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1. Go on-line to the official Zora Neale Hurston website and listen to Ruby Dee’s audio version of the opening passages of Their Eyes Were Watching God (or you may read the first chapter from the bo
1. Go on-line to the official Zora Neale Hurston website and listen to Ruby Dee’s audio version of the opening passages of Their Eyes Were Watching God (or you may read the first chapter from the book, which is available on-line or in print). Then find an excerpt from Mules and Men and read it. Finally, answer the following questions:
- How did Hurston’s anthropological work in the field influence her writing of Their Eyes Were Watching God?
- What characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance movement does Hurston display in her work?
- How was Hurston’s method of “protest” different from Hughes and other writers of the Harlem Renaissance?
2. Read the following interview with the famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis from Ken Burns’ PBS show on jazz:
Then choose one of the musicians or one of the jazz styles mentioned and find some music either from that musician or that style. Much of the music is available on the Internet. Write your own personal response to the music and explore how it may have influenced musicians of today. Do not forget to cite any sources you use. (250 - 350 words)
