rts that "feminism" was dividing.
Though both "womanism" and "feminism" proffer the general autonomy of women in a male-dominated society, it seems that because the term "womanism" came out of the feminist movement in African American communities, it is simply more inclusive of all races and cultures, while it is believed that the subject of "feminism" tends to speak only for middle-class white women.
The Kate Chopin novella, The Awakening, is a perfect example of how feminism speaks on the autonomy of middle-class white women, and thus it is apparent that a feminist interpretation fits this work quite well.
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, however, is more representative of cultures that had not as of yet been represented, and thus, a womanist perspective on the novel seems to fit a little better than a feminist slant.
A poetry selection that well exemplifies the rhythmic quality of jazz is certainly "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. The musical undertone and rhythmic quality od the poem seems to have come straight from a Chicago jazz lounge.
The short lines of the poem have an almost percussive quality as if you can actually hear the drummer tapping lightly on his cymbals in the corner of the pool hall. Certainly, no other poem better exemplifies this style.
A poem that attests to the anguish of the African American is the short poem "Children's Rhymes," by Langston Hughes.
The fact that he writes it from the point of view of a childùan innocent, makes it hit home even more. While every other child dreams of great things, the African American child says "I know I can't be president", and the closing questions the idea of "liberty and justice," with good reason.
Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis is essentially a literary examination of the existentialist claim that all human actions are futile, and eventually end in death with no real explanation as to why any of it occurs.
On the literal le...