Item Details

title

THE TROPE OF PASSING AND THE RACIAL IDENTITY CRISIS IN NELLA LARSEN’S PASSING AND JESSIE REDMON FAUSET’S PLUM BUN

author

Burak Adli, Feyza

abstract

This study compares Nella Larsen’s Passing and Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Plum Bun in terms of their treatments of the trope of passing and racial identity. This comparison demonstrates that Fauset is an emblematic writer of the Harlem Renaissance, whereas Larsen is an atypical writer within this milieu. Further, although it is conventionally asserted that the Harlem Renaissance writers view race as a cultural contrast by embracing cultural pluralism, this study delineates that they do not completely eschew essentialism, which they repudiate.

subject

racial passing

harlem renaissance

contributor

DeShazer, Mary (committee chair)

Franco, Dean (committee member)

Still, Erica (committee member)

date

2009-05-01T13:18:22Z (accessioned)

2010-06-18T18:59:46Z (accessioned)

2009-05-01T13:18:22Z (available)

2010-06-18T18:59:46Z (available)

2009-05-01T13:18:22Z (issued)

degree

English (discipline)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/14887 (uri)

language

en_US (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

rights

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide. (accessRights)