New Historicism

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American History

 

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Tommy B

 

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February 12, 2015

 

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University

 

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Consequently, New Historicists argue that the best backdrop for interpreting literature is to place it in its historical context. New Historicism plays an important role in understanding Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. There are many problems and issues that are touched by the author, mostly through the recollection of the main character, Janie Crawford...
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People were discriminated against continuously because of the color of their skin. The influence of white society is ever present, hanging over the novel like an oppressive cloud. For example, Janie's husband Jody paints his house "a gloaty, sparkly white," (44) humiliates the citizens of Eatonville in similar ways as the white man would, and forces Janie into the slavish servitude reflected by the identity-confining head rag he makes her wear (51)...
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