Academic Journal
Standards Overview
| العنوان: | Standards Overview |
|---|---|
| المؤلفون: | William S. Lewis |
| المساهمون: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| المصدر: | http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/curriculum/units/2007/05/07.05.05.pdf. |
| المجموعة: | CiteSeerX |
| الوصف: | August Wilson planned to write a ten-play cycle that would illuminate the African American experience in this country. He assumed the role of a tribal griot whose duty it was to preserve the legacy and history of his culture: “ … the role of the griot is significant since it is with him we mark the beginning of African literary tradition as we know it ” (Freeman 1). In order to do that he embarked on his ten-play cycle which would present the African American experience to his people and to the world. “In Blackburn’s assessment, Wilson is a playwright-historian whose ‘memory embraces the Middle Passage, enslavement, torture, economic deprivation, pseudo-freedom, and human ability to endure’ ” (Snodgrass 157). One of his central concerns was the correct and accurate representation of the African-American experience. “The inability to suppress, control, manipulate, and right histories of race has repeatedly affected the social and cultural dynamics of African American life ” (Elam x). His contention was that only African –Americans should have the last word in accurately and completely depicting the African-American experience. What he called “foreign”, that is non-African Americans representations of their experience represented a big problem for him. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.617.5965; http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/curriculum/units/2007/05/07.05.05.pdf |
| الاتاحة: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.617.5965 http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/curriculum/units/2007/05/07.05.05.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.CC6642D9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |