Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
Read the below information on postpartum depression and the linked article about the challenges to new mother’s bonding with their newborns. Using this information and/or other relevant information to which you may have access, examine a specific passage of Morrison’s text through the lens of the science and medicine around new mothers and mental health.…
Read the below information on surrealism. Using this information and/or any additional information to which you may have access, examine a specific passage of Kincaid’s text through the lens of surrealism as a genre and artistic movement. What Is Surrealism? Surrealism in literature can be defined as an artistic attempt to bridge together reality and…
By: Nicholas Fursey The aspects of the different texts that I will be comparing are the mother daughter relationships in the short stories “Sweetness” by Toni Morrison and “New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat. In “Sweetness” Lula Ann has a tough relationship with her mother throughout her lifetime. Her mother was mad that she…
“Blackness” is a short story written by Antiguan writer Jamaica Kincaid. The story consists of the narrator, a black woman, describing her identity in relation to a certain “blackness” that consumes her within her vivid imagination. The narrator begins to picture her daughter, a transparent figure that has dominance over Earth’s features that were previously…
From the prose “Blackness” written by Jamaica Kincaid, The author talks about her understanding and her relationship with blackness. It is not only the main idea of the prose, but it also has many different layers and meanings to it. One formal element(paragraph) from the text that stands out to me the most is the…
Identify a specific formal element and briefly explain: In the prose “Blackness”, written by Jamaica Kincaid, the author frequently mentions blackness. Blackness not only is the main idea of the prose, but it also has many different layers and meanings to it. The narrator has a complicated and conflicted relationship with blackness. From my understanding,…
Throughout Toni Morrison’s short story Sweetness, the narrator breaks the fourth wall and asks the reader questions throughout her narrative. In multiple instances, the narrator asks the reader questions to either validate, exaggerate, or emphasize her point of view regarding her disappointment with her daughter’s dark complexion, as well as her parenting style. One in…
Backwacking, a Plea to the Senator is a fictional text published in 1977 by Ralph Ellison. Ellison’s text is formatted as a letter from Norm A. Mauler, a white Alabama citizen, to Senator Sunraider. In his letter, Mauler calls for action against “Backwacking” – a physical, seemingly sexual action performed by black males. Mauler condemns…
As Toni Morrison writes from a mother’s point of view throughout Sweetness, she uses repetition to reflect the mother’s conscience. The reader can feel the repetition’s impact when the mother says “But It’s not my fault. It’s not my fault. It’s not.”(Morrison). Throughout Sweetness, the mother rejects responsibility for her daughter’s darker skin and even…
One formal element of the text “Sweetness” that is important to how the text presents content is in the final two paragraphs. The narrator’s dialogue on Lula ann is essential to understanding the true feelings she has for her. Throughout the text, the narrator shows embarrassment and envy towards her child, Lula. Ever since she…