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1、4.6AfricanAmericanLiterature1.BriefIntroductiontotheHistoryAmongthethemesandissuesexploredinAfricanAmericanliteraturearetheroleofAfricanAmericanswithinthelargerAmericansociety,African-Americanculture,racism,slavery,andequality.AfricanAmericanwritinghasalsotendedtoincorporatewithinitselfor

2、alformssuchasspirituals,sermons,gospelmusic,bluesandrap.2.LongProcessofEvolutionEarlyStage:Oraltradition(songs,balladsandspirituals)18thcentury:AbolitionistmovementandtheCivilWarMid-19thcentury;()Laterpartofthe19thcenturyandtheearly1920s(HarlemRenaisssance)3.ThreeRepresentativeWorks1940:Na

3、tiveSon《土生子》--RichardWright1952:InvisibleMan《隐形人》--RalphEllison1977:SongofSolomon《所罗门之歌》--ToniMorrisonI.thefirstdecadesof20thcentury:Poetry----3categories:----twogreatfigures:BookerT.Washington(1856-1915)W.E.B.DuBois(1868-1963)W.E.B.DuBoisthefirstblacktobeawardedadoctoraldegreefromHarvardU

4、niversityinCambridge,Massachusetts.DuBoiscametoprominenceasanadvocateofracialequality.I.thefirstdecadesof20thcentury:Fiction1)JamesWeldonJohnson(1871-1038)2)CharlesW.Chesnutt(1858-1932)II1920s:HarlemRenaissance(NewNegroMovement)1)LangstonHughes(1902-1967)(theleader;thegreatestofall)“Negro

5、ArtistandtheRacialMountain”:themanifestooftheRenaissance“…WeyoungerNegroartistswhocreatenowintendtoexpressourindividualdark-skinnedselveswithoutfearorshame.Ifwhitepeoplearepleasedweareglad.Iftheyarenot,itdoesn’tmatter.Weknowwearebeautiful.Anduglytoo.…Ifcoloredpeoplearepleasedweareglad.Ifth

6、eyarenot,theirdispleasuredoesn’tmattereither....”SterlingA.Brown(1901-1989)(poet,critic;BlackcultureinruralSouthernUnitedStates)ZoraNealeHurston(1891-1960)佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿IIITheRedRadical1930s1)LangstonHughes(1902-1967)2)RichardWright(1908-1960)IVWWWIItoearly1950sModernisttendency:(writewithanind

7、ividualvoiceformedbypolymerizingwesterntraditionandlocalculture)Threewriters：1.ZoraNealeHurston(1891-1960)2.LangstonHughes(1902-1967)3.RichardWright(1908-1960)ZoraNealeHurstonknownforherinterpretationsofAfricanAmericanfolktalesandforhernovelsfocusingonsouthern