On interaction of literature and folklore in Charles Chesnutt’s collection of short stories “Conjure Woman”
Автор: Kormilitsyna A.N.
Журнал: Вестник Тверского государственного университета. Серия: Филология @philology-tversu
Рубрика: Голоса молодых исследователей
Статья в выпуске: 1, 2013 года.
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The article analyzes Charles W. Chesnutt’s stories “Conjure Woman” regarding the writer’s approach to poetic reception of folklore. The context of Afro-American literary traditions is taken into account. It seeks to determine main functions of folklore elements in his short stories. Folklore components of Chesnutt’s short stories are examined in their essential structural and substantial functions.
Afro-american folklore, literary tradition, trickster, the image of ancestor, narrative forms, black dialect
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/146121095
IDR: 146121095
