![]() ![]() ![]() Much of the little attention the novel initially received was negative criticism made primarily by male writers of the Harlem Renaissance period. When Their Eyes Were Watching God was originally released, it wasn’t particularly popular amongst the African American community. Their Eyes follows the growth of a woman named Janie Crawford as she navigates through life and love in the south during the early 20 th Century (Awkward). As she notes in her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote Their Eyes in Haiti during the short span of 7 weeks under a great deal of “internal pressure”. Although it was often associated with the Harlem Renaissance and was criticized by many Harlem Renaissance writers, Their Eyes technically came after the movement which spanned from WWI through the 20s and ended in the 30s. ![]() Their Eyes Were Watching God was Zora Neale Hurston’s 2 nd novel written in 1936 and published in 1937. ![]()
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