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Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies

William & Mary

1998

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Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber Jan 1998

Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Fiction, Bertram Duane Ashe Jan 1998

From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Fiction, Bertram Duane Ashe

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study is to explore the written representation of African-American spoken-voice storytelling in five fictional narratives published between the late nineteenth century and the late twentieth century: Charles W. Chesnutt's "Hot-Foot Hannibal," Zora Neale Hurston's their Eyes Were Watching God, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Cade Bambara's "My Man Bovanne," and John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's Story.".;Using Walter Ong's suggestion that the relationship between storyteller and inside-the-text listener mirrors the hoped-for relationship between writer and readership, this study examines the way these writers grappled with these factors as they generated their texts.;By paying attention to the teller/listener-writer/readership relationship, …


"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler Jan 1998

"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.