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Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
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- Summary
- "In Ten Is the Age of Darkness, Geta LeSeur explores how black authors of the United States and English- speaking Caribbean have taken a European literary tradition and adapted it to fit their own needs for self-expression. LeSeur begins by defining the structure and models of the European genre of the bildungsroman, then proceeds to show how the circumstances of colonialism, oppression, race, class, and gender make the maturing experiences of selected young black protagonists different from those of their white counterparts. Examining the parallels and differences in attitudes toward childhood in the West Indies and the United States, as well as the writers' individual perspectives in each work of fiction, LeSeur reaches intriguing conclusions about family life, community participation in the nurturing of children, the timing and severity of the youngsters' confrontation of adult society, and the role played by race in the journey toward adulthood. LeSeur's readings of African American novels provide new insights into the work of Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, and Richard Wright, among others. When read as examples of the bildungsroman rather than simply as chronicles of black experiences, these works reveal an even deeper significance and have a more powerful impact. LeSeur convincingly demonstrates that such African American novels as Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain, Wright's Black Boy, and Morrison's The Bluest Eye concentrate to a large extent on protest, while such African West Indian works as George Lamming's In the Castle of My Skin, Austin Clarke's Amongst Thistles and Thorns, Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, and Erna Brodber's Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home reflect a more naive, healthy re-creation of what childhood can and should be, despite economic and physical impoverishment. She also gives a special space within the genre to Paule Marshall's BrownGirl, Brownstones and Ntozake Shange's Betsey Brown and the importance of "woman time," "woman voice," and mothers."--Publishers website
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman
- Title
- Ten is the age of darkness
- Title remainder
- the Black Bildungsroman
- Statement of responsibility
- Geta LeSeur
- Title variation
- 10 is the age of darkness
- Subject
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- African American children in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- Youth, Black, in literature
- Bildungsromans -- History and criticism
- Blacks in literature
- American fiction -- African American authors | History and criticism
- African Americans in literature
- West Indian fiction (English) -- Black authors | History and criticism
- African American youth in literature
- West Indies -- In literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Ten Is the Age of Darkness, Geta LeSeur explores how black authors of the United States and English- speaking Caribbean have taken a European literary tradition and adapted it to fit their own needs for self-expression. LeSeur begins by defining the structure and models of the European genre of the bildungsroman, then proceeds to show how the circumstances of colonialism, oppression, race, class, and gender make the maturing experiences of selected young black protagonists different from those of their white counterparts. Examining the parallels and differences in attitudes toward childhood in the West Indies and the United States, as well as the writers' individual perspectives in each work of fiction, LeSeur reaches intriguing conclusions about family life, community participation in the nurturing of children, the timing and severity of the youngsters' confrontation of adult society, and the role played by race in the journey toward adulthood. LeSeur's readings of African American novels provide new insights into the work of Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, and Richard Wright, among others. When read as examples of the bildungsroman rather than simply as chronicles of black experiences, these works reveal an even deeper significance and have a more powerful impact. LeSeur convincingly demonstrates that such African American novels as Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain, Wright's Black Boy, and Morrison's The Bluest Eye concentrate to a large extent on protest, while such African West Indian works as George Lamming's In the Castle of My Skin, Austin Clarke's Amongst Thistles and Thorns, Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, and Erna Brodber's Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home reflect a more naive, healthy re-creation of what childhood can and should be, despite economic and physical impoverishment. She also gives a special space within the genre to Paule Marshall's BrownGirl, Brownstones and Ntozake Shange's Betsey Brown and the importance of "woman time," "woman voice," and mothers."--Publishers website
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- DLC
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- LeSeur, Geta J
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- University of Missouri Press
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- American fiction
- West Indian fiction (English)
- African American children in literature
- African American youth in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Youth, Black, in literature
- Blacks in literature
- Bildungsromans
- West Indies
- Label
- Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 32168048
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826210111
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95007717
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1660067
- Label
- Ten is the age of darkness : the Black Bildungsroman, Geta LeSeur
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 32168048
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826210111
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95007717
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1660067
Subject
- African American children in literature
- African American youth in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American fiction -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Bildungsromans -- History and criticism
- Blacks in literature
- Children, Black, in literature
- West Indian fiction (English) -- Black authors | History and criticism
- West Indies -- In literature
- Youth, Black, in literature
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