Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
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| adaptationNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| adaptationProducer | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| criticalReception |
initially mixed reviews
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later acclaimed as a masterpiece ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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Bildungsroman ⓘ Feminist literature ⓘ Romance novel ⓘ Southern literature ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | use of African-American Vernacular English ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literature canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a classic of African-American literature
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considered a landmark of Black feminist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Janie Crawford
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Joe Starks ⓘ Logan Killicks ⓘ Tea Cake ⓘ |
| motif |
horizon
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hurricane ⓘ pear tree ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView |
frame narrative
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| openingLine | Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 286 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Eatonville, Florida, United States
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Eatonville, Florida
Everglades National Park ⓘ
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Everglades, Florida
Florida ⓘ |
| structure | three marriages of Janie Crawford ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | life of a Black woman in the American South ⓘ |
| taughtIn | university literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Black female autonomy
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community and individuality ⓘ love and marriage ⓘ nature and spirituality ⓘ race and gender ⓘ voice and self-expression ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | derived from a line describing people facing a hurricane ⓘ |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 film)
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Eatonville, Florida
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
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