Emerging Afrikan Survivals: An Afrocentric Critical Theory / Edition 1

by Kemayo Kamau

Overview

This work sets forth the guidelines for an Afrocentric literary theory and goes on to apply that theory to three novels: Invisible Man , Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville Incident .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415945820
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/19/2003
Series:	Studies in African American History and Culture
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)

Table of Contents

Part I: An Afrocentric Critical Theory 1. Introduction 2. Historical Situatedness and African American Culture 3. Change and Cultural Representation in African American Literary Criticism 4. Recent Directions in African American Literary Criticism: Toward an African Poetics Part II: Application of the Afrocentric Critical Theory 5. Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon 6. David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident 7. Invisible Man 8. A Review of Contemporary African American Novels 9. Conclusion