Names, Violence, and the African American Vernacular in Richard Wright's The Outsider

Names, Violence, and the African American Vernacular in Richard Wright's The Outsider

An analysis of the names and violence in Richard Wright's The Outsider reveals Wright's aesthetic program for the novel. Wright's recurring themes and the meanings of the name and aliases of his protagonist are indicative of African American vernacular tradition. Despite Wright's...

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Main Author: Bailly, Sarah
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2009
Subjects:
Richard Wright
”The Outsider”
African American Vernacular
Jazz
improvisation
masking
trickster figure
naming
violence
French Existentialism
Cross Damon
double-consciousness
Online Access:http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/940
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