The Good Negress de A.J. Verdelle ou la religion du quotidien
The Good Negress (1996) stems from Black American novelist A.J. Verdelle’s interest in the differences in how boys and girls are raised. This paper examines the author’s handling of time and structure to foreground the symbolical significance of the heroine’s daily routine as well as her struggle t...
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | The Good Negress (1996) stems from Black American novelist A.J. Verdelle’s interest in the differences in how boys and girls are raised. This paper examines the author’s handling of time and structure to foreground the symbolical significance of the heroine’s daily routine as well as her struggle to acquire “the language of the nation”. It shows how Verdelle contrives to juxtapose the heroine’s religious observance of domestic rites and the expression of a hysteria inherited from slavery. By playing on the assonantic couple Taut/taught, A.J. Verdelle highlights the ontological dimension of a quest inseparable from the beats and syncopated rhythms of the black community’s Gospel. |
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