2026-09-20T20:41:12Zhttps://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/server/oai/request

oai:null:10339/385202026-09-02T08:47:36Zcom_10339_14934col_10339_38132

Lee, Jordan Crosby 2013-06-06T21:19:23Z 2013-06-06T21:19:23Z 2013 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/38520 This thesis explores the complex relationship between jazz, temporality, and narrative form in Ralph Ellison's <italic>Invisible Man</italic>. Although Ellison rejected the notion that he was a political writer, his novel still functions as a form of protest based on its narrative form which ultimately seeks to undermine traditional formulations of time. Specifically, Ellison's narrator, Invisible Man, controls his narrative by employing a unique temporal configuration to assert his subjectivity and to press against hegemonic structures intent on homogenizing individuals. This unique temporality borrows from traditional jazz and utilizes literary forms of swing, syncopation, and solo improvisation in an effort to protest the universalizing temporal modes of fatalism, determinism, and reversion. en Wake Forest University Ellison Invisible Narrative Temporality Time JAZZ TEMPORALITY AND NARRATIVE: A READING OF RALPH ELLISON'S INVISIBLE MAN Thesis Still, Erica Maine, Barry Franco, Dean English open.access