As students head off to college this fall, one of the books they may encounter is Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.  This is not because Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the Great Books on a par with Homer, Dante, or Shakespeare, nor because it is a work of profound moral imagination like Great Expectations or Moby-Dick. Their Eyes Were Watching God is neither.  It is not even a very good novel.  What recommends it to college faculty is that it is a feminist diatribe by a black woman.  It is not a book worthy of college classrooms, but it is politically correct in a way that none of the Great Books can ever be. For those who've not had the pleasure of reading Hurston's novel, I will provide a brief precis.  The novel's protagonist, Janie Crawford, tells the story of her victimization at the hands of whites, men, and the rich.  That tale of woe begins with her forced marriage to Logan Killicks, an older farmer...(Read Full Article)