Annotated Bibliography Of Maya Angelou
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Reid Karp AP Lit. & Comp. Ms. Lehn, Per. 7 Annotated Bibliography "Angelou, Maya (née Marguerite Annie Johnson)." Encyclopedia of African-american Writing. Amenia: Grey House Publishing, 2009. Credo Reference. Web. 12 March 2014. This literary critique was found on the Bryant Library database. It talks about how well Maya conveys her message to her readers as well as portraying vivid scenes in her reader’s minds’. Maya’s sense of story and her passionate desire to overcome obstacles and strive for greatness and self-appreciation is what makes Maya an outlier. Living in America, Angelou believed that African American as a whole must find emotional, intellectual, and spiritual sustenance through reverting back to their “home” of Africa. According to Maya, “Home” was the best place to capture a sense of family, past, and tradition. When it comes to Maya’s works of literature, her novels seems to be more critically acclaimed then her poetry. With that being said, Angelou pursues harsh social and political issues involving African American in her poems. Some of these themes are the struggle for civil rights in America and Africa, the feminist movement, Maya’s relationship with her son, and her awareness of the difficulties of living in America's struggling classes. Nevertheless, in all of Maya’s works of literature she is able to “harness the power of the word” through an extraordinary understanding of the language and events she uses and went through. Reading this critique made me have a better understanding of the process Maya went through in order to illustrate her life to her readers. It was not just sitting down with a pen and paper and just writing thoughts down. It was really, Maya being able to perfect something that she c... ... middle of paper ... ...all of the productions and documentaries that were used to depict the harsh realities of the unthinkable. I believe Maya Angelou decided to narrate this emotional film because she wanted to influence viewers anyway that she could. Maya connects with readers (specifically African Americans) through her biographies and poetry with her adroit use of language. Nonetheless, Maya possesses other skills that allow her to connect with several other audiences and influence them in positive ways that they were unaware about before. This source was limited because it did not provide the reader with much personal or biographical information about Angelou. It did however show that Maya was willing to use her prominence and intelligence to affect the general public in a positive way, informing them of the true, harsh realities that many minorities across the world are faced with.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that angelou, maya (née marguerite annie johnson) is of the encyclopedia of african-american writing.
- Analyzes how maya's sense of story and her passionate desire to overcome obstacles and strive for greatness and self-appreciation is what makes her an outlier.
- Analyzes how maya angelou's second memoir picked up right where i know why the caged bird sings left off.
- Analyzes how maya angelou's memoir, i know why the caged bird sings, is a powerful, painful, and brutally honest account of her childhood.
- Opines that egan, jill, maya angelou, a creative and courageous voice, pleasantville, ny, gareth stevens publishing, 2009.
- Opines that the book cited about is yet another biography of maya angelou. it doesn't include as much substance as the other biography, as it mostly talks about her life and the world around her.
- States that holst, wayne a., "a song flung up to heaven." the christian century 119.13 (2002): 35+. academic onefile.
- Analyzes how maya's everlasting theme of tragedy and triumph is mighty prevalent in the testament that took place during the 1960’s.
- Cites lisandrelli, elaine silvinski, and maya angelou in more than a poet.
- Explains that the book sited above was a biography on the life of maya angelou. it included photos, quotes, and information about her life and the world around her.
- Analyzes how maya incorporates themes of self-acceptance, sexuality, motherhood, men, and race into her poems and personal narratives.
- Opines that lott, deshae e., "maya angelou 1928-." encyclopedia of american poetry: the twentieth century.
- Argues that maya's poetry tells as much of a story about angelou’s life and endeavors, as her autobiographical books.
- Explains that the article cited about was a biographical article about maya's childhood and life and experiences.
- Describes pearce, susan's "angelou, maya." culture wars: an encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints and voices. armonk: m.e. sharpe.
- Analyzes how this literary critique of maya focuses more on her accomplishments as well as her literary works.
- Explains that the article cited above was from the abc-clio database. it concerned the time period that author, maya angelou, lived through.
- Cites the article cited above from the abc-clio database. it was useful as a reference to the time period in which maya angelou grew up.
