Quicksand, by Nella Larsen

Harlem Renaissance in contemporary American literature began with the writers of blacks writing what they are familiar - what they are blacks. Through their work, authors such as Langston Hughes, Zoranil Heston, Willa Cather and others are aware that the lives of African-Americans differ not only from their white lives but also in these historical times and later I have proved. It is related. Another Harlem Renaissance writer who led the future black writer was Nera Larsen, the author of the story Quicksand.

The first creative literary work I will study is Quicksand from Nella Larsen. The age of the novel was the American city of the 1920s and Copenhagen of Denmark. These places provide a scene and background for the hero to show her journey to find his identity. The first setting was done at a school called Naxos in the south. This school is known as "the best school in the country, black people, or anywhere in the south ..." (1087-1088). next

The novel and the second novel "Transfer" by Nella Larsen reflect the pursuit of acceptance of the author himself. "I can draw my own self from a wanderer, Hergaklan who has a good understanding of Nella Larsen's character," T. N. R. Rogers said in a preface to the novel. Larsen was born in Chicago in 1891. Her mother is Caucasian and her father is black. Her mother remarried a white Danish man who already had a 1 year old white girl when married. Larsen 's biographer Thadious M. Davis, Larsen was dispatched to live in a shelter, finally found a way to live with her relatives in Denmark, then returned to New York, where it became a literary movement of the Harlem Renaissance became. Outstanding respected voice of the 1920s and 1930s

Harlem Renaissance has created countless talented writers. These authors include Nella Larsen, Jessie Redmond Fauset, and Walter Thurman who talk about the fight of identity in their work. Nella Larsen is a mixed-born child born to the mother of Denmark and the father of West India. This is a belief that her novel is a sandstorm based on her life. Larsen was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1891. According to Wikipedia, she lived in Denmark for several years and then went to Fisk University before entering the harem. So I became a nurse and later became a librarian. She published her very successful novel "Rainbow" in 1928. Another popular Harlem Renaissance writer is Jessie Redmond Foster. It was the author of the popular novel "Plum Bread: a moralless novel" published in 1928. Hughes was born in New Jersey but spent several years in Philadelphia before going to New York to teach. According to Wikipedia, Fause