Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston. This paper gives examples of how she is a modernistand how she is part of the Harlem Renaissance period.

Zora Hurston had a very interesting and unique style of writing. Her style of writing was called "vernacular". Which means that she wrote how people spoke, not how words were supposed to be spelled. Hurston based most of her writing on folklore. In her story Their Eyes Were Watching God, there are many examples of her being a modernist. Hurston is part of the Harlem Renaissance period, she writes how truth arises out of circumstances, she also writes about disillusionment and doubt.
The Harlem Renaissance took place between the years of 1916 and 1940. During this time there occurred t…