Folk Art
Victoria Porter
English 3 honors
December 18, 2014 Folk Art
Some African American authors thought the best way to show pride in being black through art was to create folk art. Folk Art celebrates African American culture and their everyday lives of as people. Writers would often write in dialect to show their pride in the culture they were born into. Dialect is writing according to the way people speak, instead of worrying about spelling and grammar. Folk Art expresses the culture of African Americans in a unique way. Authors wanted to show their pride in their culture by strengthening their identity as a black instead of imitating the way whites wrote. The Creation states,” God thought and thought, till he thought: I’ll make me a man!” This is an example of an author using dialect to show their pride for their culture.
Homesick Blues states, “Homesick blues, Lawd, ‘S a terrible thing to have.” This quote also shows pride in his culture because of the fact that he is writing about being homesick using dialect. Black Authors would often criticize those who mimicked white literature. They believed they could show pride by continuing to speak and write in African American dialect in order to celebrate the lives of African Americans. While some authors though writing in their own dialect was not traditional, African americans began writing folk art. This raised awareness of the culture and enabled authors to write their story as slaves in their own dialect. Langston Hughes once said,” no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.” He shares that opinion with other authors who illustrate folk art. These writers thought the best way to show racial pride was to create folk art. Homesick Blues states,”... Lookin’ for a box car to roll me to de South”.This excerpt shows the author's love for him home in the south just like any average man would. Po’
English 3 honors
December 18, 2014 Folk Art
Some African American authors thought the best way to show pride in being black through art was to create folk art. Folk Art celebrates African American culture and their everyday lives of as people. Writers would often write in dialect to show their pride in the culture they were born into. Dialect is writing according to the way people speak, instead of worrying about spelling and grammar. Folk Art expresses the culture of African Americans in a unique way. Authors wanted to show their pride in their culture by strengthening their identity as a black instead of imitating the way whites wrote. The Creation states,” God thought and thought, till he thought: I’ll make me a man!” This is an example of an author using dialect to show their pride for their culture.
Homesick Blues states, “Homesick blues, Lawd, ‘S a terrible thing to have.” This quote also shows pride in his culture because of the fact that he is writing about being homesick using dialect. Black Authors would often criticize those who mimicked white literature. They believed they could show pride by continuing to speak and write in African American dialect in order to celebrate the lives of African Americans. While some authors though writing in their own dialect was not traditional, African americans began writing folk art. This raised awareness of the culture and enabled authors to write their story as slaves in their own dialect. Langston Hughes once said,” no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.” He shares that opinion with other authors who illustrate folk art. These writers thought the best way to show racial pride was to create folk art. Homesick Blues states,”... Lookin’ for a box car to roll me to de South”.This excerpt shows the author's love for him home in the south just like any average man would. Po’