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African-American Folktales

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African-American Folktales

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    1. African-American Folktales Sources: The Heath Anthology of American Literature Fourth Edition 2002 “African-American Folktales” Susan L. Blake

    2. Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit

    3. Folktale A characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people Interaction between authors and audiences, who bring to the meeting their own social and individual experiences.

    4. Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear

    5. African-American Folktales Motifs come from African and European tradition Comes out of slavery, but it is not an artifact of the slave period but a living tradition

    6. African-American Folktales

    7. The Art of the Tale Three audiences Adapts the traditional motif to particular circumstances

    8. Brer Rabbit and Brer Terrapin

    9. Themes

    10. Themes Contradiction between humanity and slavery Power relations Racism Myth of “romantic plantation” Human nature Social Structure Sexism Supernatural Economy

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    18. Questions to Consider The tales are so simple—are they really art? If they did not actually contribute to the abolition of slavery, how are they subversive? Am I uncomfortable with the stereotypical characterizations and dialect? What’s the point of perpetuating images of slavery today?

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