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III The Intergration of Popular Culture, Afro-American Traditional Literature and American Mainstream Literature
As the influence of the multiculturalism is presented in theme and Molsey’s politic thoughts, this chapter continues the display of the multiculturalism in the integration of the narrative strategies of the triple literature by adopting that of the oral tradition and the folklore in Afro-American traditional literature, by employing the writing strategies like stream of consciousness, etc. in American mainstream literature, and the popular genre like detective fiction in light literature.
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Limitations
Difficulties in classifying explicitly the theory The integration of theory and practice should be improved. More relevant resources should be used to substantiate the argument.
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Literary Review
A brief introduction to Walter Mosley The general critics about Mosley and his works E. g. Charles E. Wilson: Walter Mosley: A Critical Companion Bernard W. Bell : The Contemporary African American Novel About Mosley’s other novels, e.g. Devil in a Blue Dress Multiculturalism
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I. From mainstream culture, Golden Wood Soft Multiculture: coexistence of the ethnicity e.g. Kallen’s cultural pluralism representitives: Lawrence Fuchs, Michael Walzer. Hard Multiculture: loss of the merit in American nation, to be disappeared
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Significance and Originality
The research about Mosley in China is still blank, let alone the research about the presentation of multiculturalism in his works. Exploring and employing multiculturalism helps to be acquainted with Mosley and his works,which can complement the material for the research.
The Presentation of Multiculturalism in Walter Mosley’s Black Betty and RL’s Dream
Candidate: Peng Zhuoli Supervisor: Professor Zeng Yanyu
Presentation for my MA thesis report
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Contents
Introduction Chapter One The Representation of Afro-American Culture in Theme 1.1 The Misery and Painful Memory in the South 1.2 The Fatherly Mother Chapter Two Stepping out of the Marginalized and Inequitable Shadow 2.1 The Dark Side of the Cultural Hegemony and Centralization of the State Power 2.2 Walter Mosley’s Political Thoughts----Multiculturalism Chapter Three The Intergration of Popular Culture, Afro-American Traditional Literature and American Mainstream Literature 3.1 The Specialty of Detective Pattern 3.2 The Practice of Afro-American Literary Tradition 3.3 The Practice of American Mainstream Literary Conclusion
Walter Mosley’s special background 22 novels of different genres, 4 books of nonfiction He won the Shamus Award, the John Creasey Award, Black Caucus Literary Award, O’Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Award The TransAfrica International Literary Prize for his entire body of works.
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III The diversity of the multiculturalism by Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R.Steinberg Conservative ~ / Monoculturalism Liberal ~ : Anyone has his own equal rights but there is only one race Pluralist ~ : Focus on the differences, rather than commonness Left-essentialist ~ : ethnic group, class, and gender are unchangeable Critical ~ : envolved from Frankfort School, focus on the analysis of the rights and domination.
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II Stepping out of the Marginalized and Inequitable Shadow
This chapter analyzes Mosley’s politic thoughts reflected in two books, exposing the mistreatment of the marginalized because of the white-dominated cultural hegemony and centralized politics, and requiring the equitable status brought by multiculturalism.
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Theoretical Basis
Based on the multiculturalism, which claims that the minority groups are on an equality with the mainstream group, the thesis analyses Mosley’s politic thoughts of constructing an ideal society for the minority groups to live an equitably and equally life. To criticize the racism or focus on the race issue is not Mosley’s ultimate purpose, nor the thesis’s. (How to gain a equal status for all the groups is) To call for the consciousness of gaining the ethnic group identity in the minorities, deconstruct the cultural hegemony of WASP.
II. Cultural Conflict and Contradiction Nathan Glazer Moderates multiculturalism: the persecution of the ethnic culture from mainstream culture Transformative multiculturalism promoted by militant multiculturalism: reconstruct a WASP monoculture dominated history and culture Additive multiculturalism: Attack of the WASP monoculture