目录 序言前言Chapter One Introduction1.1 The Resurrection of Zora Neale Hurston1.2 Hurstons Folklore Fiction1.3 The Significance of Reevaluating Hurstons Folklore FictionChapter Two The Prominence of Folkloric Representations in Hurstons Fiction2.1 The Entry of Black Folklore into Hurstons Fiction2.2 The Definition and Categorization of Folklore2.3 The Literary Types of Folklore in Hurstons Fiction2.4 The Linguistic Types of Folklore in Hurstons Fiction2.5 The Religious Types of Folklore in Hurstons Fiction2.6 The Action Types of Folklore in Hurstons FictionChapter Three Folklore as a Survival Strategy3.1 The Vogue of Black Folk Culture During the Harlem Renaissance3.2 The Dilemma of African American Writers and Hurstons Masking Strategy3.3 The Criticism of White Cultural Values3.4 The Deconstruction of the Stereotyped Negro ImagesChapter Four Folklore as a Means of Reconstructing Black Cultural Identity4.1 American Culture, African American Culture and African American Folklore4.2 Racism and Black Cultural Identity4.3 The Socio-Historical Context of Reconstructing Black Cultural Identity4.4 Reconstructing Black Cultural Identity on DifferenceChapter Five ConclusionBibliography后记
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