Signifyin(g) as a Rhetorical Device in Selected Writings of the Harlem Renaissance

The Thirteens (Black)*

The Signifying Monkey*

Simply Written – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Langston Hughes

Lawd Today! – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Richard Wright

“Ain’t She Specifiyin?” – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction is of great value to any people as a preserver of manners and customs…. – Pauline Hopkins (circa 1900) You can never really get your point across to a person until you learn how to communicate with him. If he speaks French, you can’t speak German. You have to know what language he speaks and […]