Exam Review
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...