lit 234 Flashcards
origin of the name of Africa
aprica (Latin meaning sunny)
aphrike (Latin meaning without cold)
africa contains the hottest desert named
The Sahara Desert
africa contains the longest river called
The Nile River
most common language spoken in Africa
Swahili
the tallest animal found in Africa
giraffe
the system of racial segregation experienced by Africa
apartheid
Nobel Prize for Peace winner in 1993 and the first black president of South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999
Nelson Mandela
born in Ghana and served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations
Kofi Annan
authored the poems “My Black is Beautiful (Woman)” and “My Black is Beautiful (Man)”
Naomi Johnson
authored “A Private Experience”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
wrote the short story “Inscape”
Yaa Gyasi
author of “War for God”
Zaynab Quadri
author of “The Sack”
Namwali Serpell
wrote the poem from Zimbabwe “Saturday”
Charles Mungoshi
refers to written and oral works created by
literary writers in South America, and the Caribbean
Latin American Literature
author of “In the Name of Salome”
Julia Alvarez from Dominican Republic
wrote the novel “Signs Preceding the End of the World”
Yuri Herrera from Mexico
wrote the short story “How to Date a Brown Girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)
Pulitzer Prize winning Junot Diaz
authored the short story “Ghosts”
Edwidge Danticat (Haiti)
guidelines in developing a literary comparative essay
- identify the basis of comparison
- make a list of similarities and differences
- come up with thesis statement and structure for the essay
usually a single sentence near the beginning of your paper that presents your argument to the readers
thesis statement
two patterns of a comparative essay
point-by-point (alternating) pattern
subject-by-subject (block) pattern
two types of literary critical approach
Formalist Criticism
Cultural Criticism
This literary critical approach evaluates a piece just through lookin gat its form, such as style, structure, tone, plot, imagery, among others which are all found within the text.
formalist criticism
This criticism studies how different religions, ethnicities, class identifications, cultural backgrounds, political beliefs and socio-cultural
views affect the ways in which texts are created and interpreted.
Cultural Criticism
refers to any narrative nonfiction writing about someone’s experience that speaks on some pivotal segments of the author’s life
memoir
is a lexical variant of a flash fiction which is involved in creating very short fictional stories within the length of
300 words.
micro-fiction
structure of a memoir
- framed
- straightforward
- thematic
elements of a memoir
- truth
- theme
- voice
- point of view
- perception
elements of a micro-fiction
- plot
- characters
- conflict
- theme
- point of view
also known as the west Indies, it is the second largest and the most diverse country in the Caribbean
Dominican Republic
a character in the name of salome
she is an educator and a literary critic advocating intellectual study for women
daughter of Francisco Henriquez Carvajal and Salome Urena
Camila Henriquez Urena
a character in the name of salome was a Dominican poet and an early proponent of women’s higher education in the Dominican Republlic
Salome Urena
a character in the name of salome was a doctor, lawyer, writer, educator and politician from the Dominican Republic, who served as president just prior to the US occupation of the country.
Franciscio Hilario Henriquez Carvajal
(born March 1, 1984)
an American author,
photographer, and blogger. author of Humans of NewYork, a photoblog and book
Brandon Stanton
(born April 25, 1952 in
Gainesville, Florida)
an American novelist in the
Southern literary tradition
His debut novel, Edisto (1984), was nominated for the American Book Award
Padgett Powell
