African American Long Fiction

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African American Long Fiction (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

Slave Narratives

Nineteenth century American fiction influenced the form and content of many of the slave narratives, while nineteenth and twentieth century African American fiction owes a great debt, in form and content, to the slave narrative. Thus the development of African American fiction can be traced to nineteenth century American fiction only by way of the slave narrative.

Just as Africans arriving in the Americas staked their claims to humanity on the basis of the cultural models available to them—European Enlightenment and Christian values—so too did the...

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See Also:

• African American Drama (Topical Overview--Drama)
• African American Identity in Literature (Topical Overview--Identities and Issues)
• African American Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)
• African American Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)