Emerging Afrikan Survivals: An Afrocentric Critical Theory (Studies in African American History and Culture)

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. "This project explores how one African American novel published before the Civil Rights/Black Power Movements and two novels published after those movements demonstrate the development of an African consciousness. This African consciousness is the by-product of African survivals emerging in the multicultural arena of the United States. It will apply Du Bois' theory of the Negro's historical drive to reconcile his dual consciousness- one African and one American-- through analysis of the ways the novels' Black male protagonists' searches for identity are presented, as well as identify African cultural survivals, or 'Afrikan' cultural markers, in the most recent novels. Such consciousness neither detracts from nor replaces the American consciousness. Instead, it expands upon African Americans' potential, enlarging the scope of their humanity, and ultimately, their American-ness." Introduction Pt. I. Emerging Afrikan Survivals: An Afrocentric Critical Theory -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historically Situating African American Culture -- Ch. 3. Change And Cultural Representation In African American Literary Criticism -- Ch. 4. Recent Directions In African American Literary Criticism -- Pt. Ii. Application Of The Afrocentric Critical Theory: Three Troubled Men -- Ch. 5. Toni Morrison's Song Of Solomon -- Ch. 6. David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident -- Ch. 7. Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Ch. 8. A Review Of Contemporary African American Novels -- Ch. 9. Conclusion. Kamau Kemayo. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 183-193) And Index. This Work Sets Forth The Guidelines For A Changing Afrocentric Literary Theory For The African American Literary Corpus And Applies That Theory To Three Novels: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Morrison's Song Of Solomon And David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident. This work sets forth the guidelines for an Afrocentric literary theory and goes on to apply that theory to three Invisible Man , Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville Incident .