Organization
Today I decided how I would organize my IOP. I am first going introduce my topic, which is how the African-American folktales influenced Zora Neale Hurston's writing of the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God. I am then going to go into a little bit of background on Zora Neale Hurston and explain why the folktales influenced her writing (ex. She was a cultural anthropologist, so she really liked the folktales. She spent some time in the South, going around and collecting folktales). Next I might or might not do an overview of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
It would depend on the amount of time I have left. After all the background information, I will introduce my thesis. Then I will ask the class if they know of any African-American folktales. I will then say how there are many versions of the same folktale in different countries. I will also ask if they have ever heard of "Brer Rabbit" or any other "Brer____" story because they are examples of African-American folktales with morals to them. Some of these stories were designed to teach children a lesson (definition here?). Next I will show the class an example of a short or long African-American folktale (depending on the amount of time I have left). I read a lot of the folktales of that time, and have found that many of them involve talking animals. The animals are all symbols of the slave or slaveowner. A lot of the stories also involve the Devil. I am still trying to find connections in the stories to Their Eyes Were Watching God.
I will next share my three points and go into analysis for each one. All three are going to be connections in the folktales to Their Eyes Were Watching God. The analysis will include why, she made these connections. I am still trying to figure out my points in the novel.
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