Liberating voices : oral tradition in African American literature. Gayl Jones

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Liberating voices : oral tradition in African American literature. Gayl Jones
Auteur: Jones, Gayl [1949-...]
Sujets: Noirs américains -- Folklore;
Noirs américains -- Dans la littérature;
Literature and folklore -- United States;
Folklore -- Dans la littérature;
Afro-Americans in literature;
Oral tradition -- United States;
Folklore in literature;
Music and literature;
American literature -- Afro-American authors -- History and criticism;
American literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century;
Littérature américaine -- Auteurs noirs américains -- Thèmes, motifs;
Littérature américaine -- Thèmes, motifs -- 20e siècle;
Littérature et folklore -- États-Unis;
Tradition orale -- Influence -- États-Unis;
Musique et littérature
Description: Bibliogr. p.205-221. Index
From dialect to blues and spirituals : Paul L. Dunbar and Langston Hughes Folk speech and character revelation : Sterling Brown's "Uncle Joe" Multiple-voiced blues : Sherley A. Williams's "Someone sweet angel chile" Jazz modalities : Michael S. Harper's "Uplift from a dark tower" Breaking out of the conventions of dialect : Paul L. Dunbar and Zora Neale Hurston Blues ballad : Jean Toomer's "Karintha" Slang, theme, and structure : Loyle Hairston's "The winds of change" Jazz/blues structure in Ann Petry's "Solo on the drums" Folktale, character, and resolution : Ralph Ellison's "Flying home" The freeing of traditional forms : jazz and Amiri Baraka's "The screamers" Dialect and narrative : Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God Riddle : Ralph Ellison's Invisible man, or "Change the joke and slip the yoke" Blues and spirituals : dramatic and lyrical patterns in Alice Walker's The third life of Grange Copeland Freeing the voice : Ernest Gaines's The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Motives of folktale : Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
Éditeur: Cambridge Mass. : Harvard university press, 1991
Date de publication: 1991
Format: 1 vol. (VIII-228 p.) ; 24 cm
Langue: Anglais

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