- Analyzes yarri, donna, "as seen through these eyes." film & history 41.2 (2011): 91+. academic onefile.
- Analyzes how maya angelou narrates as seen through these eyes, a documentary about the gruesome and tragic holocaust.
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- Narrates how angelou refused to speak for several years, believing she had caused the killing because she told of the rape. only her beloved older brother, bailey, could persuade her to talk.
- Analyzes how angelou felt that she might die and that thought brought her to a place of fear.
- Analyzes how ms. angelou stated that nothing is going to keep her down because no matter what she has and will "rise." she won a grammy award for best spoken word album for the audio version of this poem.
- Opines that ms. angelou's message is echoed throughout her life as evidence of a life well lived.
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- Analyzes how dr. angelou, an inspiring african-american woman born in 1928 in st. louis, missouri, has been one of the many influential voices of our time.
- Narrates how dr. angelou dropped out of high school and toured europe with a production named porgey and bess. after learning from martha graham and alvin ailey to dance, she recorded her own album and moved to new york.
- Describes how dr. angelou traveled from egypt to ghana where she taught at a university of music and dance, while writing for the african review and the ghanaian times. she met malcolm x and helped build the organization of african american unity.
- Narrates how dr. angelou's arrival was devastating as she found malcolm x being assassinated and the organization they built falling, but later being called to help him as the northern coordinator for the southern christian leadership conference.
- Narrates dr. angelou's script, which was the first african-american woman to be filmed and got nominated for the pulitzer prize.
- Explains that dr. angelou served in the presidential committees and has earned more than 50 honorary degrees, including the presidential medal of arts and the lincoln medal.
- Analyzes how dr. angelo was delighted to receive a national book award for lifetime achievement, which she can embrace and see as an achievement in her lifetime creating something more of writing and how it’s seen over any part of the world.
- Explains that dr. angelou celebrates her birthday every year in her home in winston salem, north carolina, where she was accompanied by singer naomi judd and martina mcbride, as well as director lee daniels.
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- Analyzes how maya angelou is an inspiring and courageous woman who says how she feels through her poems without coming off in a hateful manner. her poems varies between subjects such as love, passion,racism and the way of life.
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- Explains that maya angelou was one of america's greatest writers in history. she was known for her writings and her part in the civil rights movements.
- Explains that maya angelou inspired education in many ways. she wrote for everyone, and her book, i know why the caged bird sings, is one of the most taught and reviewed books.
- Explains that maya angelou was always learning something from the news, her brother, mom, friends, the many books she read, studying drama, and taking dance classes. she started teaching when she could not learn anymore.
- Explains that angelou always made her opinions known on education. she held seminars and spoke about the issues facing education at the time such as standardized testing.
- Analyzes how maya angelou's teacher taught not because of her liking of the students, but because she hoped her teachings would find new repositories so that they may be taught once again.
- Explains maya angelou's belief in understanding the difference between ignorance and illiteracy in i know why the caged bird sings.
- Analyzes how maya angelou's brother once told her, "all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market." even in everyday jobs, people trade knowledge for a service.
- Explains that maya angelou had many views on education and used many ways to learn and teach throughout her life. she had a love for education that was shown through her many books, speeches, and teachings.
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- Analyzes how maya angelou, an african-american woman growing up in the early-mid 1900's, learned to "throw things back" at ridiculers.
- Explains that maya angelou was a highly skilled poet who used her writer’s voice to strengthen and guide civil rights.
- Explains that angelou is an essence of freedom in writing, being a subject of racial prejudice in early life, most of her works center around liberty.
- Analyzes how angelou's love of freedom and humankind is shown when she recited "on the pulse of morning" at president bill clinton’s inaugural speech.
- Concludes that angelou is a passionate and ardent writer. her works are remembered and recognized across the world.
- Describes the works of the poetry foundation, including "a look at maya angelou's on the pulse of morning."
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- Opines that maya angelou is well known today for her poetry. she is an inspirational woman that poems speak to many young women still today.
- Explains that maya angelou was born marguerite johnson in st. louis, missouri. after her parents' divorce, she and her brother were sent to live with their grandmother in stamps, a poor section of arkansas.
