Analysis Of Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston
Where Music Truly Began
The Renaissance Fair is in town this week. It's a large fun carnival type event where every person can go and play games while they learn about the European Renaissance that happened several 100's of years ago. But what ever happened with the other Renaissances? Most of them were used to lay down several basic foundations for our society and then drifted off out of our memory. One such Renaissance was the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance created and influenced some of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston was one of these great minds. She wrote several outstanding plays and novels and helped share the unspoken point of view of several thousands of people. Her works helped to remind us of how …show more content…
The Harlem Renaissance helped influence one of the greatest writers, Zora Neale Hurston, one of the greatest novels, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and one of the most talented and remarkable musicians of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong. Zora Neale Hurston was an accomplished writer who was able to focus her work around the ethnography of the African American people. This was shown undeniably in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. This novel did not on purpose but nevertheless showed a strong origin of the music of the Harlem Renaissance. And who better to represent the whole of Harlem Renaissance than Louis Armstrong who was one of the most magnificent jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance. While the Harlem Renaissance may not be remembered as the greatest renaissance of modern times, it still leaves a lasting impression on everyone who reads literature or listens to music. All of our basic founding come from different cultures all integrated into one superb culture. Where our culture came from is still just as important as the culture's which we ourselves are making each
The Renaissance Fair is in town this week. It's a large fun carnival type event where every person can go and play games while they learn about the European Renaissance that happened several 100's of years ago. But what ever happened with the other Renaissances? Most of them were used to lay down several basic foundations for our society and then drifted off out of our memory. One such Renaissance was the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance created and influenced some of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston was one of these great minds. She wrote several outstanding plays and novels and helped share the unspoken point of view of several thousands of people. Her works helped to remind us of how …show more content…
The Harlem Renaissance helped influence one of the greatest writers, Zora Neale Hurston, one of the greatest novels, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and one of the most talented and remarkable musicians of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong. Zora Neale Hurston was an accomplished writer who was able to focus her work around the ethnography of the African American people. This was shown undeniably in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. This novel did not on purpose but nevertheless showed a strong origin of the music of the Harlem Renaissance. And who better to represent the whole of Harlem Renaissance than Louis Armstrong who was one of the most magnificent jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance. While the Harlem Renaissance may not be remembered as the greatest renaissance of modern times, it still leaves a lasting impression on everyone who reads literature or listens to music. All of our basic founding come from different cultures all integrated into one superb culture. Where our culture came from is still just as important as the culture's which we ourselves are making each