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Romare Bearden's (1912-1988):
Image: Image: Does the painting remind Does the painting remind you of anything? an object? ayou of anything? an object? aperson? a place?person? a place?
Mood: Mood: Is the image somber? Is the image somber? angry? a feeling of gaiety?angry? a feeling of gaiety?Motion: Motion: Is the painting active or Is the painting active or static? Are you aware of brushstatic? Are you aware of brushstrokes, gestures?strokes, gestures?
Sound: Sound: Does the image give off a Does the image give off a sound? Is it noisy? quiet?sound? Is it noisy? quiet?Color: Color: Does one color Does one color
predominate? Is it a varied palette?predominate? Is it a varied palette?
Use the five senses as a theme. What are the people in the Use the five senses as a theme. What are the people in the painting hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, tasting? painting hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, tasting? Describe the painting. Describe the painting.
Setting the SceneLoraine Hansberry ≠ Harlem Renaissance
BUTBUTA Raisin in the Sun = lit. tradition of Harlem
by addressing
RacismRacism AND
DiscriminationDiscriminationAnd
Dreams Deferred Dreams Deferred
Z.Z. Packer
• Well-traveled – born in Chicago; raised in Atlanta and Louisville
• Well-educated – Yale University – Writing Seminar at Johns Hopkins University,– The Writers' Workshop at Iowa University – Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.
• Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: collection of short stories recently published– eight stories – the antics of a troop of black Girl Scouts who encounter some
[atypical] white Girl Scouts ["Brownies"]
Setting the Scene
ZZ Packer ≠ Harlem Renaissance
BUTBUT “Brownies”=literary tradition of Harlem Renaissance
by addressing
RacismRacism
AND
ReverseReverse RacismRacism
Unsavory themes = Unsavory language
““Brownies”Brownies”
• Read the short story and ANNOTATE as we read
– Make connections– Make meaning– Make comments
• Answer questions AS we read • 1-2 paragraph response to the FINAL
question. – Examples from LIFE and LITERATURE