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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston.It is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance, [1] and Hurston's best known work. The novel explores protagonist Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny".
Hurston's first three novels were published in the 1930s: Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934); Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), written during her fieldwork in Haiti and considered her masterwork; and Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939). In 1937, Hurston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to conduct ethnographic research in Jamaica and Haiti. [70]
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 2005 American television drama film based upon Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Darnell Martin, written by Suzan-Lori Parks, Misan Sagay, and Bobby Smith Jr., and produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions (Winfrey served as the host for the broadcast).
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Zora Neale Hurston: Author's political views 1937 — — — The Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien: Violence, animal abuse, obscene language, and criticism of the Vietnam War 1990 34 65 — Thirteen Reasons Why: Jay Asher: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group 2007 3 — — This ...
Jonah's Gourd Vine is Zora Neale Hurston's 1934 debut novel. [1] The novel is a semi-autobiographical novel following John Buddy Pearson and his wife, Lucy. The characters share the same first names as Hurston's parents and make a similar migration from Notasulga, Alabama to Hurston's childhood home, Eatonville, Florida.
Laurence Holder is an American playwright, poet, and director who focuses on the African-American experience. His plays often center historical African-American figures including Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Zora Neale Hurston.
Dianne McIntyre (born July 18, 1946) is an American dancer, [1] choreographer, and teacher. Her notable works include Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Dance Adventure in Southern Blues (A Choreodrama), an adaptation of Zora Neal Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, as well as productions of why i had to dance, spell #7, and for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow ...
She was introduced to Hurston during the 1980s upon discovering amongst her daughter's belongings a copy of Hurston's book, Their Eyes Were Watching God. She read the book and was so inspired by it that she read many of Hurston's other works. Tanksley “immediately fell in love with her writing,” she said in a 1996 New York Times interview.