odyssey and tales of Wayland the smith differ greatly in narrative and context. Homer’s The Odyssey is an epic poem composed in the eighth century Before Christ, detailing the nostos—or homecoming—of the hero Odysseus after the Trojan War, while tales of Wayland, such as in the tenth century Old English lament Deor , the tenth century Old Norse poem Völundarkviða and the thirteenth century Old Norse prose narrative The Story of Velent the Smith , tell of the remarkable…

yet cruel, practices that among many nations. Because of the many individuals who have suffered the adversities from enslavement, people developed numerous different views towards slavery. In the Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography, “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African”, Equiano focuses on his own past experiences as a slave that led to his political motivation to end slavery. At a young age, Equiano, along with his sister, was kidnapped into…

Native American oral literature / oral tradition - European explorers’ letters, diaries, reports, etc., such as Christopher Columbus’s letters about his voyage to the “New world”. - Anglo (New England) settlers’ books, sermons, journals, narratives, and poetry Native American / American Indian oral literature / oral tradition creation stories（起源神话） trickster tales（恶作剧者传奇） rituals / ceremonies（典仪） songs / chants（曲词） Anglo Settlers’ Writings Highly religious and pragmatic -…

Joseph Minton once said, “True art captures emotions, feelings, and the energy of the object, setting or event that is being depicted. It goes far deeper than the cold, flat surface of duplication. True art has an entity of its own, it is alive, and has the ability to speak, effect, move, and convey emotions to its viewer. This is why I personally choose to paint in derivatives of expressionism.” Art is a form of expression. Art is a way in which society can express themselves and show their…

and those who have been visited by truths unavailable to ordinary, jaded senses. It is important to analyze the poet’s own subjective relationship to his writing and the problems this presents to the reader. The dramatic relationship between two narrative voices1 – self and senses, body and spirit- which is typical of Hughes’ work, rests upon existential questions. The sensuous world of ‘facts’, from Hughes’s early childhood, is assimilated, from the very beginning, into a world of struggle…