The Neo-Slave Narrative: Black Women Writers Countering Different Types of Oppression

  • Marie Degrève ((PhD) Student)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

Neo-slave narratives written by black women provide the reader an alternative view on history by countering imperial and patriarchal oppressive strategies such as silencing, stereotypical depictions and (re)naming. They also address the gaps and silences in previous accounts of slavery (O'Callaghan 1993: 43). This thesis focuses on four neo-slave narratives, the American neo-slave narratives Corregidora (1975) written by Gayl Jones and Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison and the more recent British neo-slave naratives Blonde Roots (2008) by Bernardine Evaristo andThe Long Song (2010) by Andrea Levy, and analyses the literary strategies the authors use to make the black woman visible and heard again (Carby 1982: 62).
Date of Award2012
Original languageEnglish
SupervisorElisabeth Bekers (Promotor)

Keywords

  • neo-slave narratives
  • Corregidora
  • Gayl Jones
  • Toni Morrison
  • Beloved
  • African American literature
  • Black British literature
  • women's writing
  • The Long Song
  • Andrea Levy
  • Bernardine Evaristo
  • Blonde Roots

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