- Explains that maya angelou graduated at the top of her eighth grade class in stamps and continued her education in california. she worked as a waitress, cook, and nightclub singer to provide for her son.
- Explains that maya angelou lived through tough times of racial discrimination and hardship. she returned to america in 1964 to help malcolm x build his new organization of african american unity.
- Analyzes how some critics have argued that angelou's prose is superior to her poetry. sylvester of contemporary poets called it "serious critical attention."
- Argues that angelou's poems are thin in substance, lacking in poetic invention, and in language. others argue that her poems belong to a neglected tradition, containing elements of african-american slave songs and work songs.
- Analyzes how maya's poem is about a woman that is phenomenal. she uses alliteration to portray her self-confidence in every aspect of herself.
- Opines that maya angelou is an inspiration to many. her poetry has touched so many, and will forever be admired. she has overcome so much which has made her a wise individual.
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- Explains that identity is more than the features or name one is born with. it is something people create for themselves by making notable choices that require valiant dedication. capote demonstrates this idea in his nonfiction novel, in cold blood.
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- Analyzes how maya angelou grew up in a racial segregation throughout the south in the 1940s. her eighth grade graduation made her break the barriers of being told that people of her race could not make it far.
- Explains that every choice and action we make defines who we are, it defines and creates our identity each and every day.
796 wordsRead More - Maya Angelou Themesanalytical essayMarguerite Anne Johnson, better known as Maya Angelou, was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born and raised in an era that involved the Great Depression and World War I. When her parents divorced at a young age, she and her brother were sent to live with her grandmother in a heavily racially segregated Stamps , Arkansas. She found solace in her brother, Bailey, in the hard times produced by the South. This segregation was severe in this era, especially for shy young Marguerite. Throughout her childhood, she was sent from her grandmother to her father and mother. All these different environments exposed Angelou to a series of experiences including: racism, segregation, music, and politics. These experiences were most likely what prompted her to chronicle her life through autobiographical works as well as poems. In these works, Angelou utilizes elements such as literary devices, poetic devices, allusions, recurring themes and symbols to portray
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- Explains that marguerite anne johnson, better known as maya angelou, was born and raised in an era that involved the great depression and world war i.
- Analyzes how maya's experiences in stamps, arkansas, and st. louis missouri contributed to her identity, displacement and motivation to write about it.
- Analyzes how maya's autobiography, i know why the caged bird sings, was influenced by literary and religious allusions.
- Analyzes how angelou views religion as an escape from the harsh realities and injustices that took place daily.
- Analyzes how maya angelou employs various literary devices throughout i know why the caged bird sings in order to describe various characters appearance, actions, surroundings, and the setting.
- Analyzes how angelou uses characterization in i know the caged bird sings to portray distinctive people in the south.
1540 wordsRead More - A Biography: A Biographical Biography Of Maya Angelouanalytical essayTevin Hudson ENC1102 Tuesday and Thursday 7:00am-8:15am April 16, 2014 Writing Assignment 3 Biographical Synopsis Dr. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. Angelou was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. In Stamps she was faced with the brutality of racial discrimination, and a very traumatic incident where she, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend when she was eight, but because of this she also developed an unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family. (Angelou)This shaped her poetry and her involvement in the arts. Where she began to sing and dance and planned to audition in professional theater but that didn’t work out well because she began working as a nightclub waitress, tangled with drugs and prostitution and danced in a strip club.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that dr. maya angelou was born on april 4, 1928 in st. louis, missouri, and raised in stamps, arkansas. she was raped by her mother's boyfriend when she was eight, which shaped her poetry and involvement in the arts.
- Analyzes how the feminist movement was inspired by malcolm x and dr martin luther king. the poem "still i rise" is written specifically with a feminine voice.
- Analyzes how maya angelou's poem, still i rise, tells people that no matter what someone may do to them, they will continue to rise.
- Introduces maya angelou's official site, which is available at http://mayaangelou.com.
- Explains that chow, balance, "the poetry of angelou." masterplots ii: african american literature, revised edition (2008): 1-5.
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