RussianProblems of Afro-American Character in Charles Chesnutt’s Collection of “‘The Wife of His Youth’ and Other Stories of the Color-Line”
Liberal Arts in Russia. 2013. Vol. 2. No. 3. Pp. 270-277.
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The article analyzes the problems of in Charles W. Chesnutt’s stories “The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line”. The context of literary traditions at 19–20th centuries has been taken into account. Afro-American character is examined regarding the author’s new approach to race discourse in post-war American literature.
Keywords
- • African-American character
- • abolitionary literature
- • minstrel show
- • local color literature
- • color line
- • self-identification of African-American
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