Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.
He questions the quest of humans in
the universe. America is no longer seen as a melting pot but as a rainbow.
Late 1970's
Toni Morrison (1931-)
The five key periods of african american cultural history:
The first one is from the african past to the enslavement. 17-18 century
Reconstruction the period immediately after the civil war when slaves got their freedom but
they were sill not entirely equal
Harlem renaissance the third period when black literature, poetry, drama started to flurish
in the Harlem region in NY. Basically black modernist writing.
The fourth from the harlem renaissance to the civil rights in the 60' and black arts. This is the
time when blackness was celebrated. There was no shame on negritude.
The fifth period from the 60's til the present.
Toni Morrison deals with several of these periods but the most important are the 2nd and the
3rd.
,,Song of Solomon" her real name is Chloe Anthony Wofford) Mid 20th century, 4th period.
It's about the Dead family