Sumários

Langston Hughes and the affirmation of the African American literary voice

19 Novembro 2019, 16:00 Maria Teresa de Salter Cid Gonçalves Rocha Pires

Langston Hughes – “The Weary Blues”| “I, Too”| “Let America Be America Again”| “Harlem” 


Lecture by Maurice A. Lee (Univ. of Arkansas) on the Harlem Renaissance

15 Novembro 2019, 16:00 Maria Teresa de Salter Cid Gonçalves Rocha Pires

The Harlem Renaissance and the affirmation of the New Negro in the arts; discussion of the short story "Pay Day" by Maurice Lee


Willa Cather and the literary presence of the American West in the Modernist period

12 Novembro 2019, 16:00 Maria Teresa de Salter Cid Gonçalves Rocha Pires

Willa Cather – “Neighbour Rosicky”


Anzia Yezierska – the literary voice of the immigrant and the autobiographical narrative/essay

8 Novembro 2019, 16:00 Maria Teresa de Salter Cid Gonçalves Rocha Pires

Anzia Yezierska – “America and I”


F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Modernist American novel

5 Novembro 2019, 16:00 Maria Teresa de Salter Cid Gonçalves Rocha Pires

Continuation of the discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby