I wasn't sure if it was literature written about African Americans (doesnt necessarily have to be written by an African American) or literature that is written by African Americans. Can anyone clarify this?
2007-03-11 12:39:58 · 3 answers · asked by Julie G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
African American Literature is literature written by african american to depict the trials and tribulations they have undergone personally or as a society. Though the stories may be fiction the may also be based on a grain of truth from the author's life or society in general.
2007-03-11 12:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by dancingqueen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"African-American literature" refers to literary works written by (not about) African-Americans.
But it often includes literary works written by people of the African diaspora in the Caribbean as well.
2007-03-11 12:45:01 · answer #2 · answered by X 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncle Tom's Cabin...merely seem on the way the black human beings and slaves in it talk. Kindred...by way of Octavia Butler. this could be a good one because of the fact she travels decrease backward and forward from cutting-side circumstances to the antebellum south, the place she could desire to talk in a thoroughly and act in a thoroughly distinctive way than she is used to (in cutting-side circumstances interior the e book, she is a author)
2016-10-01 23:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by limson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