For the upcoming exam, you should be familiar with, and able to discuss the following terms:
Passing
Double-Consciousness
Modernism
Urban Realism
Sexual Racism
Harlem Renaissance
The Veil
Metaphor of “the gate”
Conventions of the Slave Narrative: “I Moment”; Episodes; Escape; Conversion Narrative; Acquisition of Literacy; Abolitionism
Miscegenation
Patriarchy
Hierarchy
Amanuensis
Authenticating Letter
You should also be able to recall some of the important narratives and figures we have discussed this semester. For instance, you should be able to answer such questions as the following:
1. She occupied a crawlspace in her grandmother's home for seven years in order to be close to her children.
2. He was a poet of the Harlem Renaissance who emphasized the importance of being a 'black poet'; he discovered in jazz music the spirit of African American culture.
3. His Appeal raised the ire of white power structures in the South and his outspokenness on race matters furthered the cause of Abolition in the nineteenth century.
4. He was among the very first former slaves to publish his memoirs; before he achieved freedom he was dubbed Gustavus Vassa.
5. She was a formidable presence at over six feet tall, an electrifying stump speaker who renamed herself after the purpose she felt she had to spread God's word.
Our exam date (which also appears on your syllabus) is scheduled for December 14, 7:30-9:30 a.m.
