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Native American Literature, Post World War II

• Strong oral traditions exist among Native Americans. What evidence or traces of these traditions do you see in the works written by Native Americans?

• Traditionally, there has been a strong connection between Native American cultures and nature. How do the technological changes of the 20th and 21st centuries challenge this connection?

• Traditionally, literature is defined by a number of qualities. Among these are that a work of literature is especially well-written, and that it produces emotion in the reader. Which of these works are well-written, and which produce emotional responses in readers?

• Why did ethnic literature emerge as a cultural force in the post-World War II period?

  African American Literature, Post-World War II

  • How does the work of African American writers such as Ralph Ellison or Gwendolyn Brooks build on an existing tradition of African American literature? How is it different?
  • What qualities or concerns emerge in African American literature from this period which could not have appeared in earlier African American work?
  • Traditionally, literature is defined by a number of qualities. Among these are that a work of literature is especially well-written, and that it produces emotion in the reader. Which of these works are well-written, and which produce emotional responses in readers?

    Hispanic American Literature, Post-World War II

  • African American literature has a long tradition, but Hispanic American literature is relatively new as a movement. Do these works carry any qualities that mark them as younger or newer in any way?