Survival in the Reign of Terror.pptVIP

Survival in the Reign of Terror Edwidge Dandicat “The Children of the Sea” Outline General Themes The author Edwidge Dandicat and Krik?Krak, the tradition and the collection of short stories. Haiti “Children of the Sea” –”survival” of humanity Questions the woman’s experience The man’s Humanity at times of trial Ironies (1): Nature Ironies (2): Letter Writing For your reference Reference General Theme: Edwidge Dandicat and Fugees One kind of diaspora: refugees –do they reject their past or can they? The lives of Haitians and Haitian immigrants. new folk ethos“: the definitive cultural forms produced by Africans, or those of African descent, since the Atlantic Passage. five elements: 1. Music and dance, 2. Drums and rhythms, 3. Rhetorical and polemical speech (e.g. rap and dub poetry), 4. Art as education and entertainment, and 5. Humor and absurdity. (Ref. Martha Cobb Harlem, Haiti, and Havana /~aml3930/danticat/ ) Author~Edwidge Danticat Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 19, 1969, starting writing at 9 grew up in Haiti under the dictatorship of Baby Doc Duvalier Emigrated to Brooklyn, New York 1981, (age 12) spoke little English then, yet published her first writings in English only two years later. Studied in Barnard College for French Literature 1990, Brown College for Fine Art 1993 Writings Beginning, 1978 Breath, Eyes, Memory, 1994 (the rural practice of testing a girl’s virginity) Kric? Krac! 1995 Farming of the Bones, 1998 Kric? Krac! “Kric” and “Krac” A weaver of tales a Haitian storytelling tradition in which the young ones will know what came before them. They ask Krik? We say Krak! Our stories are kept in our hearts. Dandicat’s use of Krik? Krak! tradition While that [“krik krak”] is the standard ending (sometimes opening) for a Caribbean story, the stories are usually anancy stories and folktales with moral lessons. Danticat’s nightmarish tales are a far cry from those, but her tales do carry a moral lesson – about the powerfu