What Is A Major Work By Zora Neale Hurston?

Answer 1

Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the titans of twentieth-century African American literature. Although Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara, interest in her has only recently been revived after decades of neglect. Hurston's four novels and two books of folklore are important sources of black myth and legend. Through her writings, Robert Hemenway wrote in The Harlem Renaissance Remembered, Hurston "helped to remind the Renaissance--especially its more bourgeois members--of the richness in the racial heritage; she also added new dimensions to the interest in exotic primitivism that was one of the most ambiguous products of the age."

Answer 2

One major work by Zora Neale Hurston is "Their Eyes Were Watching God," a novel that explores the journey of a young African-American woman named Janie Crawford as she searches for her identity and independence in early 20th-century America. The novel is celebrated for its vivid storytelling, rich language, and exploration of themes such as love, gender, and race.