Langston Hughes' "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" and Hurston's "How It Feels to Be...

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Langston Hughes' "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" and Hurston's "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" propose several ideas related to artistic identity. Review these two pieces making sure to identify key passages distinguishing each writer. After you have identified these passages, explain what you believe is both similar and different between them. Keep in mind the totality of the literature you have read to date, as well as the time period of this era.

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Impact and analysis of the works of both Langston Hughes and Hurston:
The concept of "black is beautiful" is crucial, especially given the circumstances Hughes describes: as a writer, shame about one's skin colour, race, or culture is never a good place to originate from, and acceptance of oneself is required in order to live a full life. Since his works delved deep into black life and his inventive approaches incorporated black slang and the rhythms of black music, Hughes had been dubbed "the spokesperson for his race" by many. Throughout four decades, he refined his voice and portrayed the essence of black existence with unmistakable compassion. The easiest way to summarise Hughes' goal in "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" is to persuade African American artists to use their art to commemorate both their inner selves and their heritage.
Hurston thinks that race is a social construct that evolves from specific social situations rather than being a natural attribute of a person. In her essay, she claims that she has no bad feelings about being African-American. She utilises cutting humour to refute negativity when she refuses to give "extenuating circumstances" to justify her racial identity at the outset of the essay. She's known for saying stuff like, "I don't mind at all." Her adamant denial of criticism indicates that she believes others also expect the same. She utilises a sense of humour and imagistic vocabulary to describe herself,

Langston Hughes' "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" and Hurston's "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" propose several ideas related to artistic identity. Review these two pieces making sure to...

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