Blog number 2
Compare and contrast Richard Wright’s socialist-driven naturalism in “Down By the Riverside” with Lorraine Hansberry’s liberal-inflected realism in A Raisin in the Sun. How do these two examples of protest literature confront and process racism and racial segregation? What is the most salient difference that distinguishes their distinct narrative modes? And how might these two modes differently be inspired by and/or promote the struggle for racial equality during the civil rights movement? The works of Richard Wright and Lorraine Hansberry are both great examples of stories with a greater message interwoven into the text. They both are great examples of protest literature that help the reader grasp larger themes in terms of the contemporary issues they relate to. But to understand how well these novels do, we must analyze each one individually and compare it to the others. How good a job does each one do at confronting and processing racism and racial segregation? Well, starting off wi...