Biography of Hurston :
Biography of Hurston Born: January 7th, 1891 – January 28th, 1960. Author during the Harlem Renaissance.
Out of her four novels, she is best known for “Their Eyes Were Watching God” in 1937.
Biography Part 2 :
Biography Part 2
Some of Zora’s Writing :
Some of Zora’s Writing Jonah's Gourd Wine (novel), 1934.
Mules and Men (folklore), 1935.
Tell My Horse (Caribbean travel book), 1938.
Dust Tracks on a Road (autobiography), 1942. The Sanctified Church (ed. Toni Cade Bambara), 1981.
Spunk: The Selected Short Stories of ZNH, 1985.
Hurston’s Literary Devices :
Hurston’s Literary Devices In “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, Hurston used these literary devices:
Metaphor
Imagery
Personification
Hurston uses these literary devices to:
create a deeper connection between the main character and the reader.
explains the feelings, emotions and actions to help the reader understand the characters in every different ways.
Slide 7:
"I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."
- Letter from Zora Neale Hurston to Countee Cullen The End