For the next 30 days, I will elaborate on the HBW’s “100 Novels Project” by presenting brief entries that focus on notable factors and trends from our project.
Word Play
January 23—Toni Morrison and Memorable Character Names
January 24—Memorable Character Names in 100 Novels
January 25—Novels Written in African American Vernacular English
January 28—First Lines of 6 Novels
January 27—Last Lines of 6 Novels
Novelists Also Known As Short Story Writers
January 30—Charles Chesnutt and Short Stories
January 31—Zora Neale Hurston and Short Stories
February 1— Richard Wright and Short Stories
February 2— Toni Cade Bambara and Short Stories
February 3— Edward P. Jones and Short Stories
Wikipedia Novels Pages
February 6—The Color Purple
February 7— Their Eyes Were Watching God
February 8— Beloved
February 9— Invisible Man
February 10— Native Son
Wikipedia Author Pages
February 13— Alice Walker
February 14— Zora Neale Hurston
February 15— Toni Morrison
February 16— Ralph Ellison
February 17— Richard Wright
NYC: Novels By Region
February 20— NYC Novels
February 21— NYC Novels by decades
February 22— Character Migrations to NYC
February 23— 5 Notable NYC Male Characters
February 24—5 Notable NYC Female Characters
Black Figures Who Aren’t Primarily Known As Novelists
February 27— Frederick Douglass
February 28— Langston Hughes
February 29— Paul Laurence Dunbar
March 1— Edward P. Jones
March 2— Toni Cade Bambara
4 comments
Great Project!
The posts have been great so far Kenton, committing to 30 days of posts of some really fascinating research is hard work. I look forward to seeing the rest of what you have to share!
Hey Natalie! Thanks so much!
Hey Natalie! Thanks so much!
Agreed!
Kenton, I also think this is a great blogging exercise and that more of us would do well to take 30 day blog marathons like you are!
I do have 2 questions about your project though:
1. Would you mind tagging your stuff with #transformDH? These are the kinds of projects we'd love to keep track of. Your posts could be a potentially useful resource for people creating courses or doing research!
2. You mentioned the accuracy of Wikipedia once you've started those entries. Have you noticed any inaccuracies/vandalism/lack of citations in the articles of Black writers compared to others? Are you building onto any of these articles as you review them?
Hi, Amanda! Yes. I will tag
Hi, Amanda!
Yes. I will tag my future posts with the tag you provided.
Also, in refernce to your question about Wikipedia, I have noticed a lack of references in the novel descriptions to other works of fiction which these novels respond to. African American literature is largely predicated on signifyin' or "the talking book trope" in that a novel has the ability to be "double-voiced texts" that talk to other texts.
That is one of my major critiques of the site. In terms of giving an adequate general overview of the novels, though, I do believe Wikipedia serves its purpose.
Thanks for the question!!