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- catalog abstract "Black Metafiction examines the tradition of self-consciousness in African American literature. It points to the short-comings of theories of metafiction founded on studies of Anglo-American literature. While some literary critics situate metafiction within the domain of postmodernism, others regard it to be as old as storytelling itself. Scholars of African American literature acknowledge it to be a distinguishing feature. Critics such as Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Houston A. Baker, Jr., perceive it as fundamental to the aesthetics of the black vernacutar. Black Metafiction analyzes and evaluates these theories, comparing work by scholars of comparative, Anglo-American, and African American literature. Jablon's study leads to her revision of established theories and provides a model for the evaluation and reformulation of other Eurocentric theories. Jablon begins with a historical overview of theories of metafiction by scholars who specialize in African American literature and Anglo-American literature. She situates metafiction within African American literary history, tracing it from slave narratives to a discussion of ten contemporary novels, including Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar, Leon Forrest's Divine Days, Walter Mosley's Black Betty, Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, Rita Dove's Through the Ivory Gate, Arthur Flowers' Another Good Loving Blues, Ernest Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying, Toni Morrison's Tar Baby, Octavia Butter's Parable of the Sower, and Charlotte Watson Sherman's One Dark Body. Among the topics Jablon addresses are the Kunstlerroman and the blues hero; the thematization of art; voice, metanarrative, and the oral tradition; and genres of metafiction.".
- catalog contributor b10257702.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Mimesis of process: the thematization of art: Charles Johnson, Middle passage -- Alice Walker, The temple of my familiar -- 3. The Künstlerroman and the blues hero: Rita Dove, Through the ivory gate -- Arthur Flowers, Another good loving blues -- 4. Revision, dialogism, and intertextuality: Ernest J. Gaines, A lesson before dying -- Toni Morrison, Tar baby -- 5. Voice, metanarrative, and the oral tradition: Charlotte Watson Sherman, One dark body -- Leon Forrest, Divine days -- 6. Metafiction as genre: Walter Mosley, Black Betty -- Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the sower -- 7. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Black Metafiction examines the tradition of self-consciousness in African American literature. It points to the short-comings of theories of metafiction founded on studies of Anglo-American literature. While some literary critics situate metafiction within the domain of postmodernism, others regard it to be as old as storytelling itself. Scholars of African American literature acknowledge it to be a distinguishing feature. Critics such as Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Houston A. Baker, Jr., perceive it as fundamental to the aesthetics of the black vernacutar. Black Metafiction analyzes and evaluates these theories, comparing work by scholars of comparative, Anglo-American, and African American literature. Jablon's study leads to her revision of established theories and provides a model for the evaluation and reformulation of other Eurocentric theories.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-200) and index.".
- catalog description "Jablon begins with a historical overview of theories of metafiction by scholars who specialize in African American literature and Anglo-American literature. She situates metafiction within African American literary history, tracing it from slave narratives to a discussion of ten contemporary novels, including Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar, Leon Forrest's Divine Days, Walter Mosley's Black Betty, Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, Rita Dove's Through the Ivory Gate, Arthur Flowers' Another Good Loving Blues, Ernest Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying, Toni Morrison's Tar Baby, Octavia Butter's Parable of the Sower, and Charlotte Watson Sherman's One Dark Body. Among the topics Jablon addresses are the Kunstlerroman and the blues hero; the thematization of art; voice, metanarrative, and the oral tradition; and genres of metafiction.".
- catalog extent "x, 209 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Black metafiction.".
- catalog identifier "0877455600 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Black metafiction.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Iowa City : University of Iowa Press,".
- catalog relation "Black metafiction.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "813.009/896073 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog subject "African Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction African American authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Experimental fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PS374.N4 J33 1997".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism (Literature) United States.".
- catalog subject "Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Mimesis of process: the thematization of art: Charles Johnson, Middle passage -- Alice Walker, The temple of my familiar -- 3. The Künstlerroman and the blues hero: Rita Dove, Through the ivory gate -- Arthur Flowers, Another good loving blues -- 4. Revision, dialogism, and intertextuality: Ernest J. Gaines, A lesson before dying -- Toni Morrison, Tar baby -- 5. Voice, metanarrative, and the oral tradition: Charlotte Watson Sherman, One dark body -- Leon Forrest, Divine days -- 6. Metafiction as genre: Walter Mosley, Black Betty -- Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the sower -- 7. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Black metafiction : self-consciousness in African American literature / by Madelyn Jablon.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".