The signifying monkey :: a theory of African-American literary criticism /
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach locatedwithinthis tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach locatedwithinthis tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the Yoruba trickster figure of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey whose myths help articulate the black tradition's theory of its literature, Gates uncovers a unique system for interpretation and a powerful vernacular tradition that black slaves brought with them to the New World. His critical approach relies heavily on the Signifying Monkey--perhaps the most popular figure in African-American folklore--and signification and Signifyin(g). Exploring signification in black American life and literature by analyzing the transmission and revision of various signifying figures, Gates provides an extended analysis of what he calls the "Talking Book," a central trope in early slave narratives that virtually defines the tradition of black American letters. Gates uses this critical framework to examine several major works of African-American literature--including Zora Neale Hurston'sTheir Eyes Were Watching God, Ralph Ellison'sInvisible Man, and Ishmael Reed'sMumbo Jumbo--revealing how these works signify on the black tradition and on each other. The second volume in an enterprising trilogy on African-American literature, The Signifying Monkey--which expands the arguments ofFigures in Black--makes an important contribution to literary theory, African-American literature, folklore, and literary history |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| Auszeichnungen: | American Book Award (won), 1989 |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199722754 0199722757 019506075X 9780195060751 |
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| spelling | Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvmJXQ4ggYdVkg4HxjHmd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81146304 The signifying monkey : a theory of African-American literary criticism / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. 1 online resource (xxviii, 290 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach locatedwithinthis tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the Yoruba trickster figure of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey whose myths help articulate the black tradition's theory of its literature, Gates uncovers a unique system for interpretation and a powerful vernacular tradition that black slaves brought with them to the New World. His critical approach relies heavily on the Signifying Monkey--perhaps the most popular figure in African-American folklore--and signification and Signifyin(g). Exploring signification in black American life and literature by analyzing the transmission and revision of various signifying figures, Gates provides an extended analysis of what he calls the "Talking Book," a central trope in early slave narratives that virtually defines the tradition of black American letters. Gates uses this critical framework to examine several major works of African-American literature--including Zora Neale Hurston'sTheir Eyes Were Watching God, Ralph Ellison'sInvisible Man, and Ishmael Reed'sMumbo Jumbo--revealing how these works signify on the black tradition and on each other. The second volume in an enterprising trilogy on African-American literature, The Signifying Monkey--which expands the arguments ofFigures in Black--makes an important contribution to literary theory, African-American literature, folklore, and literary history American Book Award (won), 1989 American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc. African Americans Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004344 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Criticism United States. Oral tradition United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007779 Mythology, African, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006725 African Americans Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001953 American literature African influences. Noirs américains Vie intellectuelle. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Critique États-Unis. Tradition orale États-Unis. Mythologie africaine dans la littérature. Noirs américains Folklore. Littérature américaine Influence africaine. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans fast African Americans in literature fast African Americans Intellectual life fast American literature African influences fast Criticism fast Mythology, African, in literature fast Oral tradition fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Folklore fast has work: The signifying monkey (Work) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFGJT8yq6b8rhBH86hRrpX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Gates, Henry Louis. Signifying monkey. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989, ©1988 019506075X (OCoLC)25406688 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=364423 Volltext |
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| title_full | The signifying monkey : a theory of African-American literary criticism / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The signifying monkey : a theory of African-American literary criticism / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
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| topic | American literature African American authors History and criticism Theory, etc. African Americans Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004344 African Americans in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009 Criticism United States. Oral tradition United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007779 Mythology, African, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006725 African Americans Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001953 American literature African influences. Noirs américains Vie intellectuelle. Noirs américains dans la littérature. Critique États-Unis. Tradition orale États-Unis. Mythologie africaine dans la littérature. Noirs américains Folklore. Littérature américaine Influence africaine. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh African Americans fast African Americans in literature fast African Americans Intellectual life fast American literature African influences fast Criticism fast Mythology, African, in literature fast Oral tradition fast |
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