LITR 4332 American Minority Literature
Index to Sample Student Midterm Answers 2008

Midterm Assignment

Click on links below to review outstanding answers:

• Topic 1 (minority culture): Explain this course's "minority concept" in relation to Objectives 1-4 & 2-3 texts
   

  • best complete answers
     

  • selections (excerpts)
     

• Topic 2 (literary style): self-selected text analysis related to Literary Style Objectives 5 & 6
   

  • answers for "Still I Rise"
     

  • answers for The Bluest Eye
     

  • answers for Harlem Renaissance poems
     

  • answers for Slave Narratives
     

• Topic 3 (African American literature): Essay on  "The American Dream and the Dream" and / or "The Color Code and the Black Aesthetic"
   

  • answers for "The American Dream and the Dream"
     

  • answers for "The Color Code and the Black Aesthetic"
     

  • answer(s) combining "American Dream and Dream" & "Color Code and Black Aesthetic"

   

Authors of sample answers are identified by initials only --e. g., [KB].

Some answers are excerpts or selections, identified by ellipses ( . . . ).