Before. But there is going to be some stuff im going to talk about in a little bit more depth than we talked about last class on thursday you guys are going to read the next and im going to give you a pop quiz we will take a see you guys can get a great for it. And you have a pop quiz for tbone and weasel lets start with August Wilson. August wilson was born frederik patel. In 1945 his mothers name was daisy wilson shows a cleaning lady his father was a german baker. Race matters in a specific way race is always something that were discussing what we look at these plays his father was a german baker so he is white. He is european and his mother is a black woman named daisy and she is a cleaning lady i want you to understand we are already talking about a mixed relationship and this is a part of what hes working on how he is negotiating African American exist and its a part of who and what he is as hes working its part of the mission he is undertaking he is the fourth of six children an
Is going to be some stuff i will talk about with a little more depth than we talked about last class. Lets start with August Wilson. August wilson was born Frederick August kittle on april 27, 1945. His mothers name was daisy wilson. She was a cleaning lady. His fathers name was Frederick August kittle. He was a german baker. I want you guys to pay attention. Race matters in a very specific way. Race is always one of the things we are discussing as we look at these plays. So, his father, Frederick August kittle, was a german baker, he is white european. His mother is a black woman named daisy. She is a cleaning lady. We are talking about a mixed relationship. His mixed identity is a part of what he is working on when he is writing. Like how he is negotiating africanamerican existence is a part of who and what he is as he is working as an artist and as a writer. It is part of the mission he is undertaking. He is the fourth of the six children. And they live in the hill district of pitts
Look at August Wilsons fences. We will begin with a very brief discussion about who and what August Wilson was, his goal as a playwright. I am going to repeat some stuff you have heard before from our in class presentation, but there is going to be some stuff i will talk about with a little more depth than we talked about last class. On thursday, you guys will look at tbone and weasel. I hope you read that and are prepared to do that. I will give you a brief pop quiz. It should be easy as we will be done discussing it but we will be taking it so you can get a grade for it. And you will also have the pop quiz for tbone and weasel. Lets start with August Wilson. August wilson was born Frederick August kittle on april 27, 1945. His mothers name was daisy wilson. She was a cleaning lady. His fathers name was Frederick August kittle. He was a german baker. I want you guys to pay attention. Race matters in a very specific way. Race is always one of the things we are discussing as we look at
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