1st Edition
Emerging Afrikan Survivals An Afrocentric Critical Theory
By Kemayo Kamau
Copyright 2004
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 .
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
Biography
Kemayo Kamau