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Post by Ms. Knarr on Mar 29, 2012 10:18:08 GMT -5
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Post by dougrybczynski on Apr 9, 2012 15:46:05 GMT -5
1. This video is clearly about post-racial literature, something which we are working our way towards. The woman speaking is explaining how there are certain things which post-racial literature could leave out, such as explanations on how a black woman would do her hair differently from a white woman would which some people don't know.
2. Going to her example, I don't know if I like the idea of true post-racial literature. If I were to write a book about my day as a middle-class white teenager, I would rather explain certain things I do during my day then have you go through the trouble of going to google or asking someone to explain it second hand. If it's tradition, or even doing my hair I'd rather have you hear it from my mouth because those traditions could have other meanings to different middle-class white teenagers. Some of this, of course, has to do with the fact that when we do read/hear about others' traditions we simply forget. Maybe post-racial would be good for some because they would need to be simply aware of what goes on around them. With this in mind, I think that for most, the aware, it would hurt their experience with a story: losing the writer's perspective on the tradition.
3. 1) Would you find this to be hurtful to the experience of a story?
2) Is there already some elements of post-racial literature now?
3) Is there some heritage lost in not explaining the nuances of certain cultures?
4) Is this still sometimes seen as a sensitive topic even in today's world?
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Post by briannashreve on Apr 14, 2012 23:30:52 GMT -5
1. I agree with Doug that it is post-racial literature. Throughout the video Elizabeth Alexander described how African-American literature is changing in the more recent years. She describes the use of music as an influence and the separation almost from the previous oral traditions.
2. I did not really care for the video. I personally did not care for anything she had to say. I think that traditions should still be upheld within the genre, because tradition is what makes people who they are.
3. (Answer to Doug's question #1)
I think the losing the tradition can actually hurt a story, because every action means something different to everyone. I would want to know the writers interpretation of what's going on, not my own, so it would change the story drastically for me.
My question: how do you feel that most people would feel about the loss of such traditions and explanations?
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Post by nickchiarello on Apr 15, 2012 19:34:05 GMT -5
I agree with Doug, that it is about post racial literature and how we are progressing towards it. However in the beginning Elizabeth Alexander states that all these African American Writers had all these styles of writing. Each individual was different in terms of how they wrote, and that is because of their cultures and heritages, and the issues or concerns they wanted to bring about. She continues to explain that if we keep a board sense of listening to others work, we can change our work and create new ideas and concepts. The overall theme i think she is saying is to keep our minds clear and to accept new cultures because we can discover new things out of it. Look at rap for instance, that developed out of poetry and music and formed into one.
2. This video is good because it is very easy to comprehend to. However, i felt like some of the conversation she was having was going no where and was somewhat redundant. She did bring up an important lesson, and that was to keep your eyes and ears open and to try new things. By trying new things we can develop great things in society because it contains the work from all cultures and just not one society. She states that it is good to have a wide range of culture and being diverse is good.
3. (Dougs #1)- I agree with Brianna, that losing tradition can hurt stories and such. However, i feel like she was leaning more towards taking a tradition and mixing it with Jazz or Rap etc. and forming something new. All these African American Poetry that was written was changed into music but the tradition is still there behind the music part of it.
Question- Do you think change and creating new pieces of work are important in the word?
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Post by matpolanco on Apr 15, 2012 21:05:32 GMT -5
I agree, when she was talking about the different African American authors and their different styles, it made me think. Why do we even have to label art in categories. Literature is literature. It is all unique in it's own way. So why do we even bother to group it together and compare two pieces.
I really enjoyed how she tied African American Literature into Hip hop music. because if you think, Music is just poetry with rhythm. so its good to actual acknowledge these artists. I think they do make a point about not specifying what kind of literature it is and just to realize that it is literature.
Nicks Q: Change is part of the world. We need change and we need new art and poems and everything. We need to keep moving forward. We do not want to become complacent. After all Complacency killed the dodo.
My Q: What do you think about the connection between Hip Hop and African - American Literature?
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