Showing posts with label Zora Neale Hurston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zora Neale Hurston. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Zora Neale Hurston discussion September 2011

Anyone up to re-discuss Hurston?  Here are some of the themes we discussed five years ago:

  • Autobiography vs. Fiction
    • How fictionalized is her autobiography, how autobiographical is her fiction?  (For example, where and when was she born?)
  • Religion/God
    • Originally, I read Dust Tracks on a Road, her autobiography, and I completely missed the implications of the last line.  Anyone else read it?
  • Race issues (or lack of)
    • Dialogue written in dialect (I am planning on listening to the audio book of Their Eyes Were Watching God as recommended by a friend.)
  • Journeys
Any comments?