Презентация на тему African-american literature

sometimes specifically for African Americans.
began during the 18th and

19th centuries and continues till the nowadays.

Angry Negro

Slavery Era
Harlem Renaissance
Civil Rights Movement Era
Contemporary African-American Literature

in the small rural town of Eatonton, Georgia.
parents’ experiences

with the oppressive sharecropping system and the racism of the American South deeply influenced her writing and life’s work.
was active participant in the African-American civil rights movement.
in 1982, Walker published her most famous novel, The Color Purple.

and narrator of The Color Purple, is a poor,

uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in rural Georgia.
Nettie, Celie’s sister
Alfred, Celie’s husband
Shug Avery, Alfred’s mistress

nature of racism and sexism;
the disruption of traditional gender

roles.

epistolary style)

